Archive for the 'work' Category

Semacode vs QRcode

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

This week has been a big one in the mobile phone world. Debate about the iPhone and the plans available to use here in Australia has been everywhere. At the same time, however, Telstra has been heavily pushing its venture into barcodes with the introduction of QRcodes to the Australian market.
I say introduction because that […]

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A week in touch

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

I’ve had the pleasure of using an iPod Touch for the last week. As much as I like my music, I’ve never really felt the need to upgrade from my old ‘gumstick’ 1Gb shuffle, but we’ve got one at work with the intention mainly of testing podcasts and public facing services.
Yes, the multi touch is […]

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The Melbourne Model - a social experiment?

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Well, it seems so, according to the Sunday Age.

Alright, so it isn’t the editorial, it’s the ‘heckler’ column on the back page. Stinging criticism, nonetheless.

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an embarrasing moment

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Yesterday I had an embarrasing moment with a blind person. Not one of those fumbling sitcom embarrasing moments, but something much closer to home. This particular blind person was a student at my university and upon finding that I was involved in the web, they asked for my help.

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how to design a website…

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

It’s been quite a difficult week at work. I’ve found myself subject to the whims of a great number of people who don’t really know what they’re doing. I was prompted to pen the following:

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cassowary crossing…

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

My latest little design job, a straightforward wordpress theme and setup to accompany a quirky book about odd things to visit around Australia, Cassowary Crossing.
I have to say. it was nice to work with someone who has no lack of decent content. David has already filled his blog with loads of interesting stuff.

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another site launched

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Quite pleased with this one: Melbourne University Publishing, it’s the first time I’ve had a high profile site with full css layout. Very accessible and pretty much compatible with most modern browsers, but best looking in firefox on a mac (of course!).

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Yum!

Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

Here’s another little site I’ve just completed. This time for friends with an exceptional chinese restaurant: Shanghai Ling.
The food at ShanghaiLing is unlike anything you’ll get at your more familiar ‘Cantonese’ restaurants - there’s a spicy freshness that keeps us coming back again and again. Also, they do the best tofu I’ve ever had anywhere!

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trees

Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

A recent new design for a tree consultant

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naughty hyro, bad hyro! you made a mess!!

Friday, August 20th, 2004

hyro made a rotten web site!

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