How to design… anything
User interfaces are an important part of any product because that’s the part a customer experiences. […]
User interfaces are an important part of any product because that’s the part a customer experiences. […]
No design project should start without a well formed brief, from the simplest icon to the most advanced space shuttle. We need them to define the scope and make a plan. […]
(Answer—The same stuff designers always need.) […]
I took some time over the Easter weekend to put together a little fan site for Brogue, my favourite Roguelike game. […]
Digital technology is changing our world, quickly and irreversibly. Traditional marketing—including banking and utilities—are under threat. […]
Intranets are no longer a place for static information. They exist to help customers do their job—a hub of productivity as well as knowledge. […]
I had a great time taking part the the very first CodePen at the C4Di in Hull, arranged by Mark Bucknell. […]
I’m excited about the blockchain, both as a technology and philosophy. The blockchain is a distributed system for exchanging value, which removes the need for central institutions. […]
Last weekend I attended a public speaking workshop run by Andy Budd at Clearleft. […]
Branding is used by organisations to distinguish between products or services. Every organisation should have a current set of brand guidelines that details style and tone across each platform. […]
I've taken the time to move this site from an old ExpressionEngine (ee) CMS install to Jekyll, my favourite static site generator. The challenge was to replicate my CMS site without too much fudging. It turned out to be really straightforward. […]
I'm happy to be using Hammer again. Hammer is a little front end web tool that's very suited to prototyping. It’s essentially a static site generator that supports html includes, variables, Sass, Markdown, and other handy stuff. […]
I really enjoyed this talk on PostCSS by Donny Burnside at the C4DI Developer Meetup last Thursday. […]
I occasionally get a request to do some SEO work. I'm far from being an SEO expert, though most of the things I make do pretty well on our favourite search engine. I usually offer the following tips. […]
It’s a brand new year in a few hours time, so it's time to set a few simple goals for 2016. […]
I enjoyed this article by Jeffrey Zeldman about organising files in folders. […]
Just made this daft thing – a C64 theme for Jekyll, the static site generator from GitHub. […]
I'm excited by a recent screenshot from James Mathias of ExpressionEngine 3. We can’t judge by a screengrab, but from first impressions it’s beautiful, with a crisp, light and simple interface. […]
I like to play Brogue, a Roguelike by Brian Walker. It’s the only game on my computer, and the only Roguelike I've played. I’ve learned some valuable life lessons from it. […]
I've been inspired by some brilliant print work recently. There's a ton of great design, much of it independently published. […]
I enjoyed attending the DotYork conference at the City Screen in York, on May 1st. The focus was on the personal experiences of the speakers as they followed their chosen paths, rather than anything technical. […]
Does drawing help design? I love to draw, and love to write good markup for well conceived designs, and I wonder if there's an overlap. […]
Great to attend the 5th anniversary of Hull Digital at the C4Di last night. I was one of the small group at the very first Hull Digital meet up, half a decade ago. […]
I completed a trial with Sketch from Bohemian Coding today, which I've added to my toolbox for handy graphic apps. It's the Fireworks I'd never loved. […]