Lessons learned from Gordon Ramsay
Mar 22, 03:29 PM | Comment [1]I’ve been loving Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen nightmares series’ (the British ones were much better than the American ones – much less ‘reality TV’ shenanigans).
Each week Ramsay helps a struggling restaurant to turn things around, always with the same basic method of combining determination, attitude and drive with keeping things simple, manageable and meaningful to the customers.
The show got me thinking about how these principles can be applied so similarly to the principles of good web design and running a small business. That’s when I noticed this post and this post from the guys at 37 Signals. So rather than me banging on about it I’d urge you to read those.
Looking for freelancers
Jan 18, 01:16 PM | Comment [1]Things are getting pretty busy here at BTD so I’m on the look out for good freelancers to help me out.
If you’re a web designer, standards-aware front end developer, flash designer/action-scripter or have experience in working with textpattern and you’re looking for short-term freelance work on an ad-hoc basis, drop me a line at freelancework@tollady.com
Art, Sensis and yet more Telstra web work!
Dec 10, 08:06 PM CommentI know, I know… I’ve been a bit quiet of late on the old weblog front, but I’ve got a (feeble) excuse – I’ve been mega busy! – which is a bit unusual for the December/January silly season, but hey, I’m not complaining!
I can’t give too much away yet about what I’ve been working on ‘cause I’m sworn to secrecy and can’t ruin the impending launches, but watch this space for full details as they emerge…
Target accessibility lawsuit given class action
Oct 9, 01:27 PM CommentThe legal case against Target in the US has been in the headlines again this week as a federal judge in has just granted “class action status” to the lawsuit.
Like many in the web industry, I have been aware of this case since it first came to light back in early 2006 (when a 24-year-old student, along with the American National Federation for the Blind filed the suit, alleging the Target Corporation is breaking the law by failing to make its website accessible and usable for the blind), but I wasn’t too clear on what this recent “class action status” meant, and what the ramifications might be.
MODM
Aug 3, 11:07 AMI caught up with a couple of mates, Chris (of Docoloco fame) and Phil last night for a beer and to see what these MODM meet-ups are all about. Neither of us had been before and it sounded interesting so we all braved the cold and set off for a look-see.
Organised by Cameron Reily and Simon Chen, last night’s event was held at Riverland which is a great little venue on the Yarra underneath Federation Square. The idea is for anyone interested in online digital media to get together, have a bit of a chat and share ideas. Yesterdays included a presentation from Robert and Mark Gabriel about their new search site/plugin, MyLiveSearch which sounded interesting and has apparently been getting a bit of interest in the media of late. The beta is due out some time soon so watch this space…