Comments on: Christmas needs you! http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=christmas-needs-you Advice on web design and digital strategy from Paul Boag Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: knutselen kerstmis http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6453 knutselen kerstmis Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:26:32 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6453 I would like a legal copy of Photoshop ;)

]]> By: Nick Mann http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6452 Nick Mann Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:06:22 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6452 Website designer present? A sheep, as an aide memoir to continue not to be like the other 1.5 million website designers out there…I guess for you guys it would have to be a Dorset Poll. There are some ugly looking sheep out there, but this isn’t one of them. Possibly the oddest backhanded compliment you might have had. It might also persuade you to can the ghastly astroturf surround and lay some real turf for it to graze, preferably with wildflowers…

]]> By: Rich Quick http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6451 Rich Quick Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:32:38 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6451 Ok, here’s my Christmas wish list.

  • a Quad Core 27″ iMac
  • a Waacom Cintiq 21″ second screen
  • a nice chair, like an Aeron
  • iPhone 3Gs
  • a round the world plane ticket and tickets to SxSW, Web Directions South, @Media, D.Construct, UX London and a few dozen barcamps

Trends

  • One major UK national newspaper or London to announce an intention (within 3-5 years) to be online only
  • Traditional TV usage to drop in favor of TV-on-demand services and IP TV
  • More adventurous use of fonts, thanks to font embedding services
  • Hand drawn fonts and typefaces
  • More use of JQuery by ordinary web designers to progressively enhance sites
  • JQuery to become a de-facto standard, over other Javascript libraries
  • IE6 to decline .. but then reach a stubbon plateau at about 5%, due to corporate users – which won’t die until 2011
  • Web designers to become more and more militant about IE6
  • IE6 getting basic support only from more and more designers
  • 2010 being the breakthrough year for “designs not needing to look identical on all browsers” due to cool CSS 3 features and IE not supporting them
  • More designers designing in the browser
  • Continued growth of Cloud Computing – which will start to cross over into the mainstream, especially among small businesses
  • Growth of worries about backup of Cloud Computing – at least one major data loss incident in 2010
  • Growth of interest in ways the web can be used to change the world, especially around climate change / environmentalism
  • One more one .. which I’m biased on .. I think 2010 will see the growth “social networking for good” websites, such as brightwide.com
]]> By: Wanyax http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6450 Wanyax Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:36:46 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6450 Glad to be of service :)

]]> By: Lauren http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6449 Lauren Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:07:08 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6449 My ideas for good gifts:

  • A nice travel bag for schlepping a Wacom (Black neoprene just “eh”)
  • Expensive typeface (I’d love to have Omnes by Daren Studio)
  • Receipt scanner
  • Something fresh to hang or place in the workplace, to inspire

The next big thing? I’ll go ahead and guess a Google phone. They probably wouldn’t own the tower network, but the unit would be branded as Google and bring even more interweb features to a mobile.

]]> By: Alex Thio http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6448 Alex Thio Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:13:41 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6448 First off, a word of thanks to you, Paul & Marcus: because of your podcasts, my commutes to work are a load more tolerable!

My suggestion for a Christmas gift to a web designer or owner? Spencer Johnson’s motivational book, “Who Moved My Cheese?”… because changes are inevitable, and adapting to them is the key to success and satisfaction. The book reads like a breeze, and doesn’t smell like cheese.

]]> By: Daniel http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6447 Daniel Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:13:33 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6447 Thanks a lot for the Wave invite Wanyax! Much appreciated.

]]> By: Wanyax http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6446 Wanyax Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:15:13 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6446 (Designer to designer) : From MY designer buddies, I guess a custom made Christmas card would be good (after all, they ARE designers as well). Also, a donation to any charity of their choice under my name would be a great gift by my standards. That’s what I hope to get for Christmas this year.

]]> By: Wanyax http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6445 Wanyax Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:05:20 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6445 I’ll send you one. Daniel.

]]> By: Andy Moore http://boagworld.com/news/christmas-needs-you/#comment-6444 Andy Moore Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:06:32 +0000 http://boagworld.com/?p=2708#comment-6444 I’m still loving my iPhone, but maybe I should get a Macbook to complement it this Christmas?

2010: the year that developers create cool new tools and apps that integrate with Google Wave.

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