Oops, March and April disappeared

Wow, two months without your favourite email newsletter?! Two months too long. Too many good links gone missing.

Never fear, here's a few articles definitely worth your time.

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The web is task based, not brochure based

Fantastic article which pretty much sums up where the web is going. And where the line between print and web is. Absolute must-read.

When you look at a brochure, you're doing that, just looking. But when you're on the web you're there to achieve a goal.

Pretty pictures are nice, but make sure your web experience is a useful one!

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Why your iPhone will never have Flash

Mostly because Apple and Adobe are both as stubborn as each other.

If you want to know Apple's side of the argument, from the boss himself, he's made himself very clear with this insightful blog post.

I'm siding with Apple on this one. Adobe have been so slow to endorse any new tech that Apple releases.

So if Adobe controlled the environment in which apps were created, it wouldn't matter what cool new tricks future iPhones get, the flash-based apps may never use them for years.

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Simply awesome one-page site design

Think you need multiple pages of information to sell a product? Think again.

The always-incredible Panic, makers of fine Apple software have outdone themselves once again with the design for the latest version of their FTP program, Transmit.

This one page tells you absolutely everything you need to know to make you buy the application. Which I am so close to buying myself despite the fact I don't think I even need it...

Of particular interest is their closing line!

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Type Tip: Punctuation in quotations

Where do you put punctuation, inside or outside a quote?

If the sentence contains a quotation, place the comma or full stop outside the quotation mark.

Paul said, 'Make a difference', and he did.

If the sentence consists wholly of a quotation, place the comma or full stop inside the quotation mark.

'He knew he was making a difference.'

Place question marks inside the quotation mark if they are part of what was said, but outside if the sentence surrounding is a question.

Paul asked, 'Did I make a difference?'
Can I say, 'the committee are'?

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Best of YouTube: Cavalcade of infomercial fails

A fine collection of people failing at basic every day tasks to illustrate why you need to buy some rubbish.

Watch it now.

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