Being Creative in a Digital World
I should be excited, but more often than not I soon get depressed. "I'm so delighted with my new website. I can't thank [insert name of the person who designed the website] for the tremendous work - it's amazing." Who doesn't love a new website? Fab looking images, some great typography, oh and lovely colour...
How do you name your website images? A: My camera names them for me B: I've never thought about it C: Who cares I've been looking at a client's website that requires a makeover. Their ex-web designer has vanished. Yes, it was a friend of Bob who retired from IT ten years ago. Here are...
If you are as old as me, you’ve lived through the tap-i-dy-tap telex machines, the bleep-squeak-squeal facsimile machine, mobile phones, email and now all the social media platforms. It’s the technological progression of human communication. However, when it comes to designing a business card, promotional leaflet, website contact page etc, your contact details are still...
I recently made it to 50. I know, pretty cool hey, I'm told it's the new 40. Time to celebrate the milestone. Well, whilst a milestone marks a distance - the length between two points - when and how do we measure the width of our life. Do we ever reach out and touch the...
I remember the early days of the Internet when at Christmas time some whizz-bang scripting guru had worked out how to have snow falling down a web page. There was a similar effect with leaves drifting down the page in Autumn. It was cool for a few seconds and then it became the most annoying...
Responsive and Mobile First Web Design – What am I talking about? If you have a website and are not sure what I am talking about then read on . . . Let’s forget the responsive jargon and simply consider that your website may be viewed on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Now...