January 11, 2005
Finally after months of wondering if it was worth it (yes, yes, I know it’s only ten bucks) i’ve finally subscribed to four issues of DIF. I’ve got to say, so far i’m very impressed.
The content is good and very well positioned to appeal to seasoned industry veterans and novices alike. But, yes there is a but…
December 17, 2004
Apple iPhone prediction confirmed.
I didn’t think it would be long before this was confirmed. Personally i’m sold already and I haven’t even seen it! I’m such an Apple whore.
Targeting Small Screens - Stopdesign
Doug’s back with a great writeup on targeting small screens for your designs.
WDW2004 keynotes available as video
Speakers include: Jeffrey Zeldman, Jason Fried, Ethan Marcotte & Molly Holzschlag
On another note. The migration to Expression Engine is going well although still quite a lot to do with the design. Some of the portfolio may have to be redesigned again due to EE not being able to do some of the conditional logic I want it to. Never mind, there’s always a different approach.
December 02, 2004
Following a few months of work the BBC Wales music site has been relaunched with a more advanced technical backend, partial CSS and much tighter information architecture.
November 24, 2004
Well, Roger Johansson has the answers. Excellent article on correct use of q, blockquote and cite.
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 05, 2004
Having featured on Stylegala when this site was launched I regularly look at the gallery and say the odd thing in the forums. Occasionally a site featured on the gallery jumps out at me as being something rather special - today was one of those days.
Simmons College website is very refreshing, not only in terms of CSS, but also in terms of design. The palette is spot on, in design trend terms - earthy, pastels, calming colours. The inspiration is from the illustrations used on the site (and it’s nice to see illustrations being used). The typography is also very tasteful. Clean serifs and san serifs throughout, although sometimes they don’t quite work and look a bit cluttered.
Very nice site though and well worth ten minutes of your time looking round it.
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.
October 01, 2004
Presentations by Doug Bowman and Dave Shea seem to be the highlights. Doug’s presentation is here - it isn’t accompanied by his voice, and the stylesheet doesn’t work, but it contains some useful stuff non-the-less.
Web Essentials 04 is a conference of Web Standards, amongst other things, currently going on in Sydney, Australia
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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.