Working in web design archive

Working as part of the web design community since 1994 has been a privilege. I love the web and I love the people I meet through it. This section is where I share something of my experiences as part of this community. Some of the posts are dully personal, but some talk more broadly about the challenges we face as web workers.

Working in web design: Why this blog sucks and a better alternative

Do you wish we posted more techie articles here at Boagworld? Would you like some more meaty web design content? If so, read on.

Design: Can clients make good design suggestions?

If the Matrix teaches us one thing its that sometimes the client can make better design suggestions than the professional web designer.

Working in web design: Are you struggling in your web design business?

It didn’t work out as you expected, did it? Running your own web design business was supposed to give you more time with the family and free you from that incompetent boss. You even thought you migh…

Working in web design: Wedding Anniversary

I have done two things right in my life. Marry my wife and do so on the easiest day to remember ever… 08/08/98

Working in web design: Meet Jamie Knight

I would like you all to meet Jamie Knight. He is an amazing young man who emailed me a while back. He has an astounding mind and an incredible story. In the following (unedited) post he shares a little bit of it with us…

Working in web design: Lost: Top 5 moments

I have just completed a Lost marathon in order to finish season 3. One part I found particularly powerful was Charlie writing his list of top moments in his life. He inspired me to do the same.

Working in web design: The life of a web designer

Well we have just had our first show and tell day at Headscape.

Working in web design: Suffering at SXSW

The most important thing I learn’t at SXSW this year is don’t mess with Cindy Li…

Working in web design: My Sledge Hammer List

I got into a very strange conversation today on Twitter that resulted in Chris Heilmann suggesting I broke the hands of any designer I felt was more talented than me. With that in mind here is the list of people I intend to attack with a sledge hammer at SXSW.

Working in web design: Refresh06

So Refresh06 is now over and I am mere moments away from heading back to the UK. Although the conference suffered from the occasional hiccup it has been incredibly enjoyable and I have been inspired by the amazing people I have met.

Working in web design: Personal Posting

10 completely random bits of information about myself.

Working in web design: Macs… don't you love them :)

For fear of incurring even more wrath from the mac community, I felt that I just had to share this video I have found on YouTube with you all.

Working in web design: The geeks gone soft

Today is my eighth wedding anniversary and so I have decided to take some liberties with this blog. After all, while most men say I love you with flowers or chocolates, a geek says it with a blog post.

Working in web design: Darth Vader Mashup

Okay so it is nothing to do with web design, but it is my site and I like Star Wars. Enjoy with me James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader) as you have never heard him before.

Working in web design: Off to atMedia

Well I am off to @media now and then flying out from Gatwick for my annual leave

Working in web design: A muddled mind

Last week we did a podcast on the WAI accessibility guidelines and, after my blunder, I thought it might be worth having a go at persuading you that actually I am right and the WAI guidelines are wrong!

Working in web design: A short break

Due to an overwhelming workload, we are going to be forced to take a short break from boagworld. Please don’t forget us!

Working in web design: Holier-than-thou standardites

A number of things have happened recently that have got me thinking about the state of web design. I find myself increasingly concerned about the mentality that is developing within certain parts of the industry.

Working in web design: Dusting crops

One of those days…

Working in web design: Death by keyboard

Everybody has their perfect partner, or so they say. Well, I believe we all have our perfect keyboard too. I have had my keyboard nearly four years now and hate using any other. What I did not know is that secretly it has been trying to kill me!

Working in web design: Home working and departing friends

Well, today sees the first member of staff to leave Headscape since setting the company up in January 2002. It is a strange experience having a member of staff leave when you are a virtual company.

Working in web design: Terrorist attack on London

As I sit here watching the bombings of London unfold I feel a need to write a few words on what I am seeing.