Blogging, rapid web publishing and citizen journalism has given greater freedom and power to online users. But has this revolution harmed the quality of what we read? Chris Wright investigates. [caption id="attachment_3636" align="alignleft" width="232" caption="Chris Wright is a information architect at cScape"]...

URL: WWW.CARSONIFIED.COM AUTHOR: MIKE KUS DATE LAUNCHED: 9 JULY 2009 TECHNOLOGIES USED: PENCIL, PEN, PAPER, SCANNER, PHOTOSHOP, HTML, CSS “Carsonified is a web company based in Bath, UK. We produce events/workshops for web professionals and write about the web on our blog Think Vitamin. ...

SQUARESPACE One of the coolest new kids on the blogging scene is this very design-conscious publishing service. We see what all the fuss is about and hear from the man behind it… It’s fair to say that one of the drawbacks for ...

This month, Nominet’s director of marketing and communications, Phil Kingsland, talks us through choosing the right web-hosting company Setting up a website that successfully reflects your brand can play a vital role in growing your business and gaining competitive advantage. There ...

Is web design a dying art? (Part 2) As blogging leads the charge for rapid and universal online design, we ask the industry whether the trade is in jeopardy (This continues and concludes a previous post) Anthony Deeming Design and development director, Green Jersey ...

As blogging leads the charge for rapid and universal online design, we ask the industry whether the trade is in jeopardy We ask whether the web is at a turning point as a result of a commercial sub-current that is steadily gathering force as it builds its potentially evil undertow. The ...

Click here to download all code and examples Our Top 50 Flash Techniques feature in Issue 160 paves the way to dynamic success for designers, but we had so much code and content we simply couldn't fill it all in ...

The WordPress phenomenon has taken the art of blogging to a global audience, and not without good reason. It is aptly described by its creators as ”a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.” This ...

On 6 August 1991 in a dimly lit, air-conditioned back room of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), a little NeXT workstation affectionately named ‘Primo II’ blinked away in silence, a tattered paper sticker on the front displaying the ...

If somebody told you they were great at something, would you take them at their word when choosing to invest in their so-called ‘expertise’? “Well Mr. Billen, I might not have actually performed any root canals as ...