All the cool kids are talking about Ruby on Rails. It’s apparently the next big thing in web development. As Danny O’Brien said at OSCON, Ruby on Rails seems to have gone through the whole “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” process in about three… Continue reading Ruby on Rails
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Dave’s First Law of Information
I’m proposing a new law which I’m calling “Dave’s First Law of Information”. It goes like this: Information expands to more than fill the amount of time allocated to deal with it A few years ago I had a small number of web sites that I’d visit regularly in order to keep up to date… Continue reading Dave’s First Law of Information
Dell Web Site
To an extent, the problems with the Trainline and Ticketmaster web sites that I’ve mentioned before could be excused because… well because they’re non-technical companies and they don’t know any better. Of course, it’s easy to argue that they should be employing technical people who do know better, but still… But over the last couple… Continue reading Dell Web Site
Confusing Web Pages
Another little rant about the usability of web pages. We’re planning a weekend away visiting friends in the West Country (I know, I should make sure my passport is up to date) and we’re going to travel by train – leaving on Friday evening and returning on Sunday afternoon. So I decided to book tickets… Continue reading Confusing Web Pages
Moved by Google
According to Google Maps I live here. But I think they’ve got it wrong. We’re actually on the other side of the railway line that goes through the centre of the photo. Update: On rechecking, I see it’s been fixed.