FreeAgent Review + Discount Code
May 24, 2010For the last few years I’ve been logging all incomings and outgoings using a combination of MS Excel and a mac based application called Billable. To begin with it worked great, but over time I got busier and busier and things started slipping. I’d forget to log work, invoice very sporadically and as a result I never really had a grip on my accounts. That’s when a friend recommended FreeAgent to me, so I had a look and signed up for a 30 day free trial. (more…)
Reviews, Workflow | 6 comments
The Fold Does Exist
February 22, 2010
Above the fold, most web designers out there absolutely hate that term. If you don’t know what it means, where the hell have you been? It’s a term mostly used by clients when they want more eyes on a certain piece of information and want it repositioned further up the page where a user doesn’t have to scroll to see it.
The general feeling on this one from the world’s web designers is that the fold doesn’t exist and to a degree they’re right. Obviously computer screens and monitors don’t fold, the terminology has been adopted from the graphic design world where newspapers were folded for display purposes – hence the important information being displayed above the fold. (more…)
Design | 2 comments
He Who Shouts Loudest
February 18, 2010
Pick up an industry magazine, read an industry blog and it won’t be long before you come across some kind of list of the best designers in the industry (and let’s face it, there’s no shortage of list based blog posts out there!). The problem I have with these lists is, while they often do feature some good designers, they are almost always centred around the most prominent bloggers. And there’s a difference. (more…)
Design | 11 comments
Adobe Browserlab – First Impressions
November 9, 2009Browser testing, it’s a pain but it has to be done. As a mac user it’s even more painful. I’ve never been comfortable with the idea of installing VMware Fusion and Windows on my Mac, it just doesn’t seem right. (more…)
Featured On Gracesmith.co.uk
November 6, 2009I’m really pleased to have appeared as part of the very popular ’show me your dock’ series over at www.gracesmith.co.uk.
For those of you that aren’t familiar with the series, it offers an insight into the applications that designers use on a regular basis and a little bit of info about why they use them.
So if you’re a bit of an app junkie like me, read the interview!
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