Entries posted in July, 2009

Grammar and spelling are still important

I recently spotted this little gem in the “jobs” section at Gumtree, posted by some bloke who wanted (presumably paid) work as a website content editor: Hi…..Were shill I start….I make this simple.  More »

Eclipse goes FUBAR

While not my preferred development platform, I’ve recently had to use Eclipse once again while working on a collaborative project. While Eclipse is pretty popular with web development shops, I’ve never been in love with it because I just found too many things about it which are annoying.  More »

Good advice for tough times

One of the great visionaries of our time, Steve Jobs, said something to a bunch of university students a few years back.  More »

Users, not visitors

In my line of work, it’s common practice to use the word “visitors”, when referring to humans who come to a website. But these humans aren’t visitors, they’re actually users. Users is a more accurate description of people who interact with web content.  More »