Having to include an entire PHP OAuth library every time I want to make a simple API request for some of my own data from a 3rd party app like Twitter really pisses me off. Perhaps this is unreasonable, but it's a problem I ran into for the…
An introduction This is the first in a new series of blog posts I will be writing about the cool things I discover in my travels around the web. Twitter provides a wealth of wonder every day, RSS provides regular treats & the cool people I work & play with…
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…
This is a pretty silly & out of the norm post for me, but what the hell! Whilst in Stitch's Great Escape @ Disneyland last month I was enthralled by the use of a clever font so that it looked like all the signs were written in an alien…
Two weeks ago, my slightly better half had his 30th birthday. To celebrate him becoming a "proper" adult, I decided there was nothing more fitting than a visit to Disneyland. So on Monday we're flying to Florida for three whole weeks of tomfoolery in Orlando!! We&…
Last night this article hit the front page of Digg [ http://digg.com/d1nwYD]. Written by Thomas Hardy [http://twitter.com/thomasjhardy] over at Web Designer Help [http://www.webdesignerhelp.co.uk], it's a showcase on the top 30 web folk to follow on twitter [http://www.webdesignerhelp.…