Journal

Category: Business

Leaving the BBC and going freelance

July 27, 2006

BBC LogoEmma and I have just returned from a celebratory meal from our favourite little place in Cowbridge, which is about ten minutes drive from our house. The reason? Well, you may have guessed from the title of the post, but this morning I handed in my resignation from the BBC. The 25th August will be my last day. On returning from Portugal, the 7th of September will be my first day trading as Mark Boulton Design LLP.

Excited? I can barely contain myself.

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Sorting my workflow out, part two

July 25, 2006

Printed estimateLast week, I mentioned I was slowly drowning in a thickening quagmire of paperwork—estimates, invoices, contracts and things. I took it upon myself to design and build a system which would help sort me out, thanks to a bit of inspiration from Stan and the boys at 37signals. A week later and this little application is working rather well, even if I do say so myself. 

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Sorting my workflow out

July 19, 2006

Screenshot of estimates dashboardA while ago now, like Jason, I realised I needed better organisation in my life, from both a personal and business perspective. I don’t consider myself a really busy person, although one thing has made me realise I need to be much more organised: I’ve got a lot on!(detect the slight edgy panic in my voice?).

I guess it all started last September when Khoi and I were discussing our panel for SXSW and he got me started with Backpack.

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Of interest ...

Advancing Web fonts
Joe Clark on How not to advance the discussion of Web fonts.
First Timer
Fresh from Airbag's Department of Interactive Development. First Timer is an Expression Engine extension that redirects members to a special landing page when they first log into a site. Handy.
Supernice
Wonderful stickers for walls.
Freelance Design Interview
Interview with yours truly over at Sitepoint on going freelance and setting up your own little studio.
Newsnetz
iA document some of their process on one of Switzerland's most ambitious news projects to date. Very interesting read.
dConstruct 2008
dConstruct 2008 tickets are on sale now. if Designing for the Social Web is your thing, what are you waiting for?
this is a working library
Wonderfully restrained typography. Via SVN.

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A picture of Mark BoultonI'm a graphic designer from near Cardiff in the UK. I've been a designer for over ten years now and primarily work on the web. I'm still partial to a bit of print every now and then though. I used to work for Agency.com in London as an Art Director before working as a Senior Designer for the BBC in sunny Cardiff. This was all before I took leave of my senses and formed my own design consultancy, Mark Boulton Design Ltd.

I've got a thing about grids and typography and occasionally ramble on about them to anyone who will listen.

If you're after simple, clean and effective web design; let me know.