http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog I make websites. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:48:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week saw the launch of The Politics in the Room, a video website presenting a collaborative project by members of the Lux Associate Artists' Programme. A full project write-up will follow, but for now you can read some background info on the credits page, then browse the latest films. http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/the-politics-in-the-room/ I love Flickr. It's quite possibly my favourite website. Here's how deep I'm in there: flickr.com is my homepage in multiple browsers on multiple computers. I have a pro account with 229 items (still a tiny number by some standards).  I run a group called Pigeons & Peacocks, which is mainly work-related but a ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/photography/how-interesting/ I'm very pleased to announce the launch of www.charliecampbell.co.uk, a portfolio website for my photographer friend Charlie Campbell. Charlie and I started the project back in October, and have worked together to create a minimal website design to showcase her collection of portraits, personal photography and documentary work. The site ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/charlie-campbell-photography/ [caption id="attachment_183" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Screengrab from soundcloud.com"][/caption] I had a great online experience recently with Soundcloud. It provides a beautiful solution for quick and easy music distribution. Problem: I'd asked my DJ friend Chris to spin some tunes at my birthday. We sort of discussed what I liked, and what he tended ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/soundcloud/ I just read a great post by Ben Hunt on Web Design from Scratch, '10 Top Skills for Web Design, in order of importance'. Here is his list: Writing & editorial Holistic circumspection Graphic design theory Listening & discernment Self-learning SEO Graphic design: original/creative graphics Web page production in HTML/CSS Business sense Typing A couple of snippets I liked: I'm convinced the ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/top-10-skills-of-web-design/ [caption id="attachment_175" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="24ways.org"][/caption] Just when you thought, 'Actually, can't we just skip Christmas for a year and jump straight to Easter?', along comes a website to make you giddy about the advent countdown all over again. 24 Ways is running its fourth annual series of articles from leading web ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/24-ways/ This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo. I really enjoyed this promotional video for 4th Estate, especially viewing it in Vimeo's luxurious full-screen HD. The producers used 1,000 4th Estate books and spent 3 weeks holed up in a flat during the summer to produce the movie, which cleverly ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/bookselling-in-stop-motion/ [caption id="attachment_169" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="London Phoenix home page"][/caption] I'd like to applaud the redesign of the London Phoenix Cycle Club. The visual design is really bold and striking, the blog is packed with content, it's got an embedded Google calendar with events up to May '09, a forum - is there ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/london-phoenix-redesign/ I've been pointed towards Bikeoff a couple of times now. 'An initiative of the Design Against Crime Research Centre', and based at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, it's a laudable venture, and I'm looking forward to reading into it in much more detail. Bikeoff TV in particular ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/web/bikeoff/ I really dig those business / tech / web / software gurus at 37signals. I like their products (I use Backpack and Basecamp daily) and I like their blog (Signal vs Noise is one of my favourite RSS subs). About three months ago I embarked on one of 37signals' workplace experiments: the ... http://www.strangerpixel.com/blog/news/smarter-shorter-working/