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    16 Feb

    To-Do Lists are Awesome

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    Recently I have had to fit a lot of work into not very much time. Usually I have a rough plan for the week in Google Calender however this has proved completely useless in the past couple of weeks. I needed something more temporary, more immediate, more portable. This is when I stumbled upon the all powerful To-Do list.

    To-Do lists are awesome, here’s why:

    • You can take them anywhere.
    • They’re disposable.
    • They’re cheap.
    • They help you organise.
    • They give you a sense of accomplishment when complete.
    • They make you more efficient, you will forget less.
    • They help you break down big tasks into little ones.
    • In some rare cases they give you super speed and allow you to complete tasks in 1/3 of the time.
    • They’re easy to make!

    How to make a To-Do list:

    You will need:

    • Pen
    • Paper/notebook

    Method:

    1. Think of things you need to get done.
    2. Write them down on paper.
    3. Do what’s on the paper.

    Helping you get things done,

    Ralph.

    10 Jan

    Touch Screen Devices and the Web.

    Posted by: Ralph Tags: , ,
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    Among the many thoughts that have floated through my brain this week there was one that was the tinniest bit interesting. How will the web handle touch screen devices?

    If you are up on your tech events – after all, who isn’t – you will know that CES was this week. A week where blogs likeEngadget work themselves silly to cover all the new electronic devices we will see over the next year or two. Among the wave of e-Readers and weird looking mice, touch screen devices seem to have been a rather large trend this year.

    While you can browse the web perfectly fine in your iPhone or Blackberry its not exactly a great experience. Some websites are better than others and include CSS that is  targeted at phones which is ok but you don’t get any of the benefits a touch screen gives you. What I’m talking about is gestures. I think it would be pretty damn cool to flick through a slideshow using a gesture rather than poking at a button on the screen.

    Of course the addition of gestures isn’t going to make a massive difference but its the little things that make the experience better. There will be other changes, making click areas bigger and not storing important information in hover states come to mind.

    So how will gestures come to the web? The iPhone has a touch API and there have been experiments with Flash and Javascript but nothing that is really mainstream yet.

    Ralph.

    01 Jan

    First Post on Creative Woot

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    Among the many ramblings which will occur on this blog, this might just be the most important. In this short post before the new year I shall explain what Creative Woot is about and what its for.

    To put it simply Creative Woot will be my space to post design related content. I will be posting typography, websites and logos with commentary as well as bashing Internet Explorer 6 users and occasionally, people who use Comic Sans for formal documents to make them “more fun”.

    I will try not to post images without comment unless they speak for themselves and if I happen to do so please send angry, but not overly angry, tweets to @ralphsaunders. Upon receiving said tweets I shall respond accordingly.

    Before I sign off to savour the last moments of 2009 (consuming Twiglets) I must address something. Specifically the name of the little birdy up in the top left there, that is to say he is nameless. Few names have been suggested during the development of the site; Mr. Wooters is the current favourite (suggested by @THErealFROGMAN). If you have any suggestions please @ me on twitter.

    One last thing I should mention; Creative Woot has its own twitter account which can be found here. All posts and updates from the site will be linked to there.

    Ralph.