Author Archives: Doug

Inspiration – the Berg Little Printer

I saw a bit of buzz about this on Twitter today (initially about the website itself). I caved, checked it out and was bowled-over by the Little Printer. Not that I need one—and if I had one I’m sure I’d … Continue reading

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The Checklist Manifesto

I’m a big fan of productivity and being more organised, and am always on the look out for tips and tricks to turn it into practice. I’ve dabbled with the GTD system for a while though I’ve never fully implemented … Continue reading

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Advent calendars for web geeks

It’s 1st December and a very Wintery scene here in the UK from all the snow that’s fallen in the last few days. A couple of things have warmed me up on this chilly morning, and they’re both a bit … Continue reading

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Typography refresh

Today I got around to updating an aspect of this site that’s long been needing attention. The use of fonts here had never quite been right, and had really fallen into the “That’s good enough for now, I’ll get back … Continue reading

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Top-5 iPhone apps for productivity

I recently joined the iPhone generation, and once I got over the novelty factor of “apps for everything”, I’ve been hungry for really useful applications to make my life easier. There’s many I’ve found, but I have a few that … Continue reading

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Blue Beanie Day 2009

Today is 30th November, the third annual Blue Beanie Day! On this day Web designers and Standardistas don blue beanie hats to show their support for accessible, semantic Web content. The blue beanie theme is a reference to the cover … Continue reading

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Hello world!

Well we’re live! It’s my great pleasure to kick off this blog with a “Hello World” type post giving you an introduction on what to expect from me in the coming months. As you might have seen on my homepage, … Continue reading

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