I’ve used eLance for various outsourcing projects for a number of years. (Great for small tasks, and an extra pair of hands until the 25th hour in a day is discovered!) Sure, I’ve had my fair share of problems, however, all have been amicably resolved, talking with eLance and the contractor. WebHouse (Md. Zakir Hossain Dakua) Recently, I had a small requirement for a WordPress theme to be...
I’ve been meaning to look into creating a Google Chrome extension for a while. Earlier this week, I successfully RickRoll’d Rob Ashton on twitter, which in turn, after a RT, RickRoll’d several others. Many of whom replied with tweets like @alexjamesbrown @RobAshton You bastards! 😉 — Anders Ljusberg (@CodingInsomnia) March 24, 2011 @alexjamesbrown @RobAshton Damn it! grrr. — Demis...
I’m a great fan of Amazon. I admire what they have done for technology, especially with their AWS Platform. However, when the company decided to blame a “hardware failure” for their outages yesterday evening, I felt they were trying to pull the wool over our eyes. An Amazon spokesman said: ‘The brief interruption to our European retail sites last night was due to hardware failure in our...
I don’t normally do this. But I’m so appalled by the apparent lack of usability testing on H&M’s sparkly new online store, I thought I’d share some of the issues, in a hope someone in their web team picks it up, and does something about it. Product Information – modal window? Firstly, this is a website. It is not a windows application. If I click into a product, I still expect to use my back...
Sick of all the event invitations from various promoters / clubs you happen to be friends with on Facebook? Here’s how to block them:
Step 1
Click on “Privacy Settings” under the “Account” drop down menu (top right hand corner)
Step 2
Click on Edit your lists, under Block lists
Step 3
You can enter the names of friends to block event invites from.