Trip to The Hospital

Venturing out of the subburbs as my client put it today I took the short train ride into central London for a meeting.  The client in question is constantly on the move and instead of paying for a boring satellite office he has joined the uber cool Hospital Club in Covent Garden.

This being the second time I have visited him there I have to say I am very taken by not only its obvious location but the environment they have created.  Based on the site of an 18th Century hospital in Covent Garden, The Hospital specifically targets the Creative and Media communities.

Set over 7 floors, The Hospital is home to a Private Members Club with several bars and lounges, a Gallery, TV & Music recording studios it is well worth a visit and an excellent place to hold media briefings.

Anyone for a widget?

I was sorting out my filing on my desk this morning when I stumbled upon a story I had printed off from El Reg a while ago and realised I hadn’t blogged about.  According to the story the mean size of web pages has more than trebled since 2003 from 97.3KB to more than 321KB.  The reason for this has been blamed on us dastardly bloggers for driving the mean number of objects per page to double from 25.7 to 49.9.  The story which was based upon some research by WebsiteOptimization.com explained that more and more sites are uploading widgets, gadgets and embedded video resulting in the average page swelling by more than 60KB to 312KB by the end of December.  Projections for next year expect us to reach 385KB.
Not good news for techno-phobes like my Dad who is still in the dark ages using dial-up.  It is looking increasingly like if he wants to find out how his fantasy football team is doing on the web (he thrashed mine last season unfortuantely) then he will probably have to start trying to get on the web on Friday night so he can view the results on Sunday