Shark Attack Weblog

Our clients regularly and generously recommend us to their friends and colleagues, and we are hugely grateful for it. But it’s time to go a step further and give something back in return for that kindness — cash! Our new referral programme lets you make easy spending money or gain large discounts on future design work simply for doing something that you might have been doing anyway! Ker-Chinggg!

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If you can spare three minutes then you can maybe win a free website—just by answering three quick questions for us. Seriously.

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Backing up your data is not a glamorous part of running a business, but it might just save your arse one day. I recently overhauled my entire backup policy to give Shark Attack full belt-and-braces protection, & I thought I’d break it down here for anyone who is wondering where to start.

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Now is the time to demand from your MP that the Digital Economy Bill be given proper scrutiny and debate.

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Should designers and clients still be obsessing over the idea of ‘the fold’ in web design? With the exception of certain situations, I believe not. Here‘s why.

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There is currently a heated debate within the web design & development community. It concerns the relative merits of Adobe Flash and HTML5, and which technology should hold the crown for rich content on the web.

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A fair bit of what is required to achieve decent search engine rankings can be done simply via the basic premise, design and upkeep of the site. This is sometimes called Organic SEO, and here are my tips for getting it to work for you.

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It’s immediately obvious that the iPad is more about viewing things than about creating things. For that reason it has a huge amount of potential for creatives as a presentation device.

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Every day design clients the world over receive finished, printed materials and cannot understand why the colours do not look precisely like the artwork that they approved from the comfort and convenience of their computer screen.
Well, here’s why.

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A recent upsurge in form spam has required me to implement a Captcha system on comment submissions and contact forms. But it is text-based and, I hope, completely accessible.

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Taking the time to perform a thorough and well-executed upgrade to OS X can make the difference between a zippy new working environment and a blue screen or kernel panic. Here is my recommended upgrade procedure, tried and tested over many years and system upgrades. It’s never let me down yet.

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Can Adobe really not find the resources to provide businesses with much-needed compatibility data regarding CS3 and Snow Leopard?

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You can now follow @sharkattackdsgn for design and studio-related updates. And check out HootSuite for managing multiple Twitter accounts; v.2 (beta) is looking HootSweet.

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Record labels are preparing to introduce a new format intended to revitalise the album market. Apple is doing likewise. Are we poised for another battle for format dominance?

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Ever since the National Identity Scheme was first suggested by politicians, we’ve been told that “those who have nothing to hide have have nothing to fear”. This would appear to be nonsense, especially if you are a celebrity and a government employee is feeling a bit bored.

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Concentric Sky have released iPhone cheatsheet apps covering HTML, CSS, JQuery and more.

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RGBA colour can help you lay out your web page, identify overlapping elements and see where your CSS or box model implementation has maybe gone a bit wonky. Here’s how.

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Convert a Moleskine notebook into a PDA, with some top tips courtesy of The Art of Manliness

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The debate over the ‘best’ width for a web site site design resurfaces periodically, usually fed by the latest batch of computer monitors. It’s largely bunk, and here’s why.

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Innovative water bottle-and-fountain system addresses the problem of plastic bottle wastage without neglecting the commercial side. And it looks great too.

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