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The early Internet's greatest hits. From the hamster dance to Homestar Runner; the first webcam to the first online video. It's a real trip down memory lane for those of us who grew up on this …

I largely agree with Peter's take on the loss of the slow, dusty web (and I mean that with the greatest admiration 😁). What I particularly enjoyed was the following dissection of the …

Perhaps the definition of a "lolsob" micro-essay on the state of the internet in …

Reddit has once again directed me towards a very interesting online resource: Interneting is …

December 14th 2017: The day the internet …

Occasionally, StumbleUpon truly comes through for me, providing a tiny internet gem that I'm certain I'd have never found otherwise. Today, that accolade goes to 2 Kinds of People, the type of …

I am a huge fan of the ever insightful talk show Last Week Tonight, hosted by John Oliver. I love the directness of the opinion pieces, agree with many of the stances taken and largely find the …

Forget UI design, let the user decide …

There are a lot of new web technologies emerging at the moment which really feel like we're entering a new era. Over the last decade, the likes of HTML5, ES6+, flexbox etc. have brought the web, and …

I have a vague memory of CSS Regions being talked about, but had completely forgotten them. It turns out that's likely because the spec has effectively been pulled. I think it's technically still out …

Today's lunch started no differently to any other. Grab some food, open Internet Explorer (I know, it's not by choice...) and fire up theOldReader to chip away at the ever mounting pile in my inbox. …

I find it slightly bizarre how popular Last.fm has become over time. I understand that the service now offers a plethora of features, including some powerful music discovery tools, yet at the core …

So another year, another April 1st. As is usually the case, the internet was awash with odd concepts, fake news and terrible puns. On top of which, we also had the annual Aprils Fools "pranks" …

Life is busy right now. My partner's birthday is this weekend, which also happens to be a bank holiday, so I've spent a lot of the last week organising, planning and generally prepping for a …

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to spend a long weekend in Dartmoor. We ended up visiting Wistman's Wood for much of the first afternoon, which was so captivating we would have definitely spent …

Busy, busy, busy. Life is far too busy right now. I only got back from the Hebrides on Monday and we're already packing for the next trip! Not that I'm complaining about being on the move, it's …

My last post was on the 8th. Today is the 20th. Do you see a little problem there? In short: 12 days are longer than a week. Sad …

I get a fair amount of spam posted to theAdhocracy. For the most part, it's easy to spot and formulaic (though admittedly increasingly intelligent). Spam comments either thank me for helping solve a …

Today I corrected somebody on the internet. Of course, the correction was entirely warranted because it touched on any area of very specific specialist knowledge of which I inexplicably know enough …

So the end is nigh. Fifty-two weeks, fifty-nine articles, two failures and the most complete challenge I've ever set myself. Sure, I may not have managed to write once a week, every week, during 2017 …

What's this, a new article? Containing a new Flickr album? Well, who would have …

...when the web was young, the free market in ideas was open to anyone with access to a library’s internet connection.But the web rewards network effects and network effects …

I finally made it to an IndieWebCamp meetup, even if it was remote only due to the increasingly restrictive implications of the coronavirus. I learnt a lot, I had a great time, and I'm ready to start implementing a whole bunch of new ideas right here. I also took a huge number of notes from the speakers and sessions throughout the day.

In which I start off asking a simple question: what content categories should I use on this website? Four hours later, I've discoverd information gardening, now pages, digital-me libraries, and oh so much more. And yes, I think I've answered that first question. Fancy a trip down the rabbit hole?

Notes from my second fully remote conference, this time Sparkbox's UnConference. Being able to freely access talks from the US is a rare bonus of everything going on right now, and this did not disappoint. Musical cameos, great talks on UX, accessibility, design systems, and amazing speakers. Great event (despite the time difference).

Today is a day for another round-up of interesting pieces from across the web. Nothing too special, but hopefully a little …

Lucas the spider has been doing the rounds of the internet this week and I fully understand why. I'm not the world's biggest fan of spiders but I'm also far from arachnophobic, even finding certain …

Weirdly, yet another piece of spider-based animation dropped this week which captured the hearts of the internet, though this time less Tumblr and more Reddit. The first trailer for Sony's new …

Two months after Disney+ launched I'm still a huge fan of the content catalogue but swing between feeling bemused and exasperated at the actual experience of using the service.

Notes from the 2020 Jamstack Conf. Some interesting dives in the Jamstack community and various applications of Jamstack technologies, with tweet threads as usual.