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Aligned values

Doing our best work depends on aligned values and beliefs

04 December 2012
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Content is the fuel

It’s not about what comes first, but the relationship between content and design that matters

14 September 2012
1
‘The Mindful Designer’ Talk

Watch the talk I gave in Nottingham at New Adventures In Web Design 2012

28 February 2012
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A New Approach (Part II)

Part two in a series documenting a “mobile first” + responsive approach

28 June 2011
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A New Approach (Part I)

Part one in a series documenting my experience of designing for the web in a different way

17 June 2011
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Interface Design Mantras

A brief summary of my ‘Interface Design Mantras’ talk at Refresh Edinburgh in February 2011

23 March 2011
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Musical highlights of 2010

A little round-up of my favourite musical releases from 2010

15 December 2010
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How I learned to read again

How I revived my RSS reading with the iPad, Instapaper and Reeder

04 October 2010
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dConstruct 2010

Round-up of my first time at Clearleft’s dConstruct design conference in Brighton

06 September 2010
6
Redesigning for a shift of focus

A quick run-down of things old and new in the amalgamation of my portfolio site and blog

01 September 2010
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Gathering site content

Content gathering and authoring is too important to leave until the last minute. Start early and stay focussed.

06 July 2010
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iPad: Workaholic’s best friend?

Why I think the touted drawbacks of the iPad are it’s saving grace for obsessive workaholics like me

30 May 2010
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How I present designs to clients

How I present designs to clients using a combination of a graphics app, HTML and CSS

30 April 2010
17
Goodbye Line, hello FreeAgent

I’m leaving my position at Line to join FreeAgent at the end of April

13 April 2010
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John & Ro’s wedding invites

The process of designing letterpress wedding invites for two of my friends

05 April 2010
6
Reasons to avoid single-line CSS

Why I believe it’s better to avoid single-line formatting your CSS

24 March 2010
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Mockups: Bridging the gap

Be realistic when presenting type in a mockup — get it in the browser

15 March 2010
3
The relevance of wireframes

Why you should wireframe, who is responsible and why it can go wrong.

05 March 2010
2
Top 5 typefaces of 2009

2009 was a great year for new type, and I just had to share my favourites.

01 March 2010
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February round-up

A round-up of things spotted and tested throughout February 2010

27 February 2010
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Make yourself (un)comfortable

If you want to keep progressing as a designer, get out of your comfort zone.

23 February 2010
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A beginning

Late to the party? You don’t say. But better late than never, I finally have a blog.

21 February 2010
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