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Last year, Chris Shiflett — together with a few other people – decided to get behind blogging again and post a series of posts called ‘Ideas of March’. What followed, throughout March, was some exciting and insightful reading. Having an initiative … Continue reading
I’m not usually one for talking about how criticism affects people: either on Twitter, at conferences or elsewhere. I am of course talking about the community’s reaction to a few of us getting together in London yesterday for the Responsive … Continue reading
Since I’ve been using computers, I’ve been unfortunate enough to have quite a few of them to fail on me. Usually mechanical failures. Failures that start with a ‘can you smell that smoke?’, or ‘Can you hear that rattling noise?’. … Continue reading
When I was 16, I was mugged. I was taking a shortcut home from a friends house. It was winter, and dark, and I passed by a man in an alley way. He asked me the time. As I looked … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I attended the Do Lectures. Luckily, for me, it’s a quick trip from Cardiff to Cardigan in West Wales. I’d been looking forward to it for months. As I was soon to find out, Do is … Continue reading
In 1992, I started using my first Macintosh when attending art classes at college. Frankly, it was a frustrating experience with tools that were not as immediate as pencils or paint. Yet, in that small dark room, surrounded by the … Continue reading
For the last couple of years, I hadn’t really bothered summarising the year on this blog. Which is a real shame, actually, because now I kind of don’t remember what happened in detail – only the big moments. So, this post … Continue reading
A month ago, I travelled to Seattle for An Event Apart and got myself an iPad. A month in, and up until this morning, it hadn’t really changed the way I interact with the web. This morning, I bought NetNewsWire … Continue reading
When I redesigned this blog a little while ago, the drop caps I used were always going to be a placeholder. Following an evening with my Sister-in-law–who happens to be a textile designer/illustrator by training–I commissioned her to produce a … Continue reading
Yesterday, a rather heated debate raged over on Carsonified’s blog regarding a design competition they’re running to design a slide for the upcoming Future of Web Design conference in London. The debate was an old one, resurrected every now and … Continue reading
I was on a business trip last week, and as always, rely heavily on my iPhone for not only calls, but email, navigation, and – courtesy of AirShare – a method of carrying files to and from meetings. Who needs … Continue reading
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