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30 May 2009

Projects update

Given the last site in my portfolio was from November last year and it’s now almost summer, I’m thinking it looks like I’ve either a) called it a day or b) got no work to be getting on with. Rather than putting up a tumbleweed animation on the homepage, here’s a quick update on what I’m working on instead. Continue reading »

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09 Apr 2009

Naked

No, not me you’ll be disappointed glad to hear, but this blog – it’s the fourth CSS Naked Day [external link] today, the annual event from the Gok Wan of web standards, Dustin Diaz [external link]. I’m de-robing this blog for the first time to show my support, and to demonstrate that while far from pretty, the site should still at least be usable.

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07 Apr 2009

Mock ups the old fashioned way

For a recent project I was asked to come up with some (very) rough design ideas for a site where the client wanted a ‘grungy’ look. Because the client was only after some rough layout ideas and nothing polished, I put aside Photoshop and for the first time in years took to paper, pencil crayon and felt tips. I’d forgotten how enjoyable – and liberating – working with the old traditional media is. But if hand drawing isn’t your thing, but you like the sketched-style wireframes for presenting layout ideas, there’s plenty of good – and reasonably priced – software packages out there. Continue reading »

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