Anniversaries

Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by Lukas in Thoughts

Today is the 1 year anniversary of me not blogging. Hooray for me being so lame.
To celebrate, i have decided to start blogging again.
It’s strange how special occasions like birthdays, holidays and other anniversaries can make you rethink things.
You’re forever hearing (well, i am) about people who get to a certain age, let’s say [...]

Impatient twitter idiocy

Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by Lukas in Social Media

Some of you may know about the current issue twitter has relating to the inability to upload new photos or new background images.
Twitter are aware of it. They have been aware of it since April 2nd.
That is why they put up an entry in the “Known Issues” section of their help forum.
You can find it [...]

The New Facebook Homepage

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by Lukas in Social Media

While it would appear that a large number of my Facebook friends instantly dislike any new homepage Facebook create. I love the new one. And i keep finding new things i like about it.
I seems like the clever people at Facebook have looked at various other well known (and loved) social networks and taken a [...]

Apparently I’m a Facebook Stalker

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by Lukas in Social Media

While out with friends in Bristol on the weekend, i saw a few people i recognised from the “people you may know” section on facebook who i had never met before, in person.
When i introduced myself to them and told them that i already knew their names, and then went on to explain how i [...]

Website Mistakes (part 1)

Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 by Lukas in Web Stuff

As with all my posts, these “mistakes” are more my opinion than fact.
Still, i feel that these “methods” of we design are either dated, useless, misused just plain annoying.
1. Links opening in new windows
I understand that people don’t want other leaving their site. But this is why they invented The Back Button, History and Bookmarks.
Making [...]