Missy the Missing Cat: A Story of Design

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Great thread this from the usually v amusing 9gag.com. The 'quick' requests for design help from friends and family are rarely that quick. I for one can be distracted quite easily if something … [Read more...]

So what do YOU want? Prioritising [web] design decisions

More solid content from Six Revisions.  Alexander Dawson published a post drawing on Maslow's heirarchy of needs and applied the model to prioritisating of 'needs' in web design.  The diagram below … [Read more...]

So, you want a website…?

I receive queries from people who have a website and would like it revamped, overhauled or just need to help sorting out a mess some website cowboy has gotten them into.  I hear tales of awful … [Read more...]

Roll on IE 9? eek

Using 'web safe' fonts has been a double edge sword. It ensures designers can't go off the wall and present unreadable obscure pages that you need a migraine to read. However, with the numerous … [Read more...]

World Cup 2010 Twitter replay

In the midst of heavy Surveylab workload, and Fullscope battling to get the American's website launched at the start of July, the World Cup is proving an engaging, if frequently frustrating, … [Read more...]

Updated Wordle on Fullscope

Wordle 2010 for Fullscope.co.uk

The always popular Wordle.net reviews content of websites to create visually impressive 'word clouds'.  By enabling a small Java app you can play around with colours layout and now remove specific … [Read more...]

How to Write an Amazing Article – Six Revisions

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With so much information on the Internet, there are always a shortlist of sites that you find yourself returning to time and time again.  BBC News and BBC Sport are permanent bookmarks for me, and in … [Read more...]

Getting another opinion before you print!

It is great to have an an idea... and then be able to get it down on paper, on the PC or on a website.  You think to yourself, "it works, it says what I want... job done". A word of caution though … [Read more...]

Tips for writing a blog post

How to write blog posts

A number of my clients have moved to Wordpress in the past year in order to have some editorial control over their websites. Wordpress has many benefits, put aside the 'bells and whistles' offered by … [Read more...]

Vive les années 90!!!!

Unleashed a few pennies last week on a Numark mixer.  Many moons ago I had the choice at a young age to buy cheap turntables or a decent stereo.  I took the stereo as I could still play the vinyl I … [Read more...]