Comments on: Labour: new website, same old story http://puffbox.com/2008/09/23/labour-new-website-same-old-story/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2008/09/23/labour-new-website-same-old-story/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Simon Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:57:04 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=415#comment-617 I just need to clarify: my company didn't 'do' the Number 10 website. We advised on the implementation of the WordPress platform, but the site design and build was entirely done by someone else (New Media Maze). If there are groundbreaking new tools in there, that's great. My point - and I stand by this - was that the top layer made such fundamental mistakes that it turned me off immediately. I just need to clarify: my company didn't 'do' the Number 10 website. We advised on the implementation of the WordPress platform, but the site design and build was entirely done by someone else (New Media Maze).

If there are groundbreaking new tools in there, that's great. My point - and I stand by this - was that the top layer made such fundamental mistakes that it turned me off immediately.

]]> By: Steve http://puffbox.com/2008/09/23/labour-new-website-same-old-story/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Steve Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:49:38 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=415#comment-616 Simon, have you actually looked at the site? Instead of talking about it offering, for the first time in UK politics, grassroot fundraising tools, you talk about the number of words in the summarys. Instead of talking about peer to peer recruitment or viral messaging you talk about the occasional external article not displaying text. I can't help but think that there's major sour grapes at play here - given the laughable job your company did with the Number 10 site. Generally respect your analysis but i think you're way off here. Simon, have you actually looked at the site? Instead of talking about it offering, for the first time in UK politics, grassroot fundraising tools, you talk about the number of words in the summarys. Instead of talking about peer to peer recruitment or viral messaging you talk about the occasional external article not displaying text. I can't help but think that there's major sour grapes at play here - given the laughable job your company did with the Number 10 site. Generally respect your analysis but i think you're way off here.

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