Estimated reading time: just a minute! More and more sites are using third party authentication to set up an account or sign in to their services. Typically, I’ve experienced this as “login with Facebook”, but some offer many different login options: Google, Twitter, Open ID, Windows Live…
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Looking back at old web design freelance rates
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I’ve been shredding some old paperwork today, including some invoices from my days as a freelance web designer (roughly 2003-2006, with a few small projects before and after that). Discussing current rates publicly is considered by some to be bad form (and besides, I’m not a freelancer these days), but [...]
How a vote against capital punishment could help get it reinstated
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Earlier this week, the new Government Digital Service published the first user-submitted petitions on the new Directgov “e-petitions” website. The press duly made a scandal out of nothing by running headlines claiming that as a result, the Government would soon be forced to debate the return of capital punishment.
Trust these muppets with our money?
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Two examples of banks giving me ridiculously stupid security advice. Firstly, when the original NatWest iPhone app came out but before it was well publicised, I stumbled upon it on the App store and thought I’d give it a try. It was (and continues to be) made by an unknown [...]
Uppercase, lowercase
Did you know that the origin of the words uppercase and lowercase dates back to the early days of the printing press?
Individual letters were stored in compartmentalised cases. The more commonly used ‘small’ letters were kept in the lower case, within easy reach of the typesetter. The capitals and accented letters were kept in the upper case – a little further to reach because they weren’t required as often.
Cases of type at Ditchling Museum.
Accessibility. You’re doing it wrong.
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Only have a few minutes? Skip to the section on Extending accessibility… I’ve spent over a decade creating websites for a living, and only since starting my own web design business have I worked on a project which included some research with disabled and deaf people, observing their online habits [...]
