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Google Rich Snippets – Review and Events (March 7th, 2010)
I have added event and review rich snippets to the venue pages and business pages on STVLocal. Rich snippets allow you to tag information within the page which Google can then take and use as part of the Search Engine Results Page. For a venue Google will pull out 3 …
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Modern CSS techniques (February 18th, 2010)
I have updated this site with a few techniques that I have been reading about in the web dev community. Some of them are pretty obvious and others are simply code tweeks. I have took the attitude of using advanced CSS techniques that will only get seen in …
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Nokia N97 for Mac OS X users (September 28th, 2009)
After some consideration I bought the Nokia 97 last week over a few other phones I was looking at. My decision was based on the camera and FM radio that I felt gave it the edge over the iphone + I am would not be tied to a 2 …
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Positioning ad code at the end of the page (March 16th, 2009)
Sites that need to generate ad revenue are often littered with ad scripts throughout the HTML. If these ads break or take a while to download it can delay the time it takes your site to appear. It would make more sense to serve the ads as the …
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Right aligned CSS sprites (March 9th, 2009)
The benefits of CSS sprites are well document.
Improved web site perfomance due to a reduced in http requests
Simple rollovers without JavaScript
Easy management of multiple images within one file.Due to these benefits I find myself keen to use CSS sprites whenever I can. However, until recently there has been one …
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Haka Dance at Queen Street Station Glasgow (February 9th, 2009)
The Haka Dance, performed by the stvjobs crew at Queen Street Station in Glasgow. Must admit the flamehead is my favourite. You can see the Haka Dance from another angle here
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High level figures for Google page weighting (January 29th, 2009)
Read this document about factors that contribute to your google ranking, its a very interesting piece and gets right down to the nitty grity. It reminded me of a couple of figures that have been pitched to myself whilst managing a relationship with a well know SEO company. The figures …
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Moving on (June 21st, 2008)
Its been over a year since I last posted anything on my blog or even updated the static pages of this site which were meant to be my portfolio. But like many of my supposed great ideas, this one has fell flat on its ass. I guess I feel I …
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Conference season (May 28th, 2007)
Whats that they say about 2 buses coming at once!
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It’s Web Standards conference season again and a time when my own faith in the web development profession is reinstalled just when its taking a post Winter dip. This is the time of year when loads of new techniques are brought … -
First cut is the deepest (May 28th, 2007)
I have finally got around to creating this site. It has been a long and drawn out process with 3 or 4 redesigns, I finally decided to bite the bullet and get something out there. I could waste my life away changing my mind. There are loads of wee tweaks I …
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The Twitts
Got my tickets sorted for FOWD http://futureofwebdesign.com, but the workshops is booked out. 41 on a list of 40, what a nightmare
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