Review: Building Findable Websites
Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO and Beyond by Aarron Walter is a book that I’ve got a lot out of. Its full of useful material which should be of real practical help to people involved in...
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10 useful web-related podcasts
I get through a lot of podcasts to keep myself sane during my three hours a day of commuting time. These are some of the web-related ones which I’ve enjoyed and find myself coming back to: 1. Boagword...
View ArticleRequirements gathering for web projects
The process of requirements gathering can be difficult at times, but is obviously essential if you want to build a solid foundation for your web project. Below are some free resources which will...
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Review: Refactoring HTML
There’s nothing more dispiriting than being stuck with maintaining an old website with hundreds of pages of rubbishy “Netscape 4″-era code. There can be an overwhelming number of things which need...
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Review: Universal Design for Web Applications
Universal Design for Web Applications summarises a unified approach for designing web content so that it works better for people with disabilities and users of mobile devices. The authors identify an...
View Article10 favourite web design books
As a break from reviewing new books, this is a quick list of older web design books which I’ve enjoyed a lot. Web Design Designing with Web Standards – I read the first edition of Jeffrey Zeldman’s...
View ArticleReview: Forms that Work – Designing Web Forms for Usability
My first thought on seeing that there was a whole book on web form usability was – “How could anyone write a whole 200 pages just about how to design forms?” My scepticism wasn’t entirely dispelled by...
View ArticleUK Government boost for open source (hopefully)
The UK Government yesterday announced it wants to promote the use of open source software in the public sector. There’s a good discussion of this on the Guardian’s technology blog: UK government puts...
View ArticleFree ebooks for web project management
I’ve noticed that Internet.com has some interesting ebooks on project management available which just require free registration with their site to download. One of the most useful of these from a web...
View Article65+ lists of jQuery plugins
No web design blog is complete nowadays without a post or two recommending particular jQuery plugins. However, it can sometimes be a pain trying to find a plugin you remember reading about months ago...
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