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A response to \\\"Some thoughts on Beauty\\\"

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:56:39 GMT

I had an interesting discussion with a friend of mine about my previous post which touched on what people find “beautiful” in web design.

Some thoughts on beauty

Sun, 3 Mar 2013 22:43:47 GMT

Some time ago now I read a short review by Martin Belam of a presentation made at last year’s EuroIA conference.

On responsive web design

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:00:40 GMT

I recently got involved in a discussion on Twitter about responsive web design (RWD) and I thought I’d put some thoughts about it in writing.

An infographic revisited

Wed, 4 Jul 2012 16:01:47 GMT

Infographics have become very popular on the web in the last year: I see several links to examples every day on my Twitter feed.

On Lucian Freud

Wed, 4 Jul 2012 15:59:28 GMT

I had, for many years, a hankering to be painted by Lucian Freud.

On baking

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:32:28 GMT

I’m not much of a cake eater (most of my cakes are made in order to use things up) but I do enjoy baking, and the new series of The Great British Bake Off being screened on BBC2 has rekindled my cake-making enthusiasm.

Type high

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:59:33 GMT

I’ve just returned from a three-day course at Central St Martins in London.

In memory of my friend Kay

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:04:00 GMT

It’s been longer than I’d like since I last posted here, but the last couple of weeks have been a little odd. Nearly a fortnight ago my friend Kay Dekker died, and I’ve been trying to put something about him into words...

On camping

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT

We have just returned from a few days’ camping in Wales. Camping is an acquired taste, I know: some people love it, some can’t bear the idea. When I was 10 I went camping with the Guides in Knebworth...

A genealogical map

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:00:00 GMT

A few weeks ago Dave and I went to London to see Peter Brötzmann play at Café Oto in Dalston. It was a great night (except for the fact that the pre-gig interview overran somewhat and left us no time...

On beginning a blog

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:00:00 GMT

One reason I’ve not started a blog until now is that I have never been particularly happy with my prose. I don’t enjoy writing where you can see the join. With some writers you can see the cogs workin...