I had an interesting discussion with some friends the other day about how much as a generation we’ve come to rely on third parties to look after our data and what happens to our digital footprint once we’re no more.
For literally years I’ve been playing with different tools for bookmarking and moodboarding. I’ve tried pretty much everything going – Imagespark, Delicious, Diigo, Pinterest, Zootool, Evernote and the rest. Finally! I have a solution…
I just bought a new laptop. Partly because my old one had slowed down essentially to a halt, but also because I needed to shake up the way I work away from my desk. It’s a MacBook Air. It’s my first MacBook and after one week of use, I’m fairly sure it won’t be my last.
The cloud – what is it? How do you get it? Why do we even need it? All good questions. All of which I’ll attempt to answer in this post. Hopefully more.
WordPress introduced some majorly important updates when version 3.0 was released back in June last year. Some of the new features have really helped shake off any of the persistent rumblings about WordPress not being a true CMS. As with all new updates to a platform like this, it requires you to learn a little bit more about the system. And I find the best way to learn is to do.
Web designers are busy people. Running a web design agency is a busy job. You’re front and center for every aspect of your business. You need to manage your clients, your projects, your contacts and everything associated with them. When you’re first starting out it’s easy to get by by making notes here and there and just remembering the important things. But as your client list and responsibilities grow you’ll need something a little more professional to help keep you in check.
When it comes to something as important as your website, you want nothing but a healthy relationship with your designer. There are already too many ways in which your website can go wrong and being bottom of your designer’s priority list is the last thing you need.
This is the book I’ve been waiting for. At least that’s how it feels. As if Jason Fried was in my head collecting all the scattered thoughts that I’m unable to put into words and documented them chapter by chapter…then sold them to me for £10.99.