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Will My Time Ever Come…

By Al Newkirk on November 10th, 2006.

I don’t know how to say this without sounding like an absolute Loser, but I get an orgasmic-like rush (giddy, I guess is the proper term) when I surf the Net and find new technology. I don’t sleep so well. I work as a web director for a small IT …

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9rules Acceptance

By Andrew Faulkner on June 5th, 2006.

Well, not quite yet:

http://9rules.com/blog/2006/06/round-4-list/

Many thanks for letting us in, 9rules. This now gives me an opportunity to clean up the site before we’re fully in the 9rules network.

Oh, and if you wish to contribute simply email contact (at) fadtastic (dot) net. Everyone who has written for fad so far …

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fadtastic.net has arrived

By Andrew Faulkner on April 11th, 2006.

And we’re here. Welcome. Set your bookmarks to http://fadtastic.net/.

The new-look fadtastic offers you, the reader, a larger content area not swamped by comment boxes or restricted by screen size. Speaking of comment boxes, if you have a modern browser you should enjoy a larger comment box which looks darn swish. …

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We have a friend! Presenting Design Deconstruct

By Andrew Faulkner on February 7th, 2006.

fadtastic is now formally a friend of Design Deconstruct. God knows what that means. It seems every other journal has ‘friends’ so we’re tying the knot with Design Deconstruct.

“Design Deconstruct is an initiative brought about by a group of individuals who are passionate about practical and …

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We’re on the move!

By Andrew Faulkner on January 19th, 2006.

As the popularity of fadtastic has increased recently (end of ego trip now), we’re moving to a new domain. No more details at this stage.

As we’re moving, we thought we’d “realign” a bit. So we’re opening up to any suggestions you have. Niggles? Design issues? New features? We’re all …

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Content Usability vs Content Design

By Phil Renaud on October 24th, 2005.

Style or Substance? Design or Content? Does there have to be a battle between the two?

Is there a happy medium?

In the music world, The Velvet Underground dealt with this problem throughout each of their careers: Sacrifice their musical integrity to garner more listeners of a wider demographic, or keep …

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Re-design announcement!

By Andrew Faulkner on October 21st, 2005.

fadtastic are currently redesigning ready for CSS Reboot. Nothing major - don’t worry. Your usual fadtastic won’t be harmed in the process.

As we’re generally open with our audience, we have one preview page at:

Preview

Basically, we’re aiming for (wait for it) a 1024×768 resolution and ‘fixed commenting.’ This is work …

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Call for Authors

By Andrew Faulkner on August 18th, 2005.

fad.tastic are looking for writers to create interesting posts for the site. If you’re interested and have an eye for detail then simply introduce yourslef by emailing andy@aspiramedia.com.

Respect and popularity will be yours.

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