I’m not a particularly good programmer, but I do know enough to know that there are aspects of my WordPress development that could benefit from being automated.
In this instance, the usual by-the-numbers setup stuff I do every time I start a new project. (more…)
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Is where I now live.
The short story is, my wife and I got the opportunity to come down to Suffolk and start our own business, Calendula which has now officially started trading. Yay! Clearly I’m no longer based in Manchester, which some people aren’t aware of yet, hence I felt the need to mention it here.
We both felt like we’d done the city thing for long enough, and living by the sea is something we’ve both wanted to do for a while now. That and the prospect of building our own business was too exciting to pass up. So here we are.
So what of my freelance business? Well, Calendula is still very early days. I can envision a time when perhaps my duties there are such that I will be too busy to take on freelance work, but I can assure you that is not the case right now.
If you’d like to hire me for web design, graphics or ux work, please give me a bell I’d be more than happy to speak to you. Obviously, unless you’re in Suffolk too, it will probably mean my working remotely, at least most of the time, so do bear that in mind.
Tags: career, change, freelance, future, southwold, suffolk
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After suffering a severe bout of man-flu for the last couple of days, it seems like I’m perking up again. Which I’m grateful for, as tomorrow is Interesting North, a spin off of the popular Interesting events in London. It’s pretty simple really, a load of speakers are invited to talk on something interesting. That’s it. But that simple format, coupled with a fairly informal atmosphere should make for an inspiring and stimulating day, which any creative type should appreciate. I’m looking forward to having my brain cross wired in an interesting way.
If you happen to be there, please feel free to say hi; one of the main things I’m going for is not just to hear what the speakers have to say, but for the conversations that will no doubt be generated around them. You will find I look remarkably similar to the cartoon.
Tags: culture, Events, ideas, interesting, sheffield
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Google web fonts growth since June this year. Taken from this blog post
There seems to be quite a bit of momentum behind web fonts at the moment, which is as it should be in my opinion. After dealing with the hassle of font-replacement it seems like web typography has taken a massive step forward in the last year or so.
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Tags: design, development, fonts, google, trends, typography, ux, visual, web
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I’ve had a few requests recently for decent books to learn about typography. So I thought I’d share a few here that I’ve found particularly helpful in developing my knowledge of type.
A great book, which also has a great companion website. Distinguished by the clarity and simplicity with which it deals with it’s subject. Typography is a big subject and Lupton does a great job describing the essentials without drowning you in detail.
Tags: books, design, fonts, learning, list, theory, type, typography
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Well, as the rains pour down over Manchester once more, it seems like summer here has come to its usual abrupt and soggy end. I’m somewhat thankful, hoping that the slower pace of autumn and winter might bring some breathing space after what has been an unbelievably hectic few months filled with grief, excitement and too much drinking.
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Last night’s Northern Digitals BLAB night was typically thought-provoking and inspiring. The two speakers, Seb Lee-Delisle and Brendan Dawes both had a lot to say and a clear passion for what they do, which always makes for an interesting presentation.
What really struck me was how both talks reflected the
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In preparation for the talk I’m giving at September’s Northern User Experience meetup, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how user experience practices are accommodated within an agile process. One of the main things that keeps cropping up is the idea of the user experience practitioner as an advocate; for users naturally, but also just for user experience work itself.
Initially, the question of how to
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After hearing that Scraperwiki had organised a hack day in Liverpool, in my new-found freedom as a freelancer, I thought I’d pop down and give it a go. I’ve not really done a hack day either, so it was exciting to be throwing myself into the deepend a little. This was a little different from other hack days as the attendees were a mix of journalists and hackers
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