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July 2010
25Jul
After writing about Conferences yesterday it reminded me of a post I came across the other day. Paul’s post talks about design conferences being too safe, many of them going with the same old faces, speaking frequently about the same old things. I have to agree to a certain extent with what he says but I also agree that it’s difficult to strike a balance as well as to get people to pay to see complete unknowns, no matter how fantastic they may be.
But it’s not just the faces that should change it’s also the content. Too often you go to a design conference and learn about HTML and CSS, maybe something about design theory or how to survive as a freelancer. But all too often our jobs require more of us, Paul Boag’s session at FOWD this year highlighted this simple truth. For myself working at Bronco I feel means I’ve had to develop further than if I was at any other company. Not only do I have to know about the bread and butter of design and development but I also have to have an understanding of SEO, being that this is what Bronco is best known for. Yet at design conferences this is hardly raised, the concept frequently seen as evil and anti-user.
Continue reading “Conferences Again!”
24Jul
I’ve not exactly been in the business that long, only 4 years, which is depressing when you discover more talented web geeks that have both more experience and happen to be younger than me.
Any way I digress.
In these four years it’s been pretty apparent that although there is some excellent work coming out of web design studios around the country that the main hubs of web types seems to be in the south, namely London, Brighton and Bath for whatever reason. And because these cities are where the web design ‘scene’ is at these cities are where most upcoming designers flock to, either working for the high profile agencies in the area or simply there to try and make connections with other web types.
Continue reading “Thankfully Conferences are coming up norf”
12Jul
My day job involves me working with Photoshop or writing code, but for some reason I seem to feel a need to offer an opinion on any subject. So when asked if I’d have a go at writing about A/B testing I thought, ‘Sure, why not’.
But rather than repeat the article here, go and have a read at what is essentially an introduction to A/B testing. Then if the article peaks your interest have a go at playing with A/B testing yourself or read more into the subject so when a client comes asking you know exactly what to say.
Read the full article at Onextrapixel.
3Jul
…since I last added a blog post, so this is a little catch up. I once read that you should never feel obliged to blog as that is the quickest way to get bored of blogging, plus the content you do put out can be a little poor because of it.
The reason for not blogging recently has been due to a more active social life than usual. Since the last blog I’ve been to weddings, joined a gym and being dealing with a nice case of identity fraud. It appears in some instances people need only your real name and address to be able to fuck you over.
As a side note related to this, if you ever wish to contact me please do so through twitter or my contact form, unless you’ve previously dealt with me through these you will not have my correct email address.
Continue reading “It’s been a while…”