November 18, 2003
Scott Hirsch at Adaptive Path has written an interesting article on User Experience Accountability.
As designers we’re all too aware that we are under scrutiny on how a project runs. These metrics generally define a projects success but Scott points out that they are not metrics by which we can judge User Experience and therefore an accurate ROI indication.
November 17, 2003
The solution to the problem.
How I did it and why I did it - the way I did.
November 14, 2003
Designing with Web Standards
Jeffrey Zeldman
Quite simply a book that will change the way you create websites. I don’t often say that, but in this case it’s true. I generally ignore most “Web Design” books because they have little or no value to me, but this one is very different.
Zeldman begins by explaining why we should create websites in a standard way, and why it’s so important for the future. The second half of the book is how to do it. If you ever wanted to truly understand css, rather than just dabble, this book will teach you the difference between your divs and ids, relatives and absolutes.
Go and buy it, it’s cheap and invaluable.
September 23, 2003
So, why am I redesigning Snooch? Well, a number of reasons.
September 23, 2003
I’m just about getting my head round Movable Type for redesigning the snooch site. All preliminaries are done - wireframes, designs, sitemap. Now i’m getting down to the nitty-gritty of build and directory structures.
September 15, 2003
After almost 3 years of the current design being up, I think it’s time for a change. The site’s changed from just a portfolio site to a site on which my ‘blog’ is published in addition to articles and extended portfolio entries.
September 04, 2003
Scrum V finally goes live after six months development, design, writing and testing. The site features match reports, clips, man of the match, votes etc. A great magazine site for a large audience in Wales.
March 10, 2003
The new homepage for BBC Cymru Wales is launched. The homepage has seen a radical redesign using design and usability feedback from a nember of user testing sessions. The result is a more legible and usable gateway.
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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.