The ExplicitWeb Podcast

[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…

How to Solve Problematic Client Relationships: Back to Basics

Please Note: This is the companion blog post to a section I did on Explicit Web [http://www.explicitweb.co.uk] in Episode 6 [http://explicitweb.co.uk/post/653783325/episode-6-future-of-web-design-psycho-babble] . This topic is possibly easier to digest in audio form, so I highly recommend you have a listen! Nightmare…

HTML Canvas: Going Ninja with .Net Magazine's Processing.js tutorial

... [/cc] You can see an example of Processing JS done this way by viewing the full source of the basic demo [ http://processingjs.org/source/basic-example/processingjs_basic-example.html] on the Processing JS homepage. This works really well, except for the drawback of having all your Processing code inline on…

Snippet: Creating & Debugging Complex SQL queries in Symfony

When working with large and complex datasets in Symfony, there comes a point where the ORM layer (Propel or Doctrine) causes more problems than it solves. Sometimes it's necessary to debug large SQL queries built using the ORM layer, and at other times it'sĀ appropriate to…

What is WRONG with my iPhone?

[caption id="attachment_980" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Shht!"] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/shht/][/caption] I've already filed a report on the Apple website & am about to go phone them for help. I'm…

Snippet: Wordpress - Customise the Excerpt Length and More string

These functions and hooks let you customise the output of the_excerpt() template tag. Just copy and paste into the functions.php file in your theme. This works for both posts and pages. To change the excerpt length (how many words are output - the default is 55 words) , define…

Microsoft, Apple or Google for World Domination?

If one of Microsoft, Apple or Google was definitely going to reach "Buy & Large" (think Wall-e) style global domination - which would you rather? Answer at twtpoll [http://twtpoll.com/mnxb0j]…

I've signed up to Project52

[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.…