Pardon me if you know this already, but the world is a big place with lots of things happening, all the time. The internet made it easier to find out what things are happening in different parts of the world,...
Yesterday, on the way home from work I was pleasantly surprised (seemed like a day for it) to find that Kyle Weems has studied my anatomy, distinguishing features and fashion sense to turn me into a character in his web...
At Lift we have been discussing our methods of organising and writing CSS for new project and future maintenance. It got me wondering how other people choose to manage their stylesheets....
Summer is coming to an end and web designers/developers everywhere seem to be redesigning their personal sites, blogs and portfolios. Here's a few I have picked up on....
I am pleased to announce the launch of a new resource for all things HTML5. HTML5Doctor contains posts about the various new features of HTML5, including example uses of the new elements....
The gloves are off. For some time now, the push to do away with the pains of developing for IE6 has been getting more aggressive. With companies dropping support, campaigns such as Bring Down IE 6 and IE Death March,...
That's right, it's time to show all. Swallow your pride and strip it all off. Go on, remove your CSS. It's CSS Naked Day 2009!...
I am proud to announce that AnimeDeals is now live with some initial content. This is a blog promoting online anime DVD deals for UK anime fans, in an attempt to fill the hole in this area....
On the 30th of April 2009, web designers, developers, marketers and more will descend on Kensington Town Hall for Future of Web Design! Of all the interesting people that will be there, there is one particular attendee that I'd like...
Over the past couple of days a lot of Twitter users have been changing their avatars to "manga" versions of themselves. These images are created using Face Your Manga, a flash-based character creator similar to Mii....
Olive is a recently launched web app from Sarah Parmenter of You Know Who. If you've ever wanted an easy way to manage client project maintanence task and fees, Olive was built just for that....
It is time for the second annual Survey for People Who Make Websites. It's not long, only took a few minutes to fill out and doesn't try to identify you as an individual. If you're in a web profession,...
Yesterday, GoDaddy started sales on .me domains. I watched the timer as it ticked down and as soon as it hit 0 I hit go on my two prepared searches for mike.me and mikerobinson.me. They were both available! Or so...
Following on from my "Form Mark-Up: Are Lists Appropriate?" article last month, I've become more educated on the matter and changed my opinion. Don't use lists in your form mark-up!...
Recently launched, WooThemes offers Premium Wordpress Themes that are truly high quality. You can purchase these themes individually or join the themes club that states it is here to stay!...
It's be a while since I originally wrote about ChannelFlip. They recently relaunched with a new website and show setup so I thought I would revisit this awesome UK video magazine to provide my thoughts. Also, they have the guys...
Dustin Brewer posted an article about form mark-up and styling. The day before, Antonio Lupetti of Woork posted an article covering the same topic, but with a different approach. Both examples use lists, Dustin going for Definition Lists and Antonio...
I've been using Gravatars here on akamike for a while, but never really spoken about them. To raise awareness I've put together a "What are Gravatars?" info page which is linked on every comment form. Hopefully more friendly faces will...
The Mozilla Foundation has set up Download Day 2008, to mark the attempt for the most downloads in a day. On the release of Firefox 3, download it. That's all you have to do. You can also sign-up to pledge...
Chris Garrett is holding a survey about blogs and the bloggers behind them. Questions include "Why do you blog?", "Do you show ads on your blog?" and "How many hours a week combined do you spend blogging and on related...
Bodzo is a new search engine and way to advertise your site. Similar to The Big Word Project, which I have written about before, you can submit your site to the search engine and tag it with a word. Except,...
We all have our daily things to check on the web, from blogs to forums, stats to e-mail, which got me wondering how many tabs does the average person (geek) have open on their first/main browse. For some, like me,...
After reading about Twittering plants and bridges [via Antonio Gould], I decided to make a mock-up of what life will be like if some of the stuff in your house got registered to twitter. See it after the jump....
The Big Word Project (TBWP) is a new site from Lee Munroe and Paddy Donnelly, where you buy words to have them linked to your site. That word becomes exclusive to you on the site so that when someone looks...
As a follow-up to my micro-blogging service comparison I would like to draw attention to HelloTxt. HelloTxt is a service that allows you to easily post to several micro-blogging services at once....
Micro-blogging is a great way to keep people up to date on what you are doing or just share neat stuff you find without the weight of a full blown blog. Great for those quick mini-rants, announcements and questions you...
Over the past couple of days I have started hanging around the Wordpress IRC channel (#wordpress @ irc.freenode.net), to pick up tips and help out when I can. In my short time there, I found out about the Wordpress Podcast...
Just a quick post to ask anyone who has a Jaiku account, with a free invite, to send one my way ;) I thought I had an account from a while back, so unless it got deleted I guess I...
The UKs own internet TV production company, from Wil Harris and Justin Gayner, is now rolling out shows. ChannelFlip currently offers three shows, in "beta", covering gaming, DVDs/movies and technology/gadgets/computing. I've watched them all, so here's what I'm thinking......
Yesterday was OneWebDay, a day dedicated to celebrating what the web/internet means to us, as individuals, organizations and communities. Since I only found out about this late into the day, I decided to wait until today to post about...
I just got finished watching the latest episode (109) of Diggnation. Last ep, they hinted about a London show and I have been waiting to hear more details, and now that the tentative concept is out I thought I would...
So many blogs have been posting about this video, curtosy of The Onion, The Great Web Crash. The report is about how one man has crashed the internet by doing too much ("clogging the tubes") and how people are dealing...
Since my first post about Pownce, I have obtained an invite, invited 6 friends with my own invites, then used it for a few days. Despite my concerns, this is a great site/app, though it is not without is shortcomings....
There has been a few changes around the blog, with more to come. I'm stopping for today in favour of playing CS:S and WoW!...
For the past 3 years, I have wanted to be a web developer. I've come from a kid messing about with html tables and frames, to a man (OK OK, still a kid) who is skilled in XHTML, CSS with...
Add One Word is a site with "minimal design", but is actually something pretty cool. The idea is, you submit a word to be added, people will vote it up, and build a story in the web 2.0 spirit!...
For a while now people have been talking and wondering about Kevin Rose's latest venture, rumoured to be some sort of instant messenger. A collaboration of Leah Culver, Daniel Burka, Kevin Rose and Shawn Allen, today Pownce has been partially...
Chix0r over at Pure Narcotic linked to an article about Shopping 3.0. The article states reasons for why Second Life will never be good for retail. I agree with that point, I believe that Virtual World Retail (VWR) will not...
Got the Nice n' Crafty project page up, with two images of the logo....
This morning I was just wondering about a recent story I posted up on Digg, about Bebo's New Look. I checked it and it still had only 3 Diggs from the day before, not that I was hugely surprised by...
Do you have a folder/label for your e-mail named "Important"? Where you just archive things away for rare use in the future. I do, and it is starting to worry me!...
I have never really been big on social networks. I'll have account here and there, maybe play about on them for a week or two, then my interest drops and it becomes outdated. Take my myspace for example, it still...
US media giant, CBS has purchased UK based Last.fm for Topic: $280m (£140m). Jump to BBC News for details, or read on for my brief thoughts....
First off, I am pretty disappointed with what was shown. Only three of them I thought were nice and only one of them I thought had something really good going. Brian Shaler's work has been nice though. I had hoped...
Douglas Crockford, a senior JavaScript architect for Yahoo, did some excellent presentations on JavaScript. They are not only good for those learning the language but those who think they already do (trust me, you're likely to learn quite a bit...