Archive for March, 2003
March 27th, 2003
ETcon teaser: Upmystreet Conversation maps
For a long time, people have heard me going on about being able to plot Upmystreet Conversations on maps, and there was an article in Guardian Online today where I’m still going on about it. I rapidly got very disappointed with the quality I could get out of the supposedly professional GIS software I […]
March 25th, 2003
Accessibility and Screenreaders
A few months ago at Upmystreet we commissioned a screenreader user to review the site and tape his experiences of doing so. It’s an interesting process, and really drives home how ticking checkboxes and following guidelines is a very poor way to really deliver accessibility.
We have implemented most of the recommendations he made, but some […]
March 25th, 2003
Bye bye Create Online
Over at www.mbites.com there’s an articleon why Cre@te Online had to close. I don’t know much about the vagaries of the publishing world, and obviously the dotcom downtown couldn’t have been great, but the biggest problem with Cre@te (sic. ugh) was that it was devoted to a flashtastic idea of web design that has been […]
March 24th, 2003
A misplaced prod in the ribs
An, um, interesting article on Spiked Online on social software. I’m sure it’ll get properly dissected elsewhere, but it makes some statements about Upmystreet Conversations that could do with some clarification.
“The key idea behind social software is that by using technology we can reinvigorate interest and participation in the democractic process”
No, it […]
March 19th, 2003
faxyourmp.com’s day of glory
Yesterday was again, yet again, our busiest day ever. As in, we delivered 1/60th of our total fax traffic ever. And we’re still standing. Like I said, or keep saying, it’s not about millions of pounds, or huge sparcs, or Loudcloud, or Broadvision. it’s about will, and clue. (although obviously having Cronin involved helps as […]
March 17th, 2003
Search engines and maintained keyword state
something matt wrote about how much better search is when it’s clued up to context a bit more reminded me of something on amazon.com during the enormous binge I had yesterday. On upmystreet.com we carry the postcode across the tabs - it’s the same key being used to tap into different verticals of data. […]
March 10th, 2003
BBCi accessibility study
as many have now noted, The BBC have published an excellent report on Accessibility
It’s excellent for many reasons, being comprehensive, inclusive, and methodologically sound. Obviously, I also think it’s excellent because Upmystreet gets a High Compliance rating, but I like the fact that it includes dyslexia as a disability that websites should cater for, […]