Archives for March, 2009

Website design 101 – the rap


Web site 101

Plan to test mobile phones on the Underground


Transport for London (TfL) had appealed for telecommunications companies to come forward for a trial on the Waterloo & City line but have drawn a blank.
The aim of the test – originally scheduled for 2008 – was to find how out technically and commercially viable a scheme would be.
All I can say is thanks god [...]

the o2 ticket fiasco continues


after 20 minutes of the same message whilst waiting to buy Michael Jackson tickets on ticketmaster…
There was a problem processing your request.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
(0×100080) If you submitted an order, and are not sure if it went through, please check Order History or contact Customer Service.
Grrr
Anyway off to work now so it [...]

o2 and ticketmaster


So the o2 page for priority tickets to see Michael Jackson simply has a link to ticketmaster anyway! So that was kind of pointless. Now the ticketmaster website has a lovely message:
Your wait time is approximately 15 minutes or more
If you refresh this page or hit the back button, you will lose your place in [...]

The o2 is a success


Sadly though the website isn’t. Now don’t judge me about trying to buy Michael Jackson tickets – I’m not a fan but since Andrew isn’t a Take That fan and bought tickets I thought I should reciprocate.
The o2 blueroom website or o2priority website designed to allow o2 customers to purchase tickets before they go on [...]