How to detect a touchscreen
Simple and good enough way of detecting a touchscreen — http://t.co/geHoapcWCW — Nishant Kothary (@rainypixels) September 2, 2013 via http://twitter.com/rainypixels Discussion on StackOverflow about...
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The Microsoft/Nokia deal visualised
The recent Microsoft acquisition of Nokia’s device division is visualised in this diagram by Luke Millar, which shows just how small a piece of the mobile pie this deal covers. That said I think this...
View ArticleQuit dreaming big and start achieving
Quit dreaming big and start achieving. The fabulous @rainypixels explains. http://t.co/sOie6OXuI1 — Jeffrey Zeldman (@zeldman) September 9, 2013 via @zeldman A great article on the always reliable A...
View ArticleInstalling IBM Worklight 6.0 on Windows 7
I installed IBM Worklight 6.0 following the instructions on the IBM Worklight installation page Generally my focus is on web-development and on delivering a ‘one web‘ experience using responsive design...
View ArticleUnilever sustainability statement
UniLever CEO, huge industrial resource-processor, makes most important sustainability statement I've read this year http://t.co/NRei20kYir — Rick Robinson (@dr_rick) October 8, 2013 via An impressive...
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Microservices by Paul Downey at GDS
Paul Downey at the Government Digital Service shares a interesting and visually appealing view of a proposed microservices architecture. The mix of web, APIs and systems of records looks sensible to...
View ArticleMore on Microservices – Martin Fowler article
Martin Fowler expands on what a microservices architecture is all about. A lot of the concepts are similar to SOA, so I’m gradually trying to understand what the practical and philosophical differences...
View ArticleThe HTML 5 anchor tag: download attribute
The humble anchor tag. It’s the lynchpin of the web, allowing links between pages. Surely there’s nothing to improve here? Well, one problem I encountered today is how to put a link to a resource (mp3,...
View ArticleTransport for London on Apps vs. Websites and APIs
A recurring question is whether to have a mobile app, or a mobile friendly website or both. The view from the Government Digital Service is that the most important thing is to have a mobile friendly...
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Wardley Maps
At a work event last week, I was pleased to see a slot about Wardley Maps, a technique that I’ve been reading about for a while. Wardley Maps can be used to help understand systems in a different way...
View ArticleGetting used to a new Mac – Keyboard shortcuts
It’s a bit of a shock to the system getting used to a Mac after years on Windows. So much muscle memory to relearn on well practiced shortcuts for instance. Keys that no longer exist. A trackpad that...
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The right tool for the job
Everyone seems to be doing agile these days. Not everyone is being agile however. There is a big difference between employing the rituals of agile and really applying the agile manifesto values such as...
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Beyond the T-shaped person: becoming star shaped
The T-shaped career model suggests that a person should have a depth of skills in a single field (the vertical bar) and a breadth of skills that enable cross-disciplinary collaboration (the horizontal...
View Article2016 retrospective
Amidst the wider chaos of 2016, it occurred to me that I’ve managed to get quite a lot done. And learn a huge amount in the process. I thought I’d share something of a retrospective / brain-dump of my...
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