I employ an army of command line tools to aid my front-end development. Truth be told it’s a bit of an addiction. I’m constantly adding more tools that allow me to do less work. Am I in danger of overloading, of creating a system so convoluted that it evolves into a hindrance and defeats the point of its […]
It’s been over a year since I started freelancing and time has flown by in the most enjoyable of fashions. Work has been good and financially I hit my 12 month target — nothing specific or special; enough to get by. I didn’t expect to match my London salary nor have I but all balanced […]
Yesterday I found myself thoroughly impressed with Laura Kalbag’s effort to ensure the Indie Tech Summit website remains well designed. In the screenshot above you can see the page design before and after web fonts have loaded. This is a superb example of progressive enhancement. Had web fonts failed to load I wouldn’t have known otherwise. Of course, in comparison the preferred design look […]
David immediately grasped our taste in design and our technical requirements for a modern, responsive design after only a short brief by mail and phone. Kevin Mueller, Studio Manager for Uwe Wittwer Atelier Uwe Wittwer came to me in late 2013 requesting a new responsive design. With an ideal brief and a small but workable budget, I was […]
From concept to launch the new version of my website clocked just over two weeks of development time. This article documents assorted aspects of that process. Initial Concept What you see above is the extent of my ’shopping for the new design. I probably wasted more time setting up those ridiculous guides than I did mocking up the visual concept. Still, for an […]
Spring means several things to me: Easter, the conclusion of the football league, and the annual tradition of refreshing my personal website design. This year is more pertinent than usual being one year since I started freelancing. No More Logo I’ve ditched my logo. It was large and a little out-dated. I work independently, my name and face are my brand alongside my design aesthetic, […]
Grunt has long been my command line companion of choice. It has served me well. I have no complaints but I’ve read many obituaries so this week I sat down to test Gulp, its supposed successor. These are my first impressions. My use case is very particular, see related articles: Automation The Flat Build The Flat Build (2) Origin Updates to Origin Gulp […]
