IAB get a new website…

by Rob Mason ~ February 27th, 2008

…shame it can’t do the basics! For those not in the know the IAB are a UK-based trade association for the internet marketing industry. They’ve just re-launched their website with a new look and feel, which is not too shabby and also offers a mobile version. Continue reading »

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Owning a hammer does not make me a builder…

by Rob Mason ~ February 26th, 2008

Nick Leeson …but apparently owning some design software does make someone a website designer! Freelance Freedom at FreelanceSwitch has done a great cartoon on a very serious issue which has been bugging me for a while. Continue reading »

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Evolution is a natural thing…unless you’re Microsoft

by Rob Mason ~ January 24th, 2008

Many people have already commented on Microsoft’s announcement regarding backwards compatibility in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), some with far more legitimacy than me to provide their opinions (A List Apart for one).

But I have an opinion so here goes: to me it all boils down to evolution. Continue reading »

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Attack of the scrapers

by Rob Mason ~ January 20th, 2008

Update: thanks to the website owner the content in question has been removed

Apparently even lowly websites such as mine can be attacked by scrapers! For those not in the know, scrapers are low-born scum whose websites serve only to prey on other people’s RSS feeds, publish that content and then pass it off as their own. Continue reading »

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The wierd world of Microsoft

by Rob Mason ~ January 10th, 2008

Maybe it’s just me, but a children’s book by Microsoft aimed at explaining the in’s and out’s of Windows Home Server sounds slightly absurd. Like I’m going to go out and buy some hardware because my 5-year old says so!

Thanks to UX Magazine for the link.

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