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Shrinking HTML
Posted on 26 August 2010 12:17, 0 comments, Tagged: html, markup, optimize
Recently I was looking into making HTML 5 a little smaller. I found that not only can you make all the usual tweaks to save space such as removing any instances of div overload and keeping class names and IDs small, you can actually remove entire chunks of HTML which isn't technically required.
Exploring Tagging
Posted on 16 August 2010 13:25, 0 comments, Tagged: conventions, thoughts, ui
The use of tagging on websites seems to be something which has gradually become mainstream in recent years, particularly since the advent of 'web 2.0', where it became very widely used. I thought I'd explore this phenomenon, as well as discussing the implications, advantages and disadvantages of tagging and tag clouds and exploring how various different sites have approached it.
MongoDB and .NET Follow-up: NoRM
Posted on 5 August 2010 15:31, 1 comment, Tagged: c-sharp, experimental, mongodb
In December I posted about MongoDB and using it within .NET applications. I had always intended to post one (or more) follow-up posts but various things conspired against me causing it never to happen. Well, now that time is over and I thought it was about time I explored another MongoDB .NET driver.
Farnborough Air Show
Posted on 25 July 2010 10:23, 0 comments, Tagged: air-show, photos
This weekend I visited Farnborough Air Show for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. It covered quite a large area and had lots of static aircraft to look at and displays throughout the entire afternoon - well worth a day's visit despite it being extremely busy.
Document Database Interest
Posted on 27 May 2010 08:41, 0 comments, Tagged: document-dbs, mongodb, ravendb, thoughts
Barcamp Bournemouth 2
Posted on 12 April 2010 14:56, 1 comment, Tagged: community
Over the last weekend (10-11 April 2010), I attended Barcamp Bournemouth 2. Barcamp describes itself as a "free self-organising un-conference for anyone interested in the digital and online world" and having attended my first, I thought I'd share some thoughts and highlights of the event.