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How to create a WordPress mobile theme
While it may have its limitations, free WordPress remains an excellent blogging CMS. So, it’s no surprise to see it moving with the times and introducing an option to instantly create a mobile theme for your blog. You simply go to your dashboard, scroll down to ‘Appearance’ on the left and then ‘Extras’. Once there … Continue reading
Google reader redesign all white
This morning’s check of my RSS feeds produced a pleasant surprise. Google Reader’s previously rather ugly design has had a winter spring-clean with the heavy blue backgrounds toned down or replaced with a sprinkling of seasonal white snow. Changes in design to heavily used sites or applications are not for the faint-hearted and are a … Continue reading
Windows Surfacing
Over the last few months, there has been increasing levels of buzz around user interface. From Microsoft’s Surface to the wii and iPhone, the trend is clear – the humble mouse and keyboard/keypad’s dominance are likely to fade as more intuitive and ultimately ‘human’ forms of interaction emerge into the mainstream through touch, motion and … Continue reading
The Wii factor
Deep in TechnoCloud Towers is a room which I use to showcase consumer technology. This allows colleagues to familiarise themselves with the home entertainment gadgets that their budget or interests wouldn’t normally bring them into contact with. There’s no doubt which two gadgets excite the most interest – the Apple TV and the Wii. For … Continue reading
Enterprise software design tips from Martin Fowler
When I first heard we were having a talk from Martin Fowler, I assumed that the Eastenders crew were paying us a visit. In fact, we got the enterprise software design guru rather than James Alexandrou’s most famous creation. In an impressively off-the-cuff talk, he gave his opinion on the history and direction of enterprise … Continue reading
Golden Retrievr
Visual recognition is one of the significant challenges facing search as the scale of multimedia content on the web grows. It is relatively straightforward to extract text and even audio, but the variables involved in visual recognition mean that a human eye remains the best judge of a successful search. The likes of Blinkx, Riya … Continue reading
