Random Rambling – Randling if you like
It’s a small thing, but I love how the New York Times’ website prompts you to view the next article with a little animated signpost when you reach the bottom of the story you are reading. Very simple, very nice.
Google have made some small yet significant changes to their map rendering engine that has vastly improved the readability of the information in place on them. Take a look at their blog post for all the details. It’s great to see them continuing to improve this great tool.
Over the last few days I’ve been tinkering with my personal site 98degrees.co.uk and have changed it slightly. The focus is now my lifestream. After wrestling with getting the various links, #hashtags and @replies in my tweets to link I’ve finally got it up. The look will probably evolve over time but my favourite feature are the “HeatLinks”. I’ve set it up so the latest entries are hotter (coloured orange) and as you go progress down (into the past) they gradually get cooler (coloured blue).
If you’re interested in what’s going on behind the scenes, I’m using Yahoo Pipes to aggregate all my feeds and PHP to control tweet hyperlinks (using regex) and apply the correct link colour. Please note, it works best in Safari 3+ and Firefox 3.5+.
I’m Digital Director at Dusted, a creative consultancy based in London.
Also a father, cyclist (of a fold-up), music-lover, comedy-fan, movie-watcher, food-enthusiast, gadget-buyer and (dare I say) geek. See my life stream past your very eyes at my personal site 98degrees.
