Skip to content

Popular posts

26th Feb

1

Book Review: Tick My Boxes

I can’t remember where exactly, but I came across this while browsing the web one day and it caught my attention as I’d been thinking for some time now about having a checklist for projects. And here it is. Tick My Boxes, The Web Developers’ Checklist.

Tick My Boxes

Keep reading →

24th Feb

14

7 Things Web Designers Can Learn From Gordon Ramsay

I was watching Ramsay’s Kichen Knightmares USA on Friday night and it got me thinking that as web designers we can learn so much from the kitchen maestro extraordinaire.

gordon.jpg

Photo: Channel 4

Keep reading →

23rd Feb

2

Irish Blog Awards Winners 2009

I was short listed for the best newcomer award but Trust Tommy ran away with it. Congrats Tommy and well done to all the other winners.

I didn’t attend the event myself but it looked like a good night.

Keep reading →

17th Feb

6

Irish Blog Awards

My blog has been shortlisted for an Irish Blog Award; Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Teamworkpm.net.

IBA09-Nominated-180.gif

Happy days! Thanks Damien and all the judges involved.

The Irish Blog Awards are Saturday 21st February 2009 at the Cork International Airport Hotel (sold out).

Keep reading →

10th Feb

32

Web Design Trends: Stars and Aurora Effect

Arguably this trend was made popular after the release of Apple Leopard OSX and it’s groovy auroral/starry branding. Adding this simple effect to your background or header can make a very plain dark web design come to life.

Stars Aurora

Check out this list of 20 websites using these effects plus a few helpful tutorials.

Keep reading →

9th Feb

1

The Best Places In Northern Ireland Results

Thanks to everyone you took part in the survey.

View the results here.

8th Feb

5

Find the best places in Northern Ireland with Lookaly

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve just completed a masters in Multidisciplinary Design. And apart from The Big Word Project, Web Designire, blogging etc. I’ve been working away on something special. That something special has now been launched. Introducing Lookaly.

Keep reading →

2nd Feb

17

MA Multidisciplinary Design at the University of Ulster

I recently finished MA Multidisciplinary Design at the University of Ulster that I started back in September 2007. Often I get asked by various students and others what the course is like and if it is worth doing. So I thought I would write a quick summary and review of the course to help out any budding under grads or people thinking about taking the course.

Keep reading →

26th Jan

4

Book Review: The Unlimited Freelancer

I just finished reading The Unlimited Freelancer; an eBook by the guys at Freelance Folder, that I was lucky enough to receive for a review. It’s a guide that delves into becoming the ultimate freelancer, covering an introduction to freelancing, putting automated systems into place, building your team and ultimately making a lot more money :D

Keep reading →

19th Jan

7

Guest Post: 10 Things To Do After Installing Wordpress

I started the year looking to write a few guest posts for other blogs and not just my own so I approached Michael from Pro Blog Design with an idea for a post.

The post takes a look at what you should do after installing Wordpress and acts as a checklist that you can use to ensure you’ve changed and activated all that you should do for each of your Wordpress sites. I came up with the checklist initially for myself but thought it would be useful to share, especially for beginners.

Keep reading →

Page 7 of 15« First...«56789»...Last »