Photo: the inter-connectedness of Christmas lights

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 12 January, 2010 to the snap shots subset

From the always studiously designed window display of landscape gardeners Secret Gardens of Sydney. I’m currently using this photo on my links page on account of the theme of inter-connectedness it seems to invoke.

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Linking: let me count the ways

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 to the comment subset

After reading this I feel as if I’ve been linking the wrong way all these years. :)
How do we select the particular words that are linked within a sentence or paragraph, and does it matter for the user?

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We don’t need another link blog (but I do)

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 10 July, 2008 to the comment subset

I’m been quite enjoying my digital mashup experience here this last half year until I read about the latter day futility of link blogs… oh well.
And with a million people all madly curating the web – in many cases, trying to put your link in their curational record before someone else does – getting linked [...]

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Every link deserves its 15 windows of fame?

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 to the comment subset

This has to be the longest running debate on the Interweb.
Should, or should not, links open in a new window, or tab? Despite the fact I can have up to a dozen browser windows open at any one time, I still believe that website users should make the choice as to whether they view a [...]

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Monday 24 December 2007

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 24 December, 2007 to the comment subset

The Value of Being Incomplete: What Are Your Goals for 2008? possibly the most enjoyable post I’ve read at Dosh Dosh so far.
The year is coming to a close. When December finally changes into January, I will inevitably get a bittersweet feeling of starting over again, as I anticipate the opportunities yet to come [...]

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Sunday 23 December 2007

Posted by John Lampard on Sunday, 23 December, 2007 to the comment subset

7 of the smallest hostel and hotel rooms in the world: and why not. When you visit a far away place surely only having somewhere quiet and comfortable to sleep is all that really matters?
Think your last apartment or hotel room was small? Believe it or not, there are a lot of contenders for [...]

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Saturday 22 December 2007

Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 22 December, 2007 to the comment subset

The Hobbit Goes Hollywood: Peter Jackson will act as executive producer in the upcoming production of the movie version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic book, The Hobbit.
Bilbo Baggins is finally progressing on his most fraught journey – landing a leading role on the big screen. After three years of legal wrangling and public sniping, [...]

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Friday 21 December 2007

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 21 December, 2007 to the comment subset

Let me hear your standards body talk: further to the ongoing discussion regarding the W3C and the rate at which web standards are produced.
The W3C is maddeningly opaque and its lieutenants will sometimes march madly into the sea, but it is all that stands between us and the whirlwind.

The whirlwind being the chaos that [...]

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Thursday 20 December 2007

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 20 December, 2007 to the comment subset

Overdoing accessibility: possibly something many well intentioned designers are guilty of.
Sometimes when people first learn about Web accessibility they look for quick ways of improving the sites they build. This often leads to misuse or overuse of certain HTML features that are meant to aid accessibility, but when used wrongly have no effect and [...]

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Tuesday 18 December 2007

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 to the comment subset

Australia’s world first ’smoke free’ city: and that could be the South Australian capital city, Adelaide. Only for a day though.
The Tobacco Products Regulation (A Smoke-Free Adelaide) Amendment Bill 2007 would ban smoking in Adelaide for at least one day of the year, with maximum penalties of $200 to go to the Cancer Council.

A [...]

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