Blog Relations

I’ve done some simple optimisation of this site for iPhone using only CSS.     I picked up some good tips here and here.

Now if you visit Blog Relations on an iPhone or iPod Touch you see a page that is easy to read straight away.   There’s no need to pinch to increase the text size, or to scroll around to find the navigation. For those who are technically minded, I included the iPhone style sheet in my header with this snippet:
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I know I’ve been a bit behind the curve on this, but I finally got a mobile device that can cruise the net efficiently – an iPod Touch.  I was prompted by the fact that Wizzard are making an app for Storynory.   (Wizzard host our audio, sell our sponsorship), and I wanted to view it.   In fact all the online marketing people I meet are talking about iPhone aps – the small pieces of software that sit on your iPhone or iPod.
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Adobe Flash powers most of the multimedia and interactive features of modern Web sites, yet it still doesn’t work on many smartphones. Many people complain about the iPhone’s lack of Adobe Flash support, but the iPhone is hardly alone. The Palm Pre and the BlackBerry Storm don’t have Flash support, and neither do most Android devices (except the HTC Hero). Nokia’s S60 and the Windows Mobile browsers provide limited, scaled-down Flash support.
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My generation at Hampton School turned out two war reporters.  One, Stephen Farrell, has been in the news after he was kidnapped and rescued in Afghanistan.   The other, Peter Beaumont, has recently published a book on the trauma of witnessing war horrors for years.   Last week Peter wrote about Stephen in the Guardian.
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