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A few of my recent ramblings
Web designers who can’t code
February 18th 2010
Wow, what a day! It started with one little tweet and ended with a discussion that seemed to sweep across the whole web design community. It appears there are some very strong opinions held on the subject of whether web designers should be able to code.
Starkers: HTML5 & the future
January 25th 2010
At the end of last year, Nathan Staines contacted me to say that he’d begun work on an HTML5 version of my Starkers WordPress theme. I’ve been considering an HTML5 implementation of Starkers for some time now but I’ve never got round to it due to other commitments, so it’s great to see that someone else has taken it on.
The Apple Tablet
January 12th 2010
The web is currently drowning in a sea of Apple Tablet rumours as anticipation grows around the event on the 27th of this month. But at the risk of adding one more to the ocean, I wanted to share some thoughts on why I’m particularly excited about this one.
Introducing: 8 Faces magazine
December 23rd 2009
Last week, I gave away a few teasers about my magazine pet project. Today, I’m going to give you something a bit juicier. I’m very happy to introduce… 8 Faces.
Branding The Money Pig
December 8th 2009
As you may have seen earlier today, we’ve launched a holding page for The Money Pig. Hurrah!
The Money pig is my latest client work: a financial web app being built by those lovely chaps at Decode. The project is currently in its early stages and I’ve spent the last two weeks with my head down in the research and branding phase. The culmination of those two weeks is the logo you see on the site (that’s just one of many pig illustrations, by the way) and a very strong sense of where we’re going to take the brand as a whole. Nothing’s been designed for the actual site yet; that’ll come in January.
First thoughts on the iPad
January 27th 2010
So, the day has finally come. The iPad has been announced. It actually exists and it looks unsurprisingly amazing. But I was surprised and disappointed by a few things, too.
Initial thoughts
The first big surprise was the name,…
Bristol bound
January 23rd 2010
For those of you who know me personally, you’ll know that I’m something of a vagabond: I’ve moved home ten times in the last nine years, and some basic maths will tell you that that’s an average of more than one move per year. Yikes. So, in a bid to put down some sort of roots, my girlfriend and I are relocating yet again, but this time to somewhere that we can hopefully call home for a while: Bristol.
2009 in review & goals for 2010
December 30th 2009
It’s that time of year again: time to look over the year that was and look ahead to the year that will be. Although for many people 2009 seemed to be a year filled with financial instability, it seems like our industry has been relatively untouched, thankfully. In fact, I’d even go as far as to say that 2009 has been a good year. Has it for you?
A pet project in the works
December 18th 2009
On today’s 24 Ways, there’s an article by me called ‘A Pet project is for Life, Not Just for Christmas’. I wrote it because I think it’s healthy for all of us to have projects on the side: things we do outside of our client work or day jobs to remain sane and creatively fulfilled.
