OMdeSIGN: People Who Make Websites

April, 2007

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humours."
George Santayana

April 10, 2007


Domain Name Hierarchy
The pecking order of preferential domain names (UK biased)

I've been buying a few domains lately, and what with the scarcity of a good .com domain I've been forced to consider what the alternatives are. For us in the UK, the .co.uk domain has just as wide acceptance as the .com - but what about the other TLDs?

Here's a rundown - in descending order of desirability. Something to consider before you go ahead and register the domain for your next killer site! Read more

Our Choice

from BBC.uk, December 07, 2004

A decade of good website design

The web looks very different today than it did 10 years ago. Back in 1994, Yahoo had only just launched, most websites were text-based and Amazon, Google and eBay had yet to appear. But, says usability guru Dr Jakob Nielsen, some things have stayed constant in that decade, namely the principles of what makes a site easy to use. Read more