Archive for January, 2009

From mySociety: “Ministers are about to conceal MPs’ expenses, even though the public has just paid £1m to get them all ready for publication, and even though the tax man expects citizens to do what MPs don’t have to.” My letter to my MP on the topic: Dear David Lepper, I write to you today [...]

Edited highlights of recent delicious additions: The $300 Million Button – Jared Spool on some pretty impressive usability RoI. Demand a Read/Write City – “Our city is read-only. You’re free to read advertising, business signs, and city signs. But dare you write or hang anything of your own; you will be labeled as a criminal [...]

The start of the year brings the inevitable choices about Spring conferences. My original plan was to join the rest of the Clearlefters at SxSW, but I’ve decided it’s not for me. Reports I’ve heard make it sound rather like an enforced Freshers’ Week, where the partying is the raison d’être. Much as I do [...]

Musically, 2008 was a pipe and slippers year for me. I didn’t buy much, I didn’t play much, and I took comfort in the songs that I’d known and loved for years. To tell the truth, I was concerned that I’d lost interest in the scene altogether: the effort required to keep up seemed too [...]

The time has rolled round again when Clearleft fancies having a fresh face in the office, so we’re currently looking for a Design/Front End Development Intern. It’d suit someone with talent and enthusiasm (or, better, passion) for web design, UX and standards-based development, but who maybe lacks the commercial experience and wants to take a [...]