Nov 13, 2008

3 to launch the ‘Facebook Phone’

Facebook Phone on Guardian.co.uk

Facebook Phone on Guardian.co.uk

Mobile Network 3 have announced their plan to launch a new mobile phone which includes integration with Facebook. I imagine the integration will be similar to that found within the Facebook App on the iPhone however, this phone will be free on a £15 per month 18 month contract.

Read More on the Guardian Website

Nov 12, 2008

Homekit Wins Pride Award

The Yorkshire Water Homekit site developed by MadeByPi® has won Gold at the CIPR Pride Awards for Best Website or Microsite.

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Nov 12, 2008

Large CSS file management

Some interesting thoughts on structuring CSS files.

I haven't really found anything that applies to managing very large projects yet. I always feel as if CSS could do with a major change because these days sites become more and more complicated.

If anyone finds any good articles about managing and laying out CSS then I'd love to read!

Nov 12, 2008

Ocarina iPhone game

Check out this amazing video of a new iPhone app called Ocarina.  For any of you Zelda geeks out there or the musically talented, then this is a must-download.  What it doesn't show on this video is that you can listen to people's live compositions from around the world too! 

More videos and information can be found on the official site for the app.

Nov 11, 2008

As real as it gets

Check out this poster design for software-asli.com. A real photoshop, the colour palette is great!

Via Design You Trust

Oct 30, 2008

The First Long Tail President?

Barack Obama on Facebook
Barack Obama on Facebook

Long Tail has been a buzz word in digital marketing and the broader economy for some time. We have seen its effect in both search marketing and e-commerce; Interrogation of a site's analytics will often reveal a large number of search terms collectively delivering a majority of site traffic over a few key phrases. Likewise, the bulk of sales at online stores such as Amazon come from a large variety of titles rather than a small number of best sellers.

We have also seen this effect in the success of Barack Obama in terms of his political appeal. Whilst Bill Clinton’s success in 2 presidential elections was largely attributed to attracting key swing groups such as ‘soccer mums’ Obama is maintaining the momentum of his campaign through the recruitment of a broad base of support. The same is true of his record breaking campaign funding:

Read more...

Oct 24, 2008

Javascript color manipulation

Recently I needed to write some code which involved matching any given colour against a custom palette of colours. I found it hard to find any decent javascript out there... So I wrote my own.

Introducing: Color Utils

Main features:

  • Convert any colour format to any other colour format
  • Match colours against a custom palette
  • Match colours against a websafe palette
  • Increase/decrease Hue, Saturation and Brightness of a colour
  • Find different colour harmonies for a color
  • Fade from one colour to another
  • Easy to use
  • No dependancies such as prototype or jQuery
  • Small file size. Just 11kb!

Color Utils

Enjoy! http://www.madebypi.co.uk/labs/colorutils/

Oct 14, 2008

Fancy a bowl of Obama O’s?

Check out these custom "Obama-o's", there's "Cap'n McCains" too if you're of a republican persuasion.

Created by www.airbedandbreakfast.com

Should we design a  MadeByPi cereal?