A friend of mine who is prone to the dark art of programming sent me a link to the CWE site that lists the Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors. It is actually interesting even for Web projects even though all 25 are very unlikely to occur in a web project. Large scale web projects […]
A really impressive piece about the Arnell Group's redesign of the Pepsi logo. It doesn't seem clear at the moment whether this is a really well worked hoax and/or viral piece or whether it is simply the real thing. Take a look if you are interested in logos just like I was (to create the […]
So how do you think that The Associated Press was able to obtain blacked out information from the settlement document concerning Facebook and ConnectU : copy and paste! It is a bit of a joke obviously to talk about security in this case... The document indicates a large difference in the valuation of Facebook depending […]
OK so the other day when buying some ready made meals the lady on the till says to me "So doesn't your wife cook" and I say (not really thinking of the consequences) "I'm single actually". This leads to her standing up and shouting across the supermarket to her friend "Hey Geraldine, guess what he's […]
An interesting article (in French) by Laurent Jacobs indicates that a recent study from Rubicon Consulting explains how 80% of user generated content comes from on average 10% of the online population. There is also an interesting piece about moderation and how this needs to be quickly managed or be managed after content is posted […]
OK I just finished reading the "A Bigger Idea": A Manifesto on Interactive Advertising Creativity and yes it's long but since I received the link from a friend this morning I had been intrigued by the intro. Well it's worth the read. Not all of it is going to be relevant to everybody but if […]
One of the best French TV series I have seen in years has just started with a second season in France. My sister is watching it with her future husband and gave away the premise for the new series : something is found burnt up in the boot of a car. Well if you watch […]
A few nights ago I discovered that the whole station at Angel had been redecorated by Magners and it was a pretty impressive experience. Not just because I must admit I quite like the drink on the rocks ! Yes I know, another late night at work 😉
The series "Saving Grace" from TNT who are behind the other great series "The Closer" has a great soundtrack to it from Everlast. While it lasts here it is on YouTube sorry GoogleVideos... : The series stars Holy Hunter and is one of the recent 'original' series that survived the Hollywood scenario strike and rightly […]
iMedaConnection has an article that proclaims that the likes of McDonalds and Burger King should be on your Desktop and although the article is surounded by adverts for a company that creates Desktop applications it is interesting to read how the current websites aimed at Kids are just too complicated for kids !
Sony has announced that the "Mylo", a wifi handheld device, should be available from September at around $350. It has been presented in black and 'white and orange' (as seen below). You can find out more from the press release published at Sony's site.
A very interesting article has been posted over at SoftwareDeveloper.com about using AJAX so that your site isn't hiding content from the likes of Google : How to : Get Google and AJAX to play nicely. The article gives some good examples of what to avoid doing and alternative methods to those generally used that […]
Bill Nguyen, a serial entrepreneur explains in a CNN Money article why he feels that his experience has pushed him to be less bold in his approach and thus probably takes off an edge he would have had on 'the market', the first time round : "Here's what I think about the whole serial entrepreneur […]
Just came across a very interesting blog and article explaining that a recent study demonstrates beyond doubt that hospitals were employees systematically wash their hands decrease deaths due to infections. The article explains how "the current New England Journal of Medicine reports on a study conducted in Michigan hospitals" : And it worked, big-time. “The […]
