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My name is Dan O’Connell. I am an Interaction Design graduate and web enthusiast who loves designing immersive, creative & user-friendly interactions.

I hope to one day conquer the world with an Arduino board, a windmill and a modem, but in the mean time, I’ll stick to front end web design + development.

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HTML5 Ready – Super Minimal WordPress Theme Template

Does exactly what it says on the tin. A really basic “theme”, perfect for starting your own WordPress website. Full Article +

Outdated Bathroom Interfaces

I just had a bath. I ran it too cold. Whilst enduring one of my more unpleasant bathing experiences, I realised just how outdated the interfaces in a bathroom are. Full Article +

HTML5 Template

A simple HTML5 / CSS3 template with the bare bone elements included. Full Article +

Open Source Networking & Democratic Administration

Facebook’s privacy settings have been under fire for quite some time now and people are getting increasingly concerned over the control of the data they are adding to the site. Social Networking is an amazing thing and it is not going to die any time soon. In fact I believe it will become an integral part of modern life, but some things are just too private to trust Facebook with. To trust anyone with. Full Article +

PHP active link function

Since we have evolved from using static HTML pages, creating active links (not the less useful CSS :active pseudo selector) on included files can be a hassle. I have put together a function to make your life slightly easier. Full Article +

Six Technology Sins

So I feel like winging today after coming across the same few grievances again and again. Here are my top technological irritations of May 2010. Full Article +

10 Shiny Chrome Extensions

I have recently switched my main browser over from Firefox to Google Chrome and I must say I am rather pleased I did. Firefox just takes too long to initially load, at least on my over-the-hill machine. Full Article +