Northwich Website & Graphic Designer, TheDaveyB
♥ Design Blog Of Northwich Based Website Designer David Goadby.
My Favourite 2.0's
Netvibes
I had dabbled with Netvibes at some point previous and as always the time factor came in to play, could i afford the time spent setting it all up?. It does have the fiddle factor and takes a few attempts to configure but as for being organised and having access to everything in one place (4 email accounts, 3 to do lists, 5 post sticks calendar, address book.....). If you are surgically attached to a PC via work or pleasure try it, if only so you can check up on the daily Garfield cartoon strip. -
http://www.netvibes.com/
DiggI love Digg, its so great. Where else can you be presented with the best of the web in such a relevant and concise manner. Sure there is the BBC news site/feed bringing you the latest from tehe world but not whats hot now, this minute. Plus for myself every day there is at least one post with a useful CSS tip/advice or some Ajax/Jscript that needs to be bookmarked for future dismantling. All else said i have to confess my favourite of the last 2 days.. "Top 20 Hottest Superbabes of the NES era". Enough said, Digg It -
http://www.digg.com/Last.FMWith Last.FM i do tend to find it falls under the 'no real purpose' category of the 2.0 sites. Last.FM's purpose is to drive/push music to the masses in a the 'tag' based format featured on digg, delicous etc. Sounds great but other than nosying at my weekly chart (powered by audioscrobbler) out of curiosity theres not much more i actually use the site for. So why does it make my list?, well the design is awesome - slick, clean, professional and has the CSS colour switcher which i just cant resist the urge to fiddle with. And the companies attitude is definetly something that appeals to a user and the one thing that really grabbed my attention, just check the footer that features a new audioscrobbler inspired witisism each day, pure genius. -
www.last.fmBloggerBlogger gets in my little list for its interface design and simplicity (well it is now Google owned). I am really curious to see what happens over the next few months in terms of the development of the site (note: author now logging in via a google account) but as i said its Google owned so it cant be a bad thing hey?. I had investigated the main contender, WordPress when considering the platform for this site and I never could find the time to spend 2/3 hours configuring the various sections of the config's etc, when a simple copy/paste to dreamweaver, a little magic and a pinch of salt... and well your reading it now arent you?. -
http://www.blogger.com/
posted by thedaveyb On Wednesday, March 28, 2007 @ 8:27 AM
Starstalker Celebrity News
Apparently they are ... so with that let me introduce Ms Blackburn, the self-confessed Celeb Stalker of the media world. A young, enthusiastic journalist, (who just happens to be 3ft high and as sweet as Paddington Bear having fallen over and scratched his knee), approached myself to design and build a blog/social media site revolving around the latest news concerning the much maligned celebs of the world. I was delighted to accept the challenge.
With the site nearing the end of production, expect to be hearing a lot more from this little lady.
posted by thedaveyb On Monday, March 19, 2007 @ 2:07 AM
Onsetcold, World Wide Album
Daily providing top-notch security via two rather large dogs, a parrot and various species of lizards and snakes
Onsetcold front man Shaq also known as well 'Shaq' finds the time to occasionally mow the lawns surrounding my little outback hideout i refer to as home. But did you know he will also be releasing a world wide album shortly?.
After a busy year of gigs and tours following the creation of Onsetcold.com (Version.1) the self proclaimed bringers of the cold have hit the underground mainstream (makes perfect sense when you think about it) and are following up with a debut album and a new site being created once again by yours truly. And well its a small price to pay for top-notch security and gardening services hey?.
Visit Onsetcold on Myspace or Onsetcold.com
Diamond Live & The Diamond Girls
Four talented, gorgeous young girls came to the fore performing with 'Purple Patch Productions' at the Globe Theatre, Blackpool and in further concerts through out north-west venues.
The Diamond Ladies boasting the instantly recognisable Carly Stenson (And i am not even a Hollyoaks fan) approached myself in the summmer of 2006 to produde a small yet stylish web presence to help them promote themselves.
The site is now almost a year old and boasts an impressive track record of visitors and guestbook comments, overall a thoroughly enjoyable project from start to finnish.
View the site here
www.diamondlive.co.uk
