Styrofoam
Indie-electronica with a dash of 80s synth. Pretty upbeat and good fun and reminiscent of Postal Service, making them an obvious support act. I also dig that they’re Belgian.
Death Cab for Cutie
Difficult to be objective about a band you’re sentimentally attached to, but they were a good show. To play to the […]
Author Archives: Frances
Death Cab For Cutie/Styrofoam
July 18, 2008 – 10:18 am
Pinback/Phosphorescent/Prego
July 15, 2008 – 10:01 am
Prego
Post-rock by numbers. Accomplished, but boring
Phosphorescent
Beautiful voice and keys. Shame about the bassist and his attention seeking ways. A good find, regardless.
Pinback
Keeping it old skool with plenty of non photo-blue vibes. Pity 95% of the audience had never heard it and it’s chums though.
Pinback at Scala, 15th July 2008
Microformats, the BBC and friends
July 7, 2008 – 12:46 pm
I recently had the job of letting the microformats community know that the BBC were having to drop hCalendar due to accessibility concerns surrounding the use of abbr and the date-time pattern.
My friend and colleague Jake Archibald published a summary of what’s happened so far, what the current alternative suggestions are and the […]
Women of the web
May 23, 2008 – 1:02 pm
Yet again the subject of women in our industry has reared its head and yet again I find myself basically fuming. Why exactly do we keep rehashing this discussion? Can’t we just get over it, already?
Okay, first things first - I realise there’s a wider discussion about women in any industry, and specifically […]
The BBC needs you!
May 16, 2008 – 3:27 pm
Are you a screen reader user, or know someone who is? Want to contribute to making the Beeb a more accessible place?
The BBC is looking for people to let them know what screen reader users hear when they visit the new Programmes pages, which just happen to contain the ever controversial abbreviation design pattern […]
