I just visited the Carlow website. It's horrific. It's embarassingly bad.Why can't they do something like Clare or Donegal?Does a county have to rely heavily on tourism to have a decent looking website?I'd have thought not.Earlier this week Carlow decided to have a carfree day before the rest of Europe. Whether this was a good idea or not isn't important, but if you were a … [Read more...] about Local Authority Sites Don’t Need to be ugly
Web Design
Nimble.ie Relaunched
Irish social networking site Nimble has just relaunched with a fresh new design. It's also loading a LOT faster!I'm still not 100% sure if I like or hate these social networking sites. I'm also not convinced that there's enough space in the market for ALL of the new ones that keep cropping up, but it is nice to see a "home grown" alternative to Bebo and MySpace(Disclosure: We … [Read more...] about Nimble.ie Relaunched
Golden Spiders Relaunch – Dialup Users Need Not Apply
The Golden Spiders site was relaunched today. First off I have to say it looks a hell of a lot better than the last one. The last one was dire. The new site looks like someone actually went to the trouble of designing it. So what do we look at? The site or the awards themselves?Well, the site is the first thing that you are going to see if you are interested in any form of … [Read more...] about Golden Spiders Relaunch – Dialup Users Need Not Apply
Golden Spiders – Creepy Crawly or Warm and Fuzzy?
I've mentioned the Golden Spiders on here several times in the past.Last year I actually got to attend the night and it was thoroughly enjoyable.However it's not about the night itself. It's the actual awards themselves that concern me.Other awards, such as the Net Visionaries, are open to the public in all regards, though there are no actual judges involved. A comparison could … [Read more...] about Golden Spiders – Creepy Crawly or Warm and Fuzzy?
Graphics Editor For OSX?
I've been playing with my new mac over the last day or so and I will be posting a few thoughts once I've had a chance to try out more of the functions. I'm still in the "what does that do?" and "how do I do that?" stage, so I'm not going to make any comments as yet. One of the things that I am looking for is a reasonable graphics editor. I've no interest in forking out for … [Read more...] about Graphics Editor For OSX?