Ben MacGowan

The best of times

Ben — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:32:01 +0000

The element has been in and out of the HTML5 spec about as many times as an appendage’s in the dance, Hokey cokey. Recently, the element has had some great semantic improvements which Bruce Lawson kindly explains in this article.

Visit link: http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2012/best-of-time/

Invitations are out for @creativejar’s 10th birthday party

Ben — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:28:05 +0000

The transformation continues in the @creativejar offices

Ben — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:51:47 +0000

Trent Walton at #naconf

Ben — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:53:42 +0000

Video Subtitling and WebVTT

Ben — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:43:37 +0000

HTML5 Doctor explains the WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks) specification – allowing us to add subtitles to our HTML5 videos.

Whilst no browsers currently support it, this is definitely something to keep an eye on and there are JavaScript options available.

Visit link: http://html5doctor.com/video-subtitling-and-webvtt/

Subliminal User Experience

Ben — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:12:24 +0000

Good UX is characterized by providing the user with constant feedback as they step through your interface. It means thinking about and providing fallbacks and error resolutions in even the rarest of scenarios. It’s about omitting clutter to make way for the necessary, and using the most fundamental of design tools to influence a user’s path. It means making no assumptions, designing right down to the most distinct details and going one step further every single time. In many cases, good UX is completely subliminal.

Great article from 2011′s 24 Ways on how we can improve upon some of the finer details of our user interface.

Visit link: http://24ways.org/2011/subliminal-user-experience

HTML5 Semantics

Ben — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:18:44 +0000

Bruce Lawson discusses the sensitive subject of semantics and the benefits that it has for the web. If you read nothing else other than the final section ‘Do Semantics Matter Anyway?’, this makes for a very interesting read.

Visit link: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/18/html5-semantics/

Responsive Advertising

Ben — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:18:42 +0000

As Responsive Web Design takes up more traction, Mark Boulton looks at a key issue with websites which will mostly benefit from this design approach; advertising.

How do you cater for and therefore sell ad slots at different design breakpoints to sales teams? Mark has an interesting idea on how to this can be achieved.

Visit link: http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/responsive-advertising

@AncientProverbs

Ben — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:42:46 +0000

Choose a job you love, & you will never have to work a day in your life. -Confucius

View tweet: http://twitter.com/AncientProverbs/status/153699235450191872

Slightly upgraded TV…

Ben — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:36:55 +0000