Web 2.0 or Blah 2.0?

With apologies to the Marcus Angermeier whose original is the famous:

What is Web 2.0?
I was asked this question this week by the organiser of an event that I was asked to talk about called “Power your Business with Web 2.0” (I can’t seem to direct link the event on the Creative Networks site?)
You know what [...]

The New Created in Birmingham Design

We’ve spent some time rebuilding the Created in Birmingham site, updating the design, adding some extra features and generally adding improvements throughout.
Here’s a run-down of some of the things that are going on under the hood:
We’ve gone all ’semantic web’ with Microformats
There’s been a lot of discussion over recent years on how the web needs [...]

Give your homepage a mini facelift in about 3 hours

“The plumber’s tap always drips”, or so they say. The same is true of web consultancies.
For a good few years I’ve had a nagging embarassment at my own company website, 3form, in that it hasn’t changed significantly since about 2002 when I first built it in about 48 hours over a weekend.
Geekier readers will know [...]

“Surface Unsigned” - How not to score a PR own goal when criticised online

Social media enables anyone to be a critic of anyone else and to have their criticism heard by all online, which means we must all be careful about what we say and how we act online. Thus follows an example of how not to react when someone criticises you online and the unexpected consequences of [...]

Emily is being featured in Professional Photographer Magazine

I’m sure she’ll be writing about this soon online but Professional Photographer Magazine asked my partner Emily to do write a second piece for them, this time a “day in the life of” piece documenting her day spent shooting a wedding and then a multi-millionaire’s birthday party (as you do).
As part of the article she’s [...]