20 July 2026
I made Schemy – a 3D viewer for Minecraft structure files
I kept ending up with Minecraft schematic files – builds people had shared, things I wanted to reuse – and no quick way to actually…
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Writing
Thoughts &
opinions.
On web development, tech, and whatever else is on my mind.
22 June 2026
The Pi that watches the web so I don’t have to.
There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes from discovering a client’s site has been down for three hours and the only reason you found…
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4 August 2014
Calm down dear, its only a messaging app!
Recently I’ve noticed that an article about the “Insidiousness of Facebook Messenger” is doing the rounds again. Twitter was too short for me to make…
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3 November 2013
Content is King, but don’t forget the Prince…
If you have any involvement in SEO you’ll have heard the phrase “Content is King”. Google has for many years been trying to make the…
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2 November 2013
Sites don’t have to look good to work…
Whilst working as a Web Developer on many sites I’ve often had clients far more focused on aesthetics than function. This obsession has included things…
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22 November 2012
How the Web works, information flow.
For a long time people have known that information flow has value. Also, that preventing its flow gives power to ‘those in the know’.
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