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How does it feel to get shafted by the music industry?
admin | April 6, 2007
Last month I wrote an article titled, Digital rights management dissected, where I looked with a cynical eye upon Steve Jobs, Apple, the music industry and DRM. Earlier this week Steve Jobs announced an agreement with EMI where Apple will sell DRM-free…..
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admin | April 2, 2007
A couple of months ago I introduced you to my conceptual iPod with a roll out screen. As an extension of this project I have created an advert for the concept which carries through the branding, Widen your horizon. This is still…..
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A mental note isn’t worth the paper it’s written on
admin | March 25, 2007
Every minute of every day, my brain is chugging away thinking of things. Usually I’m thinking of things that are irrelevant to the task I’m actually performing. Most of the time, in fact, my thoughts are centered around things I…..
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How good design leads to world-beating brands
admin | March 23, 2007
Last week I treated myself to a new toy… an iPod shuffle! This is my first iPod, which I guess puts me behind the times, but there are good reasons why I have avoided buying an iPod in the past……
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A new look, a new beginning
admin | March 19, 2007
After the shock and horror of discovering my site didn’t work with Internet Explorer, a weekend of furious coding later, miLienzo.com has a new look and feel to it. If you are reading this page you are looking at the new design now……
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One easy method to get more readers
admin | March 17, 2007
I realised in the last couple of days that miLienzo.com isn’t working very well in Internet Explorer. Ooops! Not very clever from someone asserting to know their stuff on web and design matters. I’m sure when I built the site I checked…..
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WordPress, duplicate content and the power of Google
admin | March 14, 2007
I don’t claim to be an expert with search engine optimisation (SEO). I’m very interested in the design and aesthetics of the Web and new media, but not really very interested in the fiddly geeky works of SEO. So it…..
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Sony: the next-gen brand of doom
admin | March 11, 2007
If you’re a keen gamer you are probably aware that the 23rd March signals the European launch of the PlayStation 3. If you’re unaware of this I suspect you won’t be for much longer because (despite the fact I’ve already…..
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Digital rights management dissected
admin | March 5, 2007
Last week I was working with some digital video and acquired a few clips which were protected by Windows Media’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. This meant that I was prevented from using these clips in my project. The project in question…..
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Conceptual iPod with roll-out screen
admin | February 10, 2007
I’ve just installed the very impressive FLV Embed plugin, for embedding, you guessed it, FLV movies. Which are Flash movies, in case you were wondering. To show off the plugin I am posting a video of a conceptual iPod I designed using Autodesk…..
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