A standard kind of code

If you want to get under the skin of most developers, just start talking to them about web standards.

Specifically the idea of them building client side code which complies with standards such as XHTML 1.0 Transitional, CSS 2 (probably the two most commonly followed ones at the moment) and, dare I suggest, WCAG 1.0 (Accessibility).

Whereas [...]

Becoming better web informed

Today I visited ecommerce expo in London. It was interesting, not only for the presentations on social media but also to see the number of snake oil vendors still operating in the marketplace.

You know, the types of guys who’ll sell you a custom website for £4k (5 pages only, and SEO advice extra, of course) [...]

Comments are free but the code is rubbish

One of the things I’ve been keen to do for a while is to add some better comments functionality to London for Free to make it feel a bit more web 2′y.

And as things have gone a bit quiet on the work front lately, I thought I’d seize the moment today to make a start.

I [...]