Last night saw the inaugural `Harder Better Faster Stronger` event from Manchester Digital.
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Mediaburst nominated in 2011 Big Chip Awards
I’m delighted to announce that Mediaburst’s Florence project has been nominated for two Big Chip Awards in the Best Public Sector Project and Best Mobile Project categories.
A new direction in typography
Even though I only redesigned this website a few months ago, something hasn’t felt right ever since… the choice of typeface. So I decided to finally do something about it
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.
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
Speak the Web (Manchester) Review
Last night I attended the Manchester leg of the Speak the Web conference tour; here’s my review.
Best of the web 2009
There have been some great blog posts written in 2009 and here are some of my favourites.
FOWD 09 Review
Such was my enjoyment of Future of Web Design (FOWD) 2008 I decided to attend again this year. As I can tell you’re all on tenterhooks to hear what I thought, here’s my review:
Tip: Always check your HTML emails
If you don’t check your HTML emails in a variety of different email clients with images turned on and off you risk of running into trouble. Especially if you like to put funny phrases in your alt tags (attributes) of your spacer GIFs like in this recent email newsletter from Schuh.
New adventures in Wi-fi (with Apple’s Airport Express)
After much deliberation about when and how to go wireless in our home, last week I finally took the plunge with a purchase of an Airport Express from Apple.
RSS Feeds
This week, some good news regarding reading RSS feeds. FeedDemon (PC) and NetNewsWire (Mac) are now free.
Process
Inspired by a post called process over at The Watchmaker Project, I thought I’d share my general process of working and getting these pesky websites built.
First impressions of freelance web development
For the last 7 months, I’ve been doing the occasional freelance web job as well as my full-time job and it’s been both enjoyable and stressful.
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3 great ways to improve GeekUp
GeekUp is a community of web industry professionals based in the North of England (Manchester, Liverpool & Leeds). It provides a job board and regular get-togethers which helps to get freelancers out of their houses once a month. I think GeekUp is awesome but I think it can be improved and here’s how:
What web professionals can learn from Sarah Beeny
Following on from last week’s rapturously received What web agencies can learn from Gordon Ramsay post, I’m continuing the series with a take on the advice of Sarah Beeny.
For those, who do not know, Sarah Beeny is a highly successful property guru/writer/TV presenter who presents (among other TV shows) Property Ladder. This show is essentially shows Beeny following the progress of novices in the property development industry and shows the mistakes they make.
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