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My iPod Touch apps, originally uploaded by LondonBrad.
 

After nearly seven years of designing and coding ocado.com, I’ve decided that I really need a bit of a change creatively and logistically (living in East London and getting to the office in Hatfield was never ideal). Luckily Ocado has led the way in online grocery retail since it started trading and just about all the things we’ve implemented on the website over the years have become part of the vernacular in grocery site design.

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Whilst I was considering it a protest until the BBC launches a Mac version of their iPlayer, I’d held on long enough and really wanted to see what the experience was like.

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After many months (on and off) of testing, reading, deliberating, scratching my head and waiting I’m finally happy that I’ve found the perfect settings for encoding video with Handbrake for playback on my Mac and AppleTV.

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It’s time for a list of independent software that I can’t do without on my Mac. It will mean more to some than others, so forgive the slightly technical slant to some of the choices.

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Ocado.com has some new features available to customers this week. The thing I’m most pleased with is the full-page trolley viewer, organising products and images to give users a more positive understanding of what they’re going to buy.

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Reading a very interesting blog posting about the demise of Flash, I was left with the question: Is Flash really in demise? I also wanted to add my thoughts as to why it should be.

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Windows Genuine Advantage programme does have some slightly unintended advantages when it comes to non-Microsoft browser proliferation.

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I took the plunge and coughed up £200 for Apple’s Aperture application because the combination of iPhoto and Photoshop really just isn’t a useable option for a keen amateur photographer like myself who shoots more than a handful of images at a time.

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I’m really impressed with this website — and it’s free. Basically, it’s a bunch of templates for paper lens hoods. Download the PDF for your lens, print it out, tape and attach.