One of the best things that WordPress did for the web was to roll out an automatic responsive images solution along with their out of the box installation and implementation of WordPress. Below is an image which contains a lot of text, which from an accessibility point of view is terrible, but sometimes we need… Continue reading Automatic srcset in WordPress
Category: Writing
AMP Stories
This week I’ve turned to the darkside a little and I’ve been looking at the potential of using AMP Stories. I know right. While I have my own opinions about the direction that Google is trying to take the web with AMP I can not ignore the commercial benefits that it can provide clients by… Continue reading AMP Stories
Australia Bush Fire Appeal 2020
It has been more 10 years since I last “lived” in Australia, but for the first time I’m feeling overwhelmingly home sick. This is down to a one reason, the catastrophic bush fires that rage across the entire country. Let’s looks at some context Largest loss of land to wildfires in the world Worse Air… Continue reading Australia Bush Fire Appeal 2020
Get your .com
I had an email from Go Daddy today to tell me that the dot com version of this domain, surfthedream.com.au “Brilliant” I thought, I can get away from the expensive Australian domains and go global. $2,999.99 I’m sure the domain squatters go looking for names of sites that have been around for 5-10 years and… Continue reading Get your .com
Good idea, great idea
Often when you’re on the way home from somewhere and you decide to drop in for one more drink it turns out to be a bad idea. Other times, you bump into one of your favourite musicians of all time. Tonight, that one more drink was an excellent idea.
What could really increase your life expectancy, lifespan and longevity?
I love visualisations of any sort, but ones that show me how to live longer have to be a favourite. What could add years to your life? Why do women live longer than men? What’s the best method of life extension? Diet and exercise? Or polygamy and pets? Let the latest data decide. — Read… Continue reading What could really increase your life expectancy, lifespan and longevity?
Getting the easy stuff right
This rang way too true for me. Robin writes about how he struggles to get the little things right and it was like reading my own report card in life. So much effort goes into the major stuff that I do, but the simple stuff I fail to do Answering an email from an inbound… Continue reading Getting the easy stuff right
Inktober
Inktober is upon us again and I’m going to try and stick with it… AGAIN. I think the key to making it through the month is to never, under any circumstances, look at #inktober2019 on instagram and compare your own artwork with the artwork that everyone else is doing. There’s no quicker way to be… Continue reading Inktober
Augmented Reality at the Science Museum
I took a couple of snaps while I was swanning around the science museum last night The great thing about this is that it only requires a phone with an internet connection and you can view it from anywhere in the world.
Making money on the web with Coil.com
As I was saying in my last post about migrating my podcasts with simplecast, I’ve been listening to the ShopTalk Show again. Last week Dave and Chris were talking about different ways to make money on the web and one that I hadn’t heard of before was coil.com Coil is a bootstrapped approach to making… Continue reading Making money on the web with Coil.com