Process Staying relevant Last night saw a group of creative types congregate in Huddersfield for another HuddsDigitals meetup. As a change to the usual format (casual meet in a bar over drinks), we saw ourselves involved
Web Merging lives Activity in social media has grown exponentially over the last ten years. It's gone from a way to simply keep in touch with friends to sharing scores of information with the world. The
Web Altering my backend Those of you with keen eyes will have noticed a few subtle changes have taken place. Those with even keener eyes will see the source code is different giving a big clue about
Responsive Web Design nomenclature This morning has seen some lively debate in regard to few examples of so-called responsive text. I'm not going to discuss my issues with it from a practical point of view as most
Responsive Web Design Responsive sketching Yesterday I saw a few people linking to a sketchbook designed for doodling responsive design ideas, a pretty nice book to be fair but I find the idea of paying for a sketchbook
Community Why the web industry rocks Yesterday morning started like a normal weekday. I waited with my wife at the station until her train arrived then headed off to work. In the five minutes it took me to walk
Community Out of context I read a news item on the BBC this morning about an MP who used Twitter to voice an opinion on a recent court case. It resulted in a backlash but the offending
Photography McD, WTF? Sometimes I get rather confused by things I see on the web. Some I can fathom out and apply some sort of explanation, others I struggle to understand at all. This photo has
Web A change of location I first started using Gowalla about 18 months ago. I only used it for a few check-ins but I was addicted by the end of the first day. I loved the idea of
Web Fleeing the nest Back in 2003, I knew next to nothing about the web except where to find movie trailers and do research for the occasional essay at college. I knew a lot about sinking beer
Community 'moff to DIBI This'll be my third (and likely last) conference this year so I hope to make it a good one. I'm actually a rather shy person when it comes to meeting new people so
Web Epic Fail Okay, so Epic Fail is a rather over zealous title but it's how I feel about my lame attempt at Ideas of March. I've been bubbling with ideas and things to write about
Community Sponsored silence It's Red Nose Day again and all sorts of folks are doing stuff to raise money. My local Sainsbury's store looks like it's being run by loons today. Good way to put a
Web Ideas of March Pretty much every day while eating lunch, I spend some time trawling my Twitter stream and going through my Delicious network for things of interest to check out. This particular lunchtime, I came
Web Playing with the logo I've been using the same logo in varying forms for about three or four years now but from time-to-time I start scribbling on a page to see if anything comes out of it.
Community New Adventures Last week saw Nottingham experience an influx of designers and geeks for the eagerly awaited New Adventures in web design conference, the brainchild of Simon Collison, a day of ideas, thoughts and for
Web Get TextPattern on the move My mate and local web designer, Oliver Ker, is a long time fan of a particular flavour of CMS called TextPattern. I tried it once for a project but for some reason I
User Experience Sainsbury's missing a trick? This morning I went to my local Sainsbury's to pick up a few ingredients for a birthday meal I'm cooking for Luisa. I wandered around with my shopping list and picked up what
Web Oh hai journal For the last year or so I've been using this site to experiment with design, giving each entry a unique look. When I first started out doing it, I knew it was going
Web Simply delicious I'm a relatively new user of Delicious, despite signing up some time ago, I only actually started to use it regularly in October last year. Since then I've become addicted to it. It's
Web The beauty of an empty inbox Over the last few years working at Connected, we've gone through a change in process and attitude to all things digital. What was once stored on one's own machine is now stored up
Web COFA interview Brendan Dawes I first saw Brendan Dawes speak on the Future of Web Design Tour in Leeds. Fantastic speaker with a very inspiring approach to design.
Web How (and how not) to treat your customers My girlfriend currently resides way down south in Kent and once or twice a month I make the journey down to see her and her family for a weekend. The weekend just gone