A long weekend on the South Downs
Walking from Petersfield to Winchester with Jon and my new camera.
Writing
Short posts, articles and essays.
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The trip to Italy
A two-week Italian adventure finds a familiar Germanic conclusion.
Apple’s Black Mirror
What fresh hell is this?
Birmingham’s do-over
Birmingham has undergone a radical transformation. Has it gone too far?
Look around you
For all their claims of changing the world, it would seem designers have not only failed to address its more pressing problems, but exaggerated many of its existing ones.
London’s Olympic Stadium: A legacy lost
Following a £272m conversion programme, London’s Olympic Stadium can now host both football and athletics. Has this secured it legacy?
Recent posts
Speaking at Peckham Digital
I’ll be presenting a beginner’s guide to the IndieWeb.
With great power, comes great creativity: thoughts from CSS Day 2024
Come for the talks, stay for the Bitterballen, leave with a better understanding of a beautifully comprehensive tool for design.
Protocols, platforms and priorities
Another federated outrage.
IndieWeb principles
When people ask what is the IndieWeb, and who is it for, do its principles hinder more than they help?
Unconference
I’m a person-person not a people-person.
The state of Indiekit
A quick progress update covering what’s recently been added, what’s still missing and my longer term ambitions for the project.
Small dents in the IndieWeb
I’ve been on a bit of a mission lately.
IndieWebCamp Brighton 2024
The first IndieWebCamp of 2024 is coming to Brighton in March.
A brief history of Twitter, in 280 characters
In lieu of flowers.
These are my jams
Want jam, have jam.
2023 in numbers
It’s time to begin, now count it in, five, six, seven, eight.
2023 in review
In the pink.
The impossible dream
Reflections on Keanu Reeves’ Brawn GP documentary and how Formula 1 has changed over the last 14 years.
Default apps 2023
A quick rundown of the apps I rely on to achieve common tasks.
IndieWebCamp Nuremberg
How I spent my weekend at 2023’s lone IndieWebCamp.
A cohesive and unified identity for IndieWeb protocols
Noodling on nodes.
A long weekend on the South Downs
Walking from Petersfield to Winchester with Jon and my new camera.
Classnames
I made a thing; a small website to provide inspiration when naming things.
A night to remember
Myself, Jon Roobottom and Giles Turnbull will be speaking at a special evening event for UX Brighton on Tuesday 10 October 2023.
The trip to Italy
A two-week Italian adventure finds a familiar Germanic conclusion.
Italian railways
A few things I’ve noticed while travelling around Italy by train.
The Italian Jaunt
Hang on a minute lads, I’ve got a great idea…
Interview for UX London
Prior to UX London, I was asked a few questions about me and my talk.
The continuing tragedy of CSS: thoughts from CSS Day 2023
A golden age of CSS was evident in Amsterdam, but to whose benefit?