It's that time of year again

The run-up to Christmas can only mean one thing: advent themed blogs about web design and development! Here are some of the ones I'll be following this year:

24 ways 
Christmas wouldn't be the same without "the advent calendar for web geeks", which has been running since 2005.

The 12 Days of JISC Digital Media Christmas 
A set of quick tips that'll help you to up the quality of any video and audio you produce. Looks like it'll come in handy for people like us who are making some tentative steps into the world of video production.

HTML5 Adventure calendar
"24 days of killer demos, tutorials, community buzz, and other stuff that Steve Jobs would love". Lots of flashy demos that showcase some of the amazing things that can be done with HTML5 right now.

25 days of blog posts from Web Services at Edge Hill University
Once again I'm impressed that the folk at Edge Hill can pull off a post a day about what they're working on - more than one a month is impressive for me!

Web Redevelopment Project Update

Just in time for Christmas, a general update is being distributed to University staff about project progress. 2009 has been a really busy year for the Web Office and I am sure that 2010 will be the same.

Wishing everybody a very Merry Xmas and a Happy Hogmanay.

Counting down to Christmas

If the mention of advent calendars makes you think of cheap chocolate and badly made cardboard doors that fall apart when you try to open them, think again. Here's a run down of a couple of online advent calendars that are worth a look this year:

24 ways

24 ways is "the advent calendar for web geeks" - a great place to learn a little something new in the countdown to Christmas. The articles are written by a line-up of some of the web's most talented designers, bloggers and visionaries, and cover a real diverse range of topics. So far this year there have been some excellent posts ranging from cutting edge topics like new features in HTML5, to good old back-to-basics stuff like writing really good content. The site has been running since 2005, and the archives are worth a good rummage through too.


25 days of blogging at Edge Hill University

The Web Services folks over at Edge Hill are running their own version of 24 ways this year, with guest posts and an equally diverse range of topics - I was very pleased to learn today that the Radio Times website uses hCalendar microformats - who knew. Makes me wish that we could make more time to blog!