‘Random’ archive
Work less, produce more
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Posted in Random on the 25-08-2010 | 50 Comments
As web professionals we have a culture of long hours. This has to change.
SXSW: Web design elections?
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Posted in Random on the 12-08-2010 | 1 Comment
In the closest thing we have to a web design popularity contest, its time to vote for this years SXSW panels.
Introducing the Boagworld Book Club
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Posted in Random on the 22-07-2010 | 25 Comments
Relly introduces the Boagworld Book Club. A chance to broaden your horizons and make friends too.
Design and copy pirates: Should you care?
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Posted in Boagworld Bites, Random on the 01-04-2010 | 6 Comments
Websites like Copyscape make it easier than ever to find other sites who have stolen your copy. However, should you care and how can you stop thieves.
Boagworld in Poetry
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Posted in Random on the 20-03-2010 | 1 Comment
Boagworld has been immortalised in poetry :-)
My Grand Mac Tour
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Posted in Random on the 06-03-2010 | 23 Comments
This has nothing to do with web design but if you are a mac user you might find the way I use my mac interesting.
Is ‘John the client’ stupid or are you failing him?
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Posted in Boagworld Bites, Random on the 24-02-2010 | 13 Comments
Meet John the client. John runs a reasonably large website. He is a marketeer who considers himself smart, articulate and professional. That said, he doesn’t know much about web design and so needs your help.
An iPhone Obsession
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Posted in Random on the 23-02-2010 | 15 Comments
The iPhone has become an obsession. If we don’t pay attention, we’ll have a mobile web that only works on the iPhone.
Are we changing the world?
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Posted in Random on the 07-12-2009 | 9 Comments
As web designers we like to think we are shaping the web and that the web is changing the world. This is true, but there are other ways to transform the world and ourselves.
Don’t reduce your designers and developers to stereotypes
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Posted in Random on the 03-11-2009 | 18 Comments
Rob Borley warns against reducing your designers and developers to stereotypes if you want to get the best work from them.
How to Manage Your Inspiration
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Posted in Random on the 08-09-2009 | 13 Comments
How do you find your design inspiration? More importantly how do you manage those sources of inspiration?
Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty”
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Posted in Random on the 07-09-2009 | 2 Comments
Speed Wireframing with Nick Finck
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Posted in Random on the 27-08-2009 | 5 Comments
The wonder of the web
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Posted in Random on the 17-07-2009 | 16 Comments
A few thoughts on why I think the web is truly amazing.
The reality of home working
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Posted in Random on the 16-03-2009 | 31 Comments
An increasing number of people are trading in the cubicle for home working. It is seen by many as the ultimate perk. However, is home working really everything it is cracked up to be? I share what I have discovered after 7 years of home working.
Sneak Geek
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Posted in Random on the 10-03-2009 | 2 Comments
Marcus shares some thoughts about our upcoming trip to SXSW.
What’s with the attitude?
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Posted in Random on the 25-02-2009 | 39 Comments
We face many challenges as designers and developers – IE6, the fast pace or change, meeting the needs of disabled users. However, I am coming to believe that our biggest challenge is our own attitude.
My Favourite iPhone Applications
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Posted in Random on the 01-02-2009 | 9 Comments
I often get asked what my favourite iPhone applications are. Its hardly surprising considering the excessive number of application I buy and the amount I go on about it. I therefore thought it was about time that I compiled a list of my favourites.
Never work for free?
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Posted in Random on the 30-01-2009 | 40 Comments
I recently said on twitter that you should never work for free, but is that really true? Are there occasions when it is okay to do web work for no financial return?
