Internet
The internet plays a huge role in my life, from a place to share photos and videos, to a career, to a means of communication linking me to friends and family all over the world.
Work project honoured by Anthrazit magazine
Thursday, 11th February 2010 • Geek stuff, Internet, Work • No comments
Both we at Burson-Marsteller Crossmedia and our client were delighted to find out earlier this week that the website gene-abc.ch, which we re-developed and re-launched during 2009, has received a place in the annual awards given by Anthrazit magazine here in Switzerland for the “Best 200 Swiss Websites of the Year”.
The Long and Short of It
Tuesday, 15th December 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet • No comments
A summary of how I feel about sharing and distributing content in the internet, how one should integrate and use RSS feeds and summaries, and why my perfect solution may not be your perfect solution.
The Hero
Saturday, 28th November 2009 • In the Media, Internet, Video • 2 comments
Where some advertisers choose the “viral” route of making a low-budget film to publicize themselves or their causes via YouTube, others still spend the time and make an effort to integrate some very cool interactivity to ensure that their offering or message gains widespread recognition.
Categorization bug in WordPress
Thursday, 26th November 2009 • Internet • No comments
I’ve been using WordPress for years and in the main, it’s a fantastic piece of collaborative software. However, the fact that the standalone version which is installed on one’s own [...]
Survey of internet access speeds
Friday, 13th November 2009 • Internet • No comments
I order to better cover the needs of my visitors, I’m carrying out a simple survey of how you visit the site.
Why opening new browser windows for external links is pointless
Thursday, 12th November 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet, Technique • No comments
Don’t you just hate it when you’ve been using the internet for a little while and you have a mass of browser windows to battle with? Where the hell did that website go, that you were looking at earlier? Both of these annoyances are entirely unnecessary, and this article explains why.
SprainTV
Thursday, 15th October 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet, Video • No comments
Manuel Reinhard (also known through his personal website and Twitter stream as “sprain”) has recently launched a regular video podcast in review of the week’s happenings in the Swiss internet scene.
Ten years of push-button publishing
Thursday, 27th August 2009 • In the Media, Internet, Work • No comments
On 23rd August 2009, the ten year anniversary of a web service called Blogger passed with barely a blip; only a small handful of news reports show up at Google’s news aggregating service and the world at large has paid little notice to the milestone.
Cross-domain Javascript calls
Wednesday, 12th August 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet • 1 comment
A technical article covering the use of Javascript functions and files across multiple web domains.
Social media outages today
Thursday, 6th August 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet • No comments
As I take a moment or two out of my day, Twitter is currently unavailable and has been so for over an hour.
Good Transparency
Wednesday, 5th August 2009 • Advertising, Design, Geek stuff, Internet • No comments
When you receive a tip of a cool piece of design from a company like Information Architects, whose Web Trend Maps are exquisite in their detail, you know it’s going to be something good.
A Permanent Tourist Newsletter? You decide!
Tuesday, 4th August 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet • No comments
Would you subscribe to a free email newsletter from me?
Jungfrau Zeitung secures its newspaper business
Friday, 31st July 2009 • In the Media, Internet • No comments
The newest version of the newspaper, to which I still subscribe online despite no longer working or living in the catchment area, produced by a small handful of people and covering purely local news instead of falling to the temptation of reporting news from more distant regions, is at least a match for – if not better than – most national newspapers.
You’ve Got Mail
Tuesday, 28th July 2009 • Advertising, Geek stuff, Internet, Photography • No comments
An American company offers a service to send individual, custom postcards from your mobile phone or web browser via traditional mail.
