Author Archives: Dan O'Neill
Checkboxes in Web Design
Check boxes are one of the most ubiquitous elements on the web. Present in almost every contact form, they are often the most ignored items in web design. And often, its these small, seemingly unimportant items that can really finish off any design. Continue reading
Celerra and Netbackup – Adding Backup Selections
Recently, I’ve had to set up Symantec Netbackup so that it could backup and restore to my new EMC Celerra environment. The most time consuming part, and the part that you might have to do from time to time is add new backup selections to existing policies. Continue reading
The State of Irish Web Design
Smashing Magazine did an excellent round-up of some of the best designer/developers in the country and a showcase of their sites. Unfortunately I’m coming at this from the opposite side… Not because I want to denigrate, but because it’s not all rosy in the Irish webdesign garden and that’s not OK. Continue reading
Mass update of Active Directory using PowerShell
PowerShell is a very handy scripting language if you need to play around with Microsoft technologies. It’s gotten me out of more than one difficult situation. The thing that comes up most at the minute for me is updating AD or Active Directory en masse. Continue reading
Phoenix Park Website – A Critique, a Redesign, a Realignment…
The phoenix park is the largest enclosed urban recreation space in any capital city in Europe. Located to the west of Dublin, it is 707 hectares of parkland, forest, lakes and recreation space. It’s website is dated and not user focused. This is a concept design and site that I believe could answer those needs. Continue reading