I'm delighted to learn that IT Week's web site has been shortlisted for an award by the UK Association of Online Publishers, for achievement in design and usability.

It's even more gratifying that the award category cuts across all web sites in the UK, large and small, business and consumer. We are shortlisted alongside The Sun, The Telegraph and the BBC.

Even if we don't carry off the silverware on the night of the awards, I'm very happy that we've got this far.

We revamped the IT Week web site in November 2006 and usability was very high on our list of priorities, so it seems we've done a decent job.