In the middle of writing a blog post about generating placeholder text (think lipsum..coming soon) I started wondering why there is no HTML-native way to load arbitrary content into an element. API's and RESTful services are all over the web these days, but we continue to have…
On the 19th March I'm going to be attending "State of the Browser [http://browser.londonwebstandards.org/]". It's an event hosted by the London Web Standards [http://www.londonwebstandards.org/] group for "web creators" to get the low down on up-and-coming features…
[http://res.cloudinary.com/hannahwf/image/upload/v1392491818/P1000154_phlbiw.jpg] Last week, whilst on my honeymoon in Cuba, I wrote this post [http://erisds.co.uk/internet/life-beyond-the-internet] about being disconnected, and liking it. I've been home 2 days, and haven't yet brought myself to…
I am a child of the internet. I remember the early(ish) days, when we had 14.4k modems and I hadn't yet discovered search engines. Always a geek, I was one of the first kids in school to get access at home. One day after doing some…
I've been experimenting with developing my Twitter account for the last year or so, and this week I published 5 simple steps for getting from beginner to a successful Twitterer:Getting Started with Twitter: 5 Simple Steps [http://www.enginecreative.co.uk/blog/getting-started-with-twitter-5-simple-steps.html] . The article is…
[http://explicitweb.co.uk]Last week marked the launch of the 7th ExplicitWeb podcast [http://explicitweb.co.uk/post/697393363/episode-7-content-vs-design-microformats] , complete with our second guest, Rick Nunn. The show seems to be gathering strength with each new episode and I thought it about time I shared my thoughts. If…
[http://project52.info/]I've just signed up to Project52 [http://project52.info/]. Originally intended as a small group of friends supporting each other to reach their goals, there are now over 700 members and I'm really interested to see how this develops into a workable system.…
This past week and a half I have "moved home" in more ways than one. Not only have I had to move EVERYTHING out of the house we bought 8 months ago so that electricians can re-wire the entire place, but I have also moved this blog to…