It’s now just over a two weeks since my last day at my old job. So what have I been up to? In terms of percentages, 60% working and 40% spent on Cody. Most of that 40% is hoovering up all the hair she’s shedding […]
All posts tagged “Web Design”
Public Service Announcement – Please Say No to Sitebuilders
Last night I was online looking for the websites of some local restaurants to try and find menus, prices, etc. The usual Thursday evening. There’s a very nice looking and probably fairly upmarket Indian restaurant near me that I was trying to find a website […]
Musing on Adobe Muse
Adobe Muse – Create websites as easily as you create layouts for print. You can design and publish original HTML pages to the latest web standards without writing code. Now in beta, Muse makes it a snap to produce unique, professional websites. The quote is […]
The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers
Every web designer who uses Adobe Photoshop should go and have a read of this site: The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers There are so many points I agree to and actively do myself. If you work in an in-house design team, like me, […]
Grid Systems – I don’t use them, should I?
Grid systems. If you’re a web designer, you’ll be aware of these. You may even use them on your projects. I’m a web designer and I have never used a grid system for any project. Should I be admitting that? Here are the three most […]
Talking myself out of backtracking on myself
I did a whole lot of doodling, scrawling and idea plotting on the weekend for my new project to redo CountryVilla-Algarve.com. I was getting all kinds of excited on my plans to do a technically challenging site – something that I could really prove myself […]
Time to get back to web design
It’s been a very long time since I sat down and really thought about a new site. ‘Back in the day’ when I was creating fan sites and fanlistings every other weekend I’d be sitting in front of Photoshop creating a new design for a […]
Redesigning the Portfolio
Last year I made a make shift one page design for my portfolio. It was very simple, a little rough around the edges, but it had all the details I wanted on the portfolio. Translation – all the content was there but the design work […]
Photo of the Day: Working, working, working
Today I have been mostly working on this. New layout for my portfolio. I wanted to get it done tonight, and most likely would have, had I not realised I do need sleep as I am going to attempt to get up earlyish tomorrow for […]