From The Front End - ZDNet Edition
My ZDNet version of my blog. Will feature news my mad opinions and relevant posts or partial quotes from my blog - http://www.fromthefrontend.co.uk
Topics: Wed Standards, Tools and Services for Designers, Photography and graphics, Accessibility and other Front-End Webdesign related info.
Wednesday 20 December 2006, 4:02 PM
Rumours of a Intel/AMD competitor
AMD's recent acquisition of ATI means that they are now able to offer CPUs with built in GPU. This means you main processor may also have some serious graphic muscle built in.
It seems in response to this Nvidia may be entering the Processor market. It is still just rumour but they have recently taken on new staff that have in the past specialised in CPU design which sniffs of an Nvidia chip at some future date.
Whether this poses a threat to Intel or AMD remains to be seen.
Wednesday 13 December 2006, 1:47 PM
xmas wish list?
What's on your xmas wish list this year?
What keywords are you putting into search engines?
What are you doing with your business to target the big spending season?
Well for me I have my eyes on:
PC hardware
Ati x1950 Pro graphic card (just ordered it from dabs.com)
New AM2 motherboard and dual core processor (still searching)
Toys
A Wii (if more stock ever arrives - may consider alternatives)
Medal of Honor Heros - for PSP
Canon EOS 400D
Misc
A new flat (any decent 1 beds left to rent in London without bankrupting me)
Switch Business bank account
Keywords
Wii, PS3, Canon EOS 400D, x1950, flats to rent london, Heros psp, Ausus AM2, crossfire,
Business bank account promotion, dual core, xmas discount voucher, Wii stock
Targeting
Too busy with work as it is this year and probably too late to launch a last minute xmas promotion but next year I'll be making sure I have xmas competition with decent prizes and relevant special offers. Ensure I put as many of the years hot keywords into my content (not just my meta tags) and let Google bring me customers.
Monday 11 December 2006, 2:06 PM
Top 5 Member!
Today I noticed my latest talkback was featured on the ZD homepage! I thought I'd check to see where my community rating was at - I'm number 4!
Not sure if that indicates I'm giving something back and really contributing or that I have too much time on my hands? I hope the former.
Thursday 30 November 2006, 9:25 AM
Get connected at the airports - atlarge.com
A project I worked on back in September/October went live this week - atlarge.com
A lot has been done to it since my HTML/CSS pages were submited. It's always cool to see all the lights and bells working when you've been working on a flat static page and could only imagine what the working page would look/behave like.
I guess that is how movie stars feel when in a special effects scene and all they can see is a blue/green screen.
The site is designed to help you get connected at the airport. The website is driven by user submited ratings and tips. Whether it be the locations of wifi hotspots, availabilty of 3g/GPRS signal or simply if there is somewhere to charge up your devices.
As it's only just launched a lot of airports have no ratings/tips yet but you can see it's potential on airports like London Heathrow (LHR) which has seen some activity.
The reviews appear to be moderated which means your review doesn't appear immediately but ensures useless comments and spam are kept out.
I like the integration with Google Maps enabling you to see a zoomable map of the airport you are viewing.
I hope someone writes a review of Tabago (Tab) airport before I go there next summer. I'm going to be stuck there for about an hour while I wait for my connecting flight to Trinidad and it would be nice to get online - especially on the return leg when I'll be uploading my photos to flickr.
