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• Readability, Uniqueness, Hackability and Meaning in URL Design

  In this article I discuss the development of usable URLs and outline some guidelines that will aid developing them. I also briefly touch on the importance of choosing development frameworks that enable decent URLs.

  Posted on 7th October, 13 comments. Read More

• A Skeptics Approach to Development

  The web is a fast-moving medium, a new technology can go from being unknown to being a requirement for almost every industry job within mere months. So in a field where it’s so easy to get left behind, how can I justify being hesitant to adopt the new ideas that come along? This article explores some of my reasoning.

  Posted on 5th March, 4 comments. Read More

• My Web Design History

  Everyone has to begin somewhere. This article forms a brief but honest history of my web design experience and the lessons learned.

  Posted on 1st March, 1 comment. Read More

• HTML, the clue is in the L

  Hypertext Markup Language is a language, the clue is in the name. Languages have words and grammars, but can this way of looking at HTML help explain the importance of a semantic, standards-based approach to markup?

  Posted on 18th February, 6 comments. Read More