WIF 2008: Water is Life

Last week Belle, owner of BeansBox, invited me to join their team in the WIF 2008 contest. After reading up on what WIF is actually about I was thrilled to take up the 24 hour challenge! This years theme was “Water Is Life” with the following selection criteria: ergonomics accessibility interactivity rich media drafting homogeneity [...]

In-house Team + Contractor = Contention?

A recent SXSW podcast titled “The Holy Trinity of Web Design” dealt with the issue of contention in projects consisting of in-house teams and contractors. Contention is especially apparent when both sides are technically sound and experienced. As a contractor, querying why things are as they are or suggesting new ways of doing things could [...]

The Convergence of Language

I always get a sense of Déjà vu when switching between programming languages. It may just be me and the languages I’m familiar with but it feels as though the popular web languages are converging; not only in the syntactical vein but also in methodology and approach. All are moving towards Object Oriented Programming (OOP) [...]