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iPad first impressions

One of things I was looking forward to in my recent US trip was being able to pick up an iPad (for a more reasonable price). I’ve now had the iPad for nearly two weeks and here’s what I think: in short, I love it.

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Pilgrimage

On a recent holiday (a road trip on the Californian coast) I decided to stop by Silicon Valley and try and soak up some of that start-up feeling.

eBay HQ

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Office/Desk Space

In November 2007, I took a job working from home and at first I absolutely loved it. Then, when I went freelance in June 2008, I started to mix working from home with working on-site in my client’s offices and gradually I’ve come to the conclusion that I dislike working from home; so much so that I’ve decided to do something about it.

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The Drum’s Recommended Freelance Guide

Last week, I was delighted to find out that I had been featured as a recommended creative freelancer in the latest issue of The Drum.

(Part of) The listings page

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Big Chips 2010

Last Thursday, saw the Big Chip Awards’ 2010 ceremony and this year-unlike last-I managed to find myself on stage as part of the team behind the Band on the Wall website which won Best Not for Profit Project.

From left to right: Shaun Fensom (MDDA), Malcolm and Gavin from Band on the Wall, Ben and Jon from Cahoona and me

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Speak the Web (Manchester) Review

Last night I attended the Manchester leg of the Speak the Web conference tour; here’s my review.

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There is a fold

‘There’s no fold! There’s no fold!’ cried the web designer. Well, I’ve got news for you pal: of course, there’s a fold.

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Andy Budd ruined my life

Back in April 2008, I saw a presentation by Andy Budd at the Future of Web Design conference in London. This presentation, great as it was, ruined my life.

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HTML5

It certainly seems that HTML5 is starting to take hold with more and more websites launching that make use of HTML5 but how good is it?

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