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Today brought my first piece of hate mail since I arrived in Singapore. I can’t say I was expecting it, as Singaporeans of all ethnicities are extremely nice to foreigners. A quick google search for our racist pal threw up one previously aired racist epithet from Wen Kole from 2006. Rather than reply directly I figured I’d pen an open letter and point him back …
In the gym listening to my regular dose of comedic Britishness from BBC Radio 4’s podcast of The Now Show when the song maestro Mitch Benn broke into a little song-ette about kids in British primary schools being taught about social networking. The podcast has expired, due to crazy assed BBC rules so I dug up the song on YouTube and present it here for your …
Nicole Sullivan is a Performance Engineer & International Evangelist at Yahoo, her work involves optimising and streamlining performance on large scale websites from a front-end perspective. Here’s another useful note session from an content-packed video. This talk on not blaming the rounded corners is is on the YUI Theater. Speed Matters From large scale research …
I attended the e27 Unconference 2009 at Biopolis on Saturday and was pleasantly surprised at the levels of both high quality entrepreneurship and interest in the new web/technology scene within Singapore. The only loser in the whole day for me was the venue, although a fabulously impressive building the facilities let a little to be desired. The morning keynote was delivered …
There seems to be a trend to publish a lot of information in video format these days, which is great but it’s by no means the best method to receive information. Watching video cannot be skimmed like text or easily bookmarked, plus it simply takes a lot of time and the functionality of the various flash players can leave a lot to be desired. Not everyone is as diligent …
Now I’ll freely admit that as a Web Standards based developer I’m meant to just hate flash. I don’t though. In talented hands it is an incredible tool for exploring human computer interaction and also delivery of rich content. However it is so badly abused on the web and mixed in with other poorly thought through design decisions that it’s easier just …
More from my talk at WebSG... The most important function of a web designer is to make decisions for the user so that they have to think less. Web design is an interesting mix of art and engineering, it’s no use having information on the web if it’s not usefully presented. Tiny Fonts Possibly the most common error I found when perusing the local Singapore web, was …
One of my key things for giving a site the best SEO I can is to reduce the number of URLs that point to the same content. Plus it also makes my mint stats much clearer. I’ve made a note of the little .htaccess niceties I’ve used in the setting up of this site. No-www My personal preference is to remove www from URLs, which is a simple rule seen all over the …
Singapore is a nation obsessed with shopping as I think is well documented. In fact I illustrated when doing a walking tour of the city with my folks last weekend: every time I pointed at a building I was found to say the words, “and there’s a mall in there as well.”Read More
We’ve been back in Singapore for a couple of months (thank goodness) and the place feels so like home I’ve not really felt the need to write on this site given that this place kinda feels like a ‘holiday’ diary.Read More
We’ve been back in Singapore for a couple of months (thank goodness) and the place feels so like home I’ve not really felt the need to write on this site given that this place kinda feels like a ‘holiday’ diary.Read More
Jo has already covered a lot of first impressions of Manila, along with various tortuous and waring trips to the low budget John Lewis that is Landmark. However, despite not venturing far from the flat due to the heat and my pursuit of web design greatness, I have noticed some marvelous randomness.Read More
Jo has already covered a lot of first impressions of Manila, along with various tortuous and waring trips to the low budget John Lewis that is Landmark. However, despite not venturing far from the flat due to the heat and my pursuit of web design greatness, I have noticed some marvelous randomness.Read More
Health warning – this blog is a bit grumpy. I think it’s called culture shock. After living in Singapore for over a year, first impressions of Manila couldn’t help but be unfavourable, es …
Health warning – this blog is a bit grumpy. I think it’s called culture shock. After living in Singapore for over a year, first impressions of Manila couldn’t help but be unfavourable, es …
It’s been on the cards ever since we arrived in Singapore, and it looks certain that we’ll soon be headed to Manila. As such Jo and I thought it might be an idea for me to visit with her, before I move there totally blind.Read More
It’s been on the cards ever since we arrived in Singapore, and it looks certain that we’ll soon be headed to Manila. As such Jo and I thought it might be an idea for me to visit with her, before I move there totally blind.Read More
Chinese New Year has come around again and a flurry of Red decorations, mice standing in for unphotogenic rats and, of course, shopping appeared throughout Singapore. As is traditional (if you’re not staying behind to get smashed) as expats we decided to head out of the country.Read More
I’m currently sitting at home looking out of the window, watching the December rain soak the city. Not so unusual for a December lunchtime you might think, until I remember that I’m in Singapore. However the rain makes it feel like home, there’s something wrong with Christmas in Singapore. Something very wrong indeed.Read More
When you’re in a new culture, things change. You get used to the sweltering weather, walking to work and wearing shorts/dressing like a six year old all the time. It’s expected. What is not expected is the changes you see in your wife… however, fear not, this is not a post that is going to leave you feeling awkward and embarrassed.Read More
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