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Google GMail first, Google Apps for your domain email second »

Design, GMail, Google Add a comment

Dull it may be, but nevertheless, I noticed the excellent ‘something‒has‒happened’ orange alert at the top of GMail was now a washed out orange, well, more of a friendly yellow. Read »

Mac OS X Leopard Time Machine is not over hyped »

Apple 2 comments ›

Mentioning no names, one of the backup programs I used, not too long ago, came with a PDF manual, that, if printed, took up more than half an inch / 2cm+ of printed of paper. Read »

About to change my spots »

Apple 5 comments ›

Bye bye Tiger, hello Leopard.

See the picture… Read »

4.3 gigabytes of GMail storage from Google. Mad as a brush »

GMail, Google 1 comment ›

I would be intrigued to know the pressures that led to this recent increase. Read »

IE 7 takeup versus IE6 stickiness »

Microsoft 3 comments ›

Should I be surprised at this take-up statistic, IE6 versus IE7? Read »

H?#mail? Why would anyone use anything other than GMail? »

Business, GMail, Google Add a comment

Having used a number of email clients, some web based, I am certain that GMail is in a league of it’s own. And yet people KEEP missing this… If you prefer to stay away from Web based email, then no worries, but otherwise, why oh why? Read »

Happy to receive a ‘Designer Spotlight’ at istockphoto.com »

Design, Navel–gazing 1 comment ›

I am delighted to have just received a ‘Designer Spotlight’ at istockphoto.com for the design of this website. Read »

Like a stone in my home page »

Design, Navel–gazing Add a comment

I just knew something was wrong, imbalanced with the home page here. And now I know, and it’s fixed. Read »

What’s Wrong With www? »

Business, Design 1 comment ›

It ain’t cool bud. If you’d like a detailed diatribe on where www came from (Tim Berners–Lee), why it was bought into being and why it is not used by some (notably the folks over at http://no-www.org), then you came to the wrong article. Read »

eharmony.ca — website setup »

Business 2 comments ›

Taking a cue from Jon Hicks (www.hicksdesign.co.uk, respect), I do look for design wherever I can find it, note it, absorb it, fill up the design-tanks and hopefully the result will be more creative ideas. Read »

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