The personal disquiet of
Great piece from 10,000 Words on the natural growth of news.
Having done a ton of thinking about this over the last year, this resonates so much with my thoughts and conclusions. This particularly struck me:
Unlike a blog like TechCrunch, for exa… Continue reading
I’m very pleased to announce that, yesterday, Five Simple Steps launched A Practical Guide to Web App Success from Dan Zambonini. You can buy it now in DRM-free ePub, PDF and mobi formats bundle for just £15. Like our other … Continue reading
It’s funny to think that 5 years ago, I left the BBC to pursue a freelance career and have, quite literally, spent every day since scared to death. Today, Mark Boulton Design is going from strength to strength. Thankfully. We’ve … Continue reading
It is with great pleasure that, today, after much discussion, I can announce that Five Simple Steps will be publishing The Icon Handbook by Jon Hicks later this year. Icon design is hard. I find it one of the most … Continue reading
Today, the small design agency I run announced our plans to hire a Web Design Apprentice. It’s something that has been in my mind for ages now, but we’ve finally had the time to work out exactly what the role … Continue reading
24 Ways (to impress your friends) is something us webby types look forward to every year. This web advent calendar, as they say in TV and Radio, is an ‘appointment to view’. This year is no different, but, together with … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, Five Simple Steps – the small, indi publisher I’m a co-founder of – released our second title; A Practical Guide to Information Architecture by Donna Spencer. Derek Featherstone, who wrote a wonderful foreword for Donna, summarised … Continue reading
As you may know, Leisa Reichelt and I have been working for the past year or so with the Drupal community; first on the redesign of Drupal.org, then the User Experience project for Drupal 7. Since then, I’ve been using … Continue reading
Last week, I flew to Boston, MA, to have a meeting with those fine folks at Acquia about a project they wanted my small design studio to look at. Today, Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, announced that, together with … Continue reading
A couple of books coming up which may be of interest. Firstly, Web Standards Creativity is up on Amazon for pre-order. It’s a sumptuous full-colour paperback covering topics like Typography, PNG transparency techniques and Grid Design from the likes of … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my difficulty managing an increasing amount of requests for work and creating and tracking the paperwork associated with this process. I decided to build something in Expression Engine to solve my needs, but … Continue reading
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