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New site design live!

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:39:41 +0000

As you may notice, the surroundings at MattHarwood.com have changed. I would love your thoughts on the new look! If you pop me your views in an email (matt@mattharwood.co.uk) I’ll be sure to cut any…

Introducing The Hush Project

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:39:27 +0000

Introducing The Hush Project:

I cannot tell you how excited I am to be announcing this!

The Hush Project is a new charitable venture to help reward the unsung heros of this world. The people that dedicate their…

Popular Social Media Service Branding Colours In Hex

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:50:45 +0000

A quick project this evening (I’ll post if my submission is chosen!) required me to grab the hex codes of the main social media sites around (pretty much the mainstream ones). I thought I’d quickly…

GroupMarkings Evolves to Public Link Streams

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:30:18 +0000

GroupMarkings Evolves to Public Link Streams:

Horrid title I know, sorry!

The GroupMarkings application I talk about previously has changed direction quite dramatically. It has become a (private, for now) Live Link Stream system. For a live…

Compete With Yourself

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:45:37 +0000

Compete With Yourself:

eBay’s model over the past 13 years is an iconic masterpiece of businesses based on the Web. The auction model took millions of people’s interest, and it became the online shopping…

Microsoft Live / Kumo / Whatever

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:21:32 +0000

Microsoft Live / Kumo / Whatever:

Techcrunch reported earlier on Microsoft’s aim to rebrand the Live search offering, possibly to Kumo.com. The basis seems to be that Live.com will emerge as a social network and productivity hub,…

OpenMicroBlogging Standard Up For Discussion

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:39:40 +0000

OpenMicroBlogging Standard Up For Discussion:

The OpenMicroBlogging standard, initiated by Evan and the folks at Laconi.ca, has edged in to the tech blog scene over the weekend. This follows a post by Jesse Stay showing Twitter’s apparant…

Acer Does Not Understand The UK Market

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:29:37 +0000

Acer Does Not Understand The UK Market:

Acer have been running an advert for their Aspire One netbook on UK television of late, in prime time slots to boot. Though these ads do little for Acer’s reputation, showing a fundamental and…

Design Bump: Digg for Creatives

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:27:02 +0100

Design Bump: Digg for Creatives:

I’ve just come across DesignBump, a digg-like site for the sharing and promoting of links related to design and creativity. It seems the site was recently put up for auction, but the deal fell…

Opera’s Prognosis Includes Beauty

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:58:59 +0100

Opera’s Prognosis Includes Beauty:

I am a bit late to report on this, but legendary designer Jon Hicks recently announced his move to Opera Software.

Opera is often branded as the most standards compliant browser on the…

Coming Soon: Group Bookmarking Service

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:54:57 +0100

Coming Soon: Group Bookmarking Service:

I have begun working on a product (as yet untitled) to help groups share links and resources with colleagues, team members, and others working together.

I would agree I could never claim…

Fresh Design, Projects

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:47:26 +0100

Fresh Design, Projects:

p>MattHarwood.com has been down for a small while as hosting issues were remedied, but now it’s back - and featuring a fresh new design! The site will be tweaked and updated as much as time…

It’s The Little Things

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:07:30 +0100

It’s The Little Things:

It is all too often the little touches, colours, patterns, images, and so on, that polish designs and create something worth admiring.

From Friendfeed moments ago:

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Designing for the public, with LandlordNanny

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:10:22 +0100

Designing for the public, with LandlordNanny:

‘Psst. Go to the usability tab‘ - tracky_birthday (flickr)

I’ve always unconsciously considered that there are two ‘parent’ demographics that roam the web, namely the technically…

Join our FriendFeed Room!

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:44:17 +0100

Join our FriendFeed Room!:

A little while ago, I created a room on Friendfeed.com for all us creatives that float round them parts. Member numbers are up to over 55, and as far as I’m concerned - the more the merrier!…

CNET Reveals Upcoming Redesign

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:01:57 +0100

CNET Reveals Upcoming Redesign:

CNET’s Dan Farber has posted a preview of the upcoming release of cnet.com. The look features a tomato red and shades of gray colour-scheme, with a clearer layout containing a decent amount of…

CNET Reveals Upcoming Redesign

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:01:57 +0100

CNET Reveals Upcoming Redesign:

CNET’s Dan Farber has posted a preview of the upcoming release of cnet.com. The look features a tomato red and shades of gray colour-scheme, with a clearer layout containing a decent amount of…

BBC Homepage Disaster Mode

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:41:27 +0100

BBC Homepage Disaster Mode:

I noticed earlier that the BBC Homepage had changed slightly. Then I saw the notice at the top of the page. Nice advance-planing, beeb!

Twitter Come Back, CenterNetworks

Sun, 25 May 2008 04:04:41 +0100

Twitter Come Back, CenterNetworks

I heart feedalizr

Sun, 25 May 2008 02:37:57 +0100

I heart feedalizr