November 15, 2004
I am just a sucker for Apple green at the moment. In case you hadn’t noticed, it is everywhere! So, on the weekend I bought an apple green t-shirt and here’s a nice apple green website for company called Forty Media, nice design, nice christmassy look about it at the moment. The tone of voice is just right as well.
November 15, 2004
Having just attended the morning sessions at this annual event (my first time btw) I just had to get something down here before I forget.
The thing about these kind of events is that most people want to get at least something out of it, personally as well as professionally. You might want to find out, as a designer, what is happening in Wales at the moment in terms of New Media. You might, as a client, want to see what the possibilities are for your product or service. Invariably events like this fail to deliver on these simple wants and needs.
November 02, 2004
Today marks the official launch of BBC Vocab at the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff.
This smart application highlights words on a welsh language web page with the pressing of a button. When the user then hovers over these words a translation and definition for that word (including mutations) is available for the welsh learner with links to the BBC Learn Welsh site
I was involved in the design implementation and branding of this translation application. for more details, have a look at the Vocab case study in the portfolio section.
Update: BBC Vocab featured on The Register today.
October 13, 2004
If, like me, you do stuff outdoors, then you like to know what the weather is going to be like. Usually I rely on the BBC’s weather service in conjunction with the Met Office but I was reading the BBC news this lunchtime and noticed an article about the predictions of a harsh, cold winter by a company called Metcheck. If you rely on the weather, or are interested enough in it. Have a look at their site.
October 12, 2004
Mark recounts his experiences of buying, opening and starting a new 1.8GHz G5 iMac. For those who are interested…
As promised here’s the story so far with the new iMac. As mentioned in a previous post it all started with a phone call from the Apple centre in Cardiff telling me new iMac had come in five days early.
October 08, 2004
Just when I thought I was about to get gazumped next Tuesday when my new iMac was supposed to be in, I get a call from the Apple centre telling me my iMac is in!
I was pleased to say the least. Anyway, i’ve got it and i’ll be setting it up on Sunday probably as i’ve got friends round for the weekend. As promised i’ll try and document the whole thing for those who are interested.
October 06, 2004
1.8GHz 17-inch iMac
Superdrive
1GB Ram
After justifying it to myself, wife, friends and colleagues, i’ve ordered a new iMac.
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Update 2 - 7th oct, 10.10am: Apparently one has been allocated from stock for me and it should be in next Tuesday. Thing is, as always, it’s down to me to badger the shop to give me an indication of progress, not the other way round. I still think they’re not quite telling the truth though.
Update - 7th oct, 9.15am: And so it begins. After ordering the iMac yesterday I was assured the items would now be on order and shipped if they were in stock (which they were). After ringing to pay this morning, they are now saying “let’s get it in the shop first, and we’ll take it from there”. I asked how long that would take, the bloke said it could be three weeks! Now, this is where it begins going wrong.
A word of advice for anybody who has customers - Don’t lie to secure a sale then fail to deliver, it sucks.
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October 04, 2004
Lots to look at this wet Monday morning.
Web Essentials in Sydney has drawn to a close. Great write up from Doug Bowman as always. Doug also has both his presentations available now at his site. They do make good reading and make sense, to a degree, out of context. Incidently, Doug archives all his presentation’s here, if you have a spare couple of hours, and are that way inclined, give them a read.
Another one bites the dust, Yahoo is moving to CSS. Good write up at Whitespace
Stylegala has launched a forum. Some good topics of conversation already.
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I'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.