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Flickr short URL bookmarklet
13th June 2010
I was getting annoyed with the whole view source > find canonical link > copy shenanigans when trying to get a Flickr short URL so I’ve put this little chap together. It’s a bit quick and dirty, so if you run into problems just let me know and I’ll sort them out. Similarly, if you find it useful drop me a line.
I’ve tried to add the bookmarklet to this entry, but ExpressionEngine doesn’t like the idea, so it’s on it’s own page here.
January 2010
Wanted!
21st
Yesterday it was announced that I’ll be starting a new full time gig at Erskine Design as their new front-end developer. I’m absolutely thrilled to bits to have won the role, and equally so about the possibilities it opens up for me: working with that team. It does however mean that …continue reading...
November 2009
URL ABC
27th
A nice little idea from Tim Van Damme:
A simple game: Go to the address bar in your favorite browser, and type one letter. Start with “a”, end with “z”.
NME’s top 50 albums of the noughties on Spotify
18th
The Guradian NME have compiled a fairly comprehensive list of the greatest albums of the last decade, and although I’m not sure I’d agree with all of them, I do with a lot. So helpfully I’ve created a Spotify with all of them on. I suggest you whack it on random and enjoy!
Open the Spotify playlist of the Guradian NME’s greatest albums of the last decade.
Flaws in quantifying online advertising success
6th
the number of people who click on display ads in a month has fallen from 32% of Internet users in July 2007 to only 16% in March 2009, with an even smaller core of people (representing 8% of the Internet user base) accounting for 85% of all clicks.
Interesting stuff there indicating an ‘alarming’ drop in click through rates. Jack goes on to talk about how advertisers are using these figures to express a flaw in the system, and how they are wrong to do so.
The internet is a constantly evolving entity but equally so are the people who who use it, just because we’re not clicking ads as much as we used to doesn’t make them ineffective. We still see, read and hear them and that’s worked just fine for television, radio and print advertising up until now. Just as he says:
online display ads generate significant lift in trademark search, online and offline sales, and brand-site visitation across all verticals, among those internet users who were exposed to the online ad campaigns – whether they clicked on the ad or not.
Interesting stuff, and useful for those of us who use or implement online advertising.
p.s. apologies for the crappy stock imagery there, I was feeling a tad lazy
October 2009
ExpressionEngine 2.0 & CodeIgniter
29th
no longer is ExpressionEngine limited to interacting with extensions or modules. No, with CodeIgniter entire applications can interact with your ExpressionEngine install.Kenny Meyers – EE Insider That is very very exciting news. Surely that sneaky little tid-bit is one of the most important parts of this new launch? I’d expect to …continue reading...
August 2009
Spectacular YouTube collages
31st
Josh Poehlein has painstakingly produced these collages exclusively from YouTube screen grabs. Currrently the collection is still a work in progress, but he says you can contact him and he’ll send you large printable versions for free. What a legend. Here are a sample of two of them, please visit his …continue reading...
April 2009
Alcoholic architecture - breathe your booze
17th
You’re probably used to obtaining then consuming your alcoholic beverages from a glass right? Finally boffins and forward thinking gastronomes have invented a place where you no longer have to lift vessel to face, sip and swallow – you just inhale them. The Alcoholic Arcitechure as it’s known is a ‘bar’ …continue reading...
August 2008
Led Zeppelin iPhone / iPod Touch Wallpaper
12th
I have just combined my love for both Led Zepellin and my iPhone by making a wallpaper in Photoshop. Feel free to download it and use it yourself! The best way I’ve found to keep all your wallpapers tidy is just to create an album called iPhone Wallpapers in iPhoto then …continue reading...
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