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Loose Men – Everything a Man Needs in the Afternoon

Posted on 11/09/2010 by Ben Collier

A live video show I directed, co-wrote (and maybe starred in a certain feature) whilst at the University of Sussex in Brighton. We had around 50 viewers, and despite the actor’s understandable nerves, the show was a great success!

Loosemen (Live TV Production) from Ben Collier on Vimeo.

Posted in Articles | Tagged brighton, television show, tv production, university of sussex, video, video show

A Project Guide to UX Design

Posted on 05/09/2010 by Ben Collier
A Project Guide to UX Design

A Project Guide to UX Design (Amazon)

For UX Designers in the Field or in the Making

Just ordered A Project Guide to UX Design from Amazon as it seems to be the second most recommended UX book after Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think! (which if you haven’t read, read.).

Posted in Articles | Tagged book, usability, user interfaces, web design

IE Detection in 7 Bytes – Javascript

Posted on 11/08/2010 by Ben Collier

Great bit of javscript code that detects if a browser is Internet Explorer in just 7 bytes:

if(!+"\v1") // true only in IE

(via http://webreflection.blogspot.com/2009/01/32-bytes-to-know-if-your-browser-is-ie.html)

Posted in Articles | Tagged browser, browser detection, internet explorer, javascript

.plist (Property List) File Mime Type

Posted on 04/08/2010 by Ben Collier

Most plist (property lists) files generated by iOS are just xml, so use the mime type:

application/xml

By default plist files created by Mac OS X use binary with the mime type:

application/x-plist
Posted in Articles | Tagged apple, mime type, plist, xml

Dynamically Update Copyright Year with PHP

Posted on 03/08/2010 by Ben Collier

Here’s a little php code snippet to make sure the copyright year in your site footer is always up to date:

Copyright - 

Now this will auto update your page with the current year 😉

Posted in Articles | Tagged copyright, date, php

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