Web – Page 2 – Duncan Stephen

Article — 12 November 2018 — 740 words

Shifting focus

Personal — Web

When it came to blogging, the tail was wagging the dog. So I have changed my routine.

Article — 23 October 2018 — 447 words

URLs aren’t good enough

Technology — User experience — Web

I am a web enthusiast, but I think we need to find a better way to navigate the web than URLs.

Article — 12 July 2018 — 822 words

The web’s bloated middle

Media — Web

Website publishers have been incentivised to do exactly the opposite of what could have made the web so great.

Article — 28 April 2018 — 1,018 words

The decline of Flickr shows how the web has lost its open spirit

Photography — Technology — Web

Share is a word we hear a lot these days. “Share to Facebook” really means, “Lock away in Facebook”. But sharing on Flickr really meant sharing — with the world.

Article — 23 April 2018 — 977 words

Why we need to bring back the vision of the read-write web

Technology — Web

Fundamental ideas about how the web should work have been lost. But we need to bring these back if the web is to fulfil its potential.

Article — 25 February 2018 — 1,059 words

A brutal redesign

Design — Personal — Web

When I started to experiment with different ways of blogging, I realised what I was doing was a bit off. So I decided to redesign the blog.

Article — 12 October 2017 — 327 words

The open web has rough edges, but this is why we need to protect it

Digital — Web

Native apps, social media networks and big content silos are slick. But the whole idea about the web — the reason it has been so successful — is that it is open and democratic.

Article — 1 October 2017 — 1,208 words

Why it’s time to reclaim our digital lives

Personal — Web

The more we come to understand about the big social media networks’ impact on society, the less appealing it becomes. It’s time we stopped letting them control our digital lives. This is why I will start blogging again.

Article — 20 December 2016 — 627 words