Category: Learn Something

Winnie the Pooh is entering the public domain this year, so get ready for a spree of Poohbear stories hitting the ground very soon. Content creators have to be careful, though, and keep in mind exactly *what* is now available. Winnie the Pooh vs Winnie-the-Pooh The most important thing to remember is that Disney’s depiction […]

Domain names are getting shorter and shorter. From this week, anyone with a local connection to Australia will be able to register for a .au domain name, rather than com.au, org.au, etc. This is cool and marketable, but there’s one important reason why you should grab yours. What does .au mean? You will see many […]

We’re working on a branding project for an LGBTIQ+ organisation this week, and needed to formalise some of research. Here it is! Queer symbols & icons Rainbows When designing the traditional pride flag, Gilbert Baker saw the rainbow as a natural flag from the sky. He adopted eight colors for the stripes, each color with […]

While browsing the web this morning, with a million tabs (as usual), I stumbled upon a local council website that would easily fail most accessibility checks. I started wondering how many of these sites I had open would realistically pass accessibility tests, so I did some quickie contrast tests. Surprising absolutely nobody, only one passed […]

Hashtags have been around for so long that they are now a uniquitous aspect of the Internet, but they weren’t always so. This week is the anniversary of the first ever hashtag use on Twitter. Way back on August 23rd, 2007, Chris Messina proposed using the pound sign as a way of grouping conversations. It […]

One question we get asked often, more than I’d care to admit, is why would my small business need a website? Well it’s 2018 and we’ve been building websites for nearly a decade now, so it’s time to nip this one in the bud. Of course there are many reasons, but the sound byte version […]

Ask a Curator Day is an annual event held on Twitter, dedicated to giving the public direct access to the expertise of curators and other experts from GLAM organisations all over the world. Taking the form of a worldwide Q&A session, this is the public’s chance to find out everything they’ve always wanted to know, […]

Yesterday I found myself writing questions for an FAQ section on a new website. It’s always interesting writing questions for an FAQ section on a site that hasn’t been launched yet. They aren’t so much frequently asked questions, but questions we are expecting to be asked. So, I don’t know, EFAQ? Questions we expect you […]