Web stuff
New Google Internet Stats
Launched today but hidden away Google Internet Stats is a neat little site to back up those all important presentations/proposals. Five main areas are covered (with room for expansion) and the opportunity to submit your own stats. Originally from Read Write Web via twitter Read More …
Super Supermarket Sarah
A lovely website with a real sense of discovery and browseability. Hover over the products to see what’s still available and what’s sold. Click the browse button to see a different catalogue view. Take a look for yourself. Supermarket Sarah. Originally from the very excellent Design Milk Read More …
Hedge retail anyone?
As oil hits $145 a barrel on it’s never ending upward trend, a new kind of ecommerce appears, Hedge Retail. Buy your produce online, probably using credit, and then use what you’ve bought over whatever period of time suits you. The first one of these I’ve noticed (and I’d like to see if there’s any more) is MyGallons.com, a US site where you can buy ‘tomorrow’s Read more …
Today was RSS Awareness Day
Click the logo to learn more about why you should be using RSS. Read More …
For digital beings
This isn’t usually a blog for work but in the spirit of ‘things of interest’, the new Being-Digital new website (designed and built by us) launched earlier this week. Being-Digital is a conference for the discerning digital beings amongst us. Hopefully a place to garner some knowledge and mingle with the digiteratti. Amanda will be in attendance as a panellist, probably without the Read more …
The bebo story
bebo has just been sold to AOL for £417 million. Here’s their story from the Sunday Times. Read More …
The top 10 Web Apps revealed
A little while ago I added a vote for your favourite Web App button on here. Now the results are in. My particular favourites are Mint and Basecamp and of course WordPress. Surprisingly FaceBook is only number 4 although it does seem to be going through a ‘it’s got too big let’s knock it down’ phase at the moment. The full list is here. Read More …
What's your web app?
If you’re into web apps (and why wouldn’t you be?) you can vote for your favourite and have a chance to win a wii. Just click on the box at the top and it’ll take you to the voting form. Read More …
A new BBC (beta) home page
Today the BBC launched a new version of its home page. Good to see it centred in the page at long last and the analogue clock is a nice nostalgic touch. It’s also customisable which starts to make the site far more personal to use wherever you are. Expect to see much more customisable home pages and perhaps more use of aggregate sites like Pageflakes as the internet goes mobile. More detail about Read more …
Tips for building great websites
In the run up to Christmas, especially with postal delays looming, a timely list from Retail Bulletin Top ten mistakes that could leave your website vulnerable as the Christmas rush approaches. Seth (isn’t it great when your first name can be your brand) has been majoring on websites and CSS lately, here’s his list of do’s and dont’s for creating a website. And finally e-consultancy’s Read more …