Basecamp with Attitude
While checking for some loose ends and filtering through the To-Dos in Basecamp today, I was dished the following bit of attitude from the previously-always-friendly project management app: I imagine that this wouldn't have been... Read more »
Outlook Keyboard Shortcuts to Move a Message to a Folder
Inbox Zero So I've been following Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero series from the fringes, interested in the concepts and envious of the many mac only solutions that he provides. I've wanted a one click solution for organizing my inbox for... Read more »
Stop For a Minute, and Imagine an Internet without Open Source and the Sharing of Ideas
...Imagine no shoulders to stand upon: remove that blog that helped you get MT installed the first time, that WP plugin that gave your site that extra oomph. Imagine no Drupal or any other sort of free CMS, no code to pull apart and learn,... Read more »
What I Love About Macs
Right from that first computer there were some things you just had to love about using a Mac, besides just being different. Yes sir, there are innumerable things that I could list as being "the reason why I use a mac". But the top reason? Would... Read more »
A Need for Change
I think Dave Shea put it best when he wrote I was no longer writing quick posts, I was writing “articlesâ€. Any time I sat down to write, why, it had better be good and in-depth. I'm finding the same thing - not that I write... Read more »
9rules Network Spanish - A Call for Spanish Websites
The official announcement - found here - states: I am happy to announce that we are opening our doors to Spanish content sites. Starting September 2 at 12am EST we will be doing a 24 hour submission round for all Spanish language content... Read more »
Olympic Logos
The Olympic Spirit I have to say that, for the most part, I do like these logos. It must be interesting trying to capture the feel of a city (and perhaps country) together with the feel of the Olympics. In my very modest opinion,... Read more »
9 Rules Networking
Part of the Team One of the things that I love about the web is community, no not that community, but forums and other places where people help other people become better at what they do. One look at the line-up that the 9 Rules team... Read more »
Happy Holidays!!
23rd of December, time for some down time!! Wishing all you peeps and readers a Happy Holiday season...
Some Basecamp Tips
Basecamping with a large group We've recently started working with quite a large group of people (~ 20, large for us) and are managing the project with Basecamp. That application is a dream for larger collaborative efforts, and a big... Read more »
Web Design 2004 - Your take
Well, the posting has been thin here of late (and the web design blog-o-sphero has been quiet too, no?), so I thought perhaps an attempt at something interactive would be fun. To that end, I invite all you folks out there who still subscribe... Read more »
Looking for an app
Wanted: an ftp client that will upload a set of files from one source to multiple ftp locations (i.e. something that will update a script that runs in many locations). I'll admit that I haven't had much time to dig around and look... Read more »
Google Desktop
Stickin' it to the big M$ Not much to say about this, except that I'm off to check it out. Google is really making it happen: first the search engine (remember that? ;-), then adwords and adsense, then gmail, and now desktop search.... Read more »
Picking up the Rhythm
Well, the straw that broke the camel's back was Google updating it's PR values on the toolbars (propagating now-ish). It is definitely time to post. There are kids being born (congrats!), success being realized (congrats Scrivs,... Read more »
Picture of the Internet
the picture of internet Update: Well, as discussed in the comments, that 'went south' rather quickly, so I removed the link... Am I late to this party? It hit fiftyfoureleven, but if it can't pick out images in CSS we've... Read more »
E-mail Software and Spam Filters
The time has come Alright, the time has finally come for me to face up to the reality of e-mail spam, and I'd like to clear this up while on hiatus. For the longest time I had no troubles whatsoever with spam. I'd get maybe 5... Read more »
Design Criticism Extended
Intro This is an example of something that I will, in the future, be putting in another section of this site. A smaller, more often updated area that I am supposed to be programming while on hiatus. And on with it already Derek Featherstone... Read more »
Author Status: 503
Hello all, just a short note to say that posting here will be on hiatus due to a temporary overload, and for some reprogramming, rethinking, and very subtle restyling. Focus This blog originally started with some good intentions and neat... Read more »
Gettin ripped
I've seen it happen to others, but I never thought someone would rip this sites misfit of a design (have a look at the messy CSS, I dare you ;-), but alas, Aaarrgghh! hzzp://kkkk.mycocoon.com/blog/bbs/ Seems that they went lazy and... Read more »
Monday, 23rd of August
Mail getting thru So perhaps I over-simplified, however I still think that something should be done to make this stuff work better. It seems that on-site e-mail forms are the way to go - I wonder why we don't all use them. Diggin... Read more »
Your Mail May or May Not Have Gotten Through, or, Defensive Communication
The situation You blog. People find your blog interesting, you get traffic. You get comment spam, you get e-mail spam. You run spam filters to keep your inbox clean. You've become popular amongst your peers. They send you e-mail.... Read more »
Scrivs Sends Traffic Thru the Roof
Thanks! Thanks Scrivs for the nice review and suggestions. Heck, maybe we'll even get vaulted ;-] (granted the css is a mess) Who are these turkeys? Lacking an about page (we've been busy), so... We are a small team of four people,... Read more »
Back in the Groove
Just a note to say hello, we're back, and hopefully regular posting will follow! The crew here have been hard at work on a few sites set to launch by the middle of next month, and I took some offline time (gasp!) to put the hammer... Read more »
Doing Good With Gmail Invites
If you would like to have a chance to win one of five Gmail accounts, all you have to do is donate $5 or more to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. I know that most people who read this likely have g-mail accounts already, but if... Read more »
Moving Forward
Well, it's been a good week here at fiftyfoureleven. We're updating some past work for a website about the Costa Blanca area of Spain, and we've signed a significant maintenance contract with an existing client. More maintenance... Read more »
Comment Spam and Google - Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Disclaimer This little theory popped into my head after writing up an SEO strategy presentation I'll be giving to one of our clients this week. It is not heavily researched, but I think it is somewhat accurate. Keep in mind it's... Read more »
Blog Turbulence
Well, for the few who do visit this site (me, myself and one other person, I think) some things to note: The UI of the weblog will be fluctuating for the next little while, in an attempt to test a few ideas. You may arrive here and find... Read more »
DNS Propagation
I've never paid too much attention to our sites when we switch servers, and truth be told, we've only had to migrate servers a few times prior to this last switch. This time, however, we rolled the user tracking script that we... Read more »
Redesign in Progress
Well, if you can see this that means you're seeing the next version of fiftyfoureleven.com, a new site on a new server. It's been a while between posts, but a new 1500 page website and three new projects started, and we barely... Read more »
Temporary Fresh Look
It's been a week of cleaning up little annoying end-of-project details. As a breather for my head, I threw together this little test-layout, believe it or not inspired by Shaun Inman's design. Its nowhere near Shaun's in terms... Read more »
Weblog Update
It's been a busy weekend and will most definitely be a busy week. We have two new sites ready to go, however one is a little behind on content, so may not launch this week. The other is also awaiting some last minute translation copy,... Read more »
Solidaridad
Fast CSS Style Switching with PHP
Updated: New content added 12/03/2004. Here's a little something that has come in useful for me on a few occasions. It seems to be inevitable that at some point along the life of a project, someone from your clients company decides... Read more »
The Weblog Wobble
Trying to decide what to do about which weblog software to use is a pretty hefty decision. If you think that you are going to stick with your weblog for a significant amount of time, you need to do your research. There are many choices... Read more »
Rolling out a blog.
Lessons Well, I'm a few days into having started this weblog and already I'm feeling behind. My fault for having chosen to try and 'roll-my-own-script' while in the middle of a deadline... I've also learnt that I really... Read more »
This is my first post.
Well. Here it is, the first post. I had intended to get something up here a lot sooner, but alas work has me in shakles. No permalinks yet, no archives, no comments. I intend to write my own code... 'A weblog. But why?' you ask. This... Read more »