Written by Ryan on July 6, 2008
Just a quick note to say that version 1.1 of the SEOSimple plugin has been released. This was just a quick release to add some additional front page title tag configurations.
You can now totally and independently control your Joomla 1.5 front…
Written by Ryan on May 16, 2008
Bored? Fire-up your copy of Firefox 3 Beta 5 and type about:robots in the address bar.

Funny stuff - but I think the FF3 devs could be using their time more productively, namely, to get the damn thing out the door already!…
Written by Ryan on May 7, 2008
One of the least satisfying bits about my job is watching would-be Internetpreneurs come up and attempt to pitch the Next Big Thing, which is just like the Last Big Thing, just renamed and re-domained - with a bit of…
Written by Ryan on April 28, 2008
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, ‘Who’s on First?’ might have turned out something like this:
COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT.
ABBOTT:Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks I’m setting up an…
Written by Ryan on March 26, 2008
For anyone that’s been to the site previously, you should immediately notice a rather massive change in the site’s design.
When I stitched together the original site back in June last year, I did what I constantly advise clients against -…
Written by Ryan on February 9, 2008
It can be tough being a graphic designer. Long hours staring at pixels of varying magnitudes; a compulsion to work while under the influence of enough caffeine to make small animals explode; and the pressure of having to come up…
Written by Ryan on February 4, 2008
As someone who makes their living sitting in front of this silicon and liquid crystal box, I guess it’s little surprise that every few months I get itchy and feel the need to redecorate my system a bit.
It was just…
Written by Ryan on December 6, 2007
Great post on China Vortext regarding the Facebook Beacon service:
China Vortex: Facebook’s Beacon and Valuing Social Networks
Let me put it this way, I don’t think that there is a way to value social networks, even though this is what advertisers…
Written by Ryan on November 4, 2007
Found the following comic at designer Benjamin Tollady’s blog. Hilarious.

Written by Ryan on October 29, 2007
One of the things designers should be cautious of is “baiting” from clients. “Baiting” is when you’re parenthetically promised more work down the road in a play by the client to get cheaper pricing.
Often the “we’ll also have some additional…