Smart Objects and Smart Filters – Web Design Best Practices
Anyone who has ever had the good fortune to work in – the Jewel in the Adobe crown – Photoshop, will know about the seemingly unending chasm of tools and techniques you can use to get it to do what you want.
A huge amount of these techniques are workarounds to achieve results that, to the layman, look perfect. On closer inspection however, most professionals will agree that the workarounds used can create confusion, delay and in a lot of cases will need to be totally re-worked using best practice design techniques to avoid future editing problems. So here it is… a series of best practice design techniques for the Photoshop digital designer. more…
Posted by Will, 28 April 2010 , 3:23 pm
Moderate User Generated Comments on Your Website or Blog and You Could Be Liable
At least that is the message denoted by the latest high court ruling which places website and blog owners at risk of liability from the user generated content displayed on their sites.
The verdict was delivered after Labourhome.org owner Alex Hilton was sued by Johanna Kaschke. Kaschke was objecting to a libellous comment which appeared on the labour home site which was written by a user. The content was accusing her of having had links with Baader-Meinhof, a German terrorist group.
Although Hilton did not write the comment or make it live, the fact that he actively moderated other areas of the website by …”exercise(ing) some editorial control on parts of the website and in particular on the homepage.” held him liable.
Posted by Aimee, 22 April 2010 , 10:33 am
Cupcake Couture
Here at the Zeta offices we often eat weird and wonderful things: Well KFC, Marks and Spencer Meal deals and chocolate if last week’s lunch order is anything to go by!
Today however we received a delightful suprise from my mum. Some scrumptious custom made cupcakes were delivered direct to our office.
Simply delicious!
We would offer you one but we have eaten them all… but here are some pics…
Posted by Matt, 21 April 2010 , 4:15 pm
No Apples for the Teacher… But iPhone Places Pupils in Position of Power
Pupils as young as 11 are given iPhones to spy on their teachers
Headlining the Daily Mail on Monday (5th April 2010), it was revealed that pupils as young as 11 are being given iPhones to give instant ratings on their teachers.
This move is an example of the latest Government ‘pupil power’ drive, claims the Daily Mail. But the use of modern technology in such a way is also a pre indication of the Governments latest plan for a digital Britain (You might want to read Henry’s previous post about Gordon Brown’s plan for a digital future) coming into play.
Is the Government justified in allowing pupils to decide educational policy?
The new plans revealed by the Government early this year mean that as of September 2010 all schools in England and Wales would be legally obliged to seek pupils’ opinions and views on major decisions and policy making.
Posted by Aimee, 8 April 2010 , 1:02 pm
Mobile Operators Are One Step Closer to Losing Their Monopoly
OFCOM has forced Mobile operators to lower their fees for transferring calls from one network to another from around 4p a minute to just 0.5p a minute. A move that has been welcomed by everyone involved (even some of the mobile operators). But this story is small news compared to the tectonic shift in mobile operations which must occur soon.
Scarcity of Supply
Mobile network providers can only levy such massive charges because of the scarcity of supply. At the moment we are all forced to use a mobile network to get access to voice and data services on the move. But with the expanding WiFi coverage in the UK and possible introduction of WiFi towns (like Swindon), this scarce resource is set to become highly abundant. more…
