Web heads better at turning profits online than print editors

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 11 March, 2010 to the comment subset

The web version of a print magazine is more likely to make money if it is managed by a web editor rather than being left in the hands of the publication’s editor-in-chief, according to a recent survey.
From among the magazine websites that do not make a profit, the survey found that it was nearly [...]

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So we’ll eat at a place that doesn’t have a Flash website

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 18 February, 2010 to the technology subset

Flash powered websites can be a challenge to use at the best of times, but spare a thought for those using devices that don’t support it, and more so where no alternative – such as an HTML version – is offered either.
But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link [...]

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Online we have eight, rather than the usual three, vices

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 24 November, 2009 to the trends subset

From tumblr to Gmail, eight vices of the internet age.

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Geocities may be gone but you still listen to the old MIDI files

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 to the web subset

Ten of the most widely used MIDI-format music files from (pre Yahoo era) Geocities websites, courtesy of Jason Scott who had been archiving the now deleted Geocities sites this year.

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Lease fonts for your website with Typekit

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 12 November, 2009 to the design and art subset

Typekit is a new subscription tool for web designers who are pedantic about typography, which allows them to serve up a selection of OpenType fonts to a website by way of javascript.
Add a line of code to your pages and choose from hundreds of fonts. Simple, bulletproof, standards compliant, accessible, and totally legal.

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I visit Geocities websites for the content, not the design

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 5 November, 2009 to the web subset

A sample of nine Geocities webpages which were among the one million archived before Yahoo closed down the old web communities.
Before iPods and Y2K, GeoCities was a quantum leap: The average person could create a web site for free, no questions asked. People took the opportunity and ran with it, building millions of pages [...]

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Under construction, a blast from the past is coming soon!

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 14 October, 2009 to the web subset

I’m pleased to say none of these once all too familiar images (may take a minute or two to load) ever graced any of my websites back in the day.

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A list of some of the best Australian made design websites

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 16 September, 2009 to the design and art subset

A list of some of Australia’s best design sites compiled by Australian Edge.
The Australian INfront is conspicuous by absence from this collection.

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The most expensive domain name ever is money related

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 4 September, 2009 to the web subset

As its sale price can actually be substantiated – funds.com – which sold for US$9.99 million the last time it was traded, rates as the most expensive domain name on the web.
And in case you’re wondering porn.com is the second most expensive domain, last selling for US$9.5 million.

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How many subway changes does it take to reach Daring Fireball?

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 25 May, 2009 to the design and art subset

Information Architects’ clickable Web Trends Startpage, the biggest sites on the web, and their eventual interconnectedness, presented in railway/underground map format.

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