May 1st reboot

I'm now deep into the redesign of Someplace nice ready for the big May 1st reboot.
This is a very good idea for those designers who need deadlines to work to. I love redesigning my site but unless I have a deadline it seems to drag on for ever.

Flock

I've been experimenting with a new browser called Flock. It's designed to be a community based browser, so has full intergration for blogging and Flickr. Worth a look.

loose the www.

Searching through one of the design forums I visit regularly I came across this site. It seems like quite an good idea to me. Don't we all get annoyed having to put in the www. each time you type in an address?

Favicon generator

You can now create favicons from image files quickly and for free, here. This is a great little tool for saving time and effort.

Berserker than thou

Yesterday was the opening night of the exhibition 'Ere mate!' at Detour in Bath. I'm showing some work and the exhibition also includes work by James Bihan and Chris Jones.
See photos here.
Here is a direct link to my piece.

Microsoft issues 'Eolas' update

Everyone at the studio is panicking. Microsoft issued a patch for IE6 a couple of days ago which affects how Flash is interacted with. Basically you not have to 'activate' a Flash section of a site in order to interact with it. This is very bad news for Flash banners, of which we do a lot. The patch was issued after Microsoft lost a legal battle with a one man firm called Eolas which has a patent on how media is viewed on a browser.
Read more here.

Welcome to someplace nice

Hello.
Welcome to Someplace nice. This blog will contain thoughts, links and rantings about graphic and web design.
Enjoy.