reflections

Wow! What a week! The last seven days have been hectic to say the least, and I’m still in the thick of it now!

The good news is that Britster has finally made it to the Alpha Test phase! I’ve got a great team of testers to work with too, including several bloggers and friends. So the site should be making it’s first public appearance at the end of this month - subject to anything going chronically wrong with it before then!

I’m off on holiday on the 28th though, and I’ve got a shed-load of stuff (including Britster) to get done before I vanish for a fortnight. I’m hoping to write some articles in advance though, so you lot will have something to read while I’m building sandcastles! Any suggestions?

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Just a quick note to apologise for the sudden drop in posts this week, which unfortunately will continue until after the weekend. My workload has reached an all-time high - with Britster requiring some final adjustments before it hits beta, two new WordPress sites to design and build, and a data capture microsite to develop - and all by Monday! Aaarrgh!

If my head doesn’t explode from the stress, then I’ll be back to form on Monday evening.

If you want a great soundtrack for your weekend, then check out the classic funky house mix by Aaron Russell over on miLienzo.com.

11 July 2007 - Update: make that Wednesday night…

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Are you using FeedBurner to push your RSS feed to your readers? If you’re not then this is why you should!

I’ve used FeedBurner since I started this blog, but I haven’t quite been able to justify the cost of using their pro features - so I was delighted to find out that Google (the new owners) will be making an announcement later today that they will be offering them for free!

TotalStats and MyBrand, both previously for-pay services, are going to be offered without charge. Stats Pro will allow you to see the number of people that have clicked on the individual content items in your feed, and also see the reach of your feed (an estimation of the number of subscribers that interact with your feed content on a daily basis).

MyBrand lets you use your own domain name for the feed, instead of the FeedBurner one. Totally pointless for most bloggers, but useful for companies that are thinking about running a corporate blog.

Edit: read all about it on the FeedBurner Blog.

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It should be pretty obvious by the header that I’m a DJ and seriously into my music - so when I see a post titled video, time, sound and tangible interface pop up on one of my daily reads, I can’t help but be intrigued! As it happens, this is an awesome short film called SPIN by Double Edge Films.

The clip - in which a mysterious DJ is sent to a busy city block to mend a series of tragic events that occur in our everyday lives - is the winner of 35 film festival awards worldwide, and it’s not hard to see why. Clever, well-shot, touching, the list goes on… Enjoy!

This one’s worth watching twice - and let me know what you thought!

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I’d just like to convey my thanks to whoever submitted my new blog design to the various CSS showcase sites. It’s made CSS Mania, CSS Drive, CSS Based, Most Inspired and screenfluent.

As a regular visitor to these showcases, I know just how impressive some of the featured sites can be. I’m very flattered that somebody felt my site deserved that kind of accolade - and honoured to see my site on them!

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