Web design

I’m breaking my radio silence to talk about something that has been bothering me about web design lately: Mobile / small screen web design layout.
I’ve been using my Nokia e51 to browse the web on a daily basis for the last six months or so. A lot of the sites I visit have mobile […]

GuyWeb.co.uk is the personal website of Guy Carberry. It’s been here since 1999 but this is the most minimal it’s ever been. You wouldn’t believe I’m a web designer for the Open University would you? Alas, I’ve been so overloaded with work lately, including a few freelance gigs that my own website has had […]

The Open University’s OpenLearn project is setting a challenge to educators worldwide to reuse and remix their study materials. The OpenLearn website was launched last year and gives free access to thousands of hours of materials from OU courses. Supported by an open-source virtual learning environment (Moodle), the materials are already a rich resource for […]

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Something I have to hunt for every time I build a Wordpress theme is the method of referencing images and other elements placed within the theme directory I’ve created. The code above is the means of doing this.

What’s with all the faceless cartoon characters I’m seeing in designs lately? The Magic Numbers and Bjorn Again are two examples but there are many more. People too lazy to add features? It would seem not. For Stephen’s latest project, Ultragloss, the client was very clear to specify on no undertain terms should the characters […]

Web Design is 95% Typography
“Our medium is very tricky. Even though we design for the screen: Websites have nothing to do with TV. That is as true for this website, as for yours or for YouTube. Even though we can choose among millions of colors, it’s not art, what we do, it is pro
(tags: webdesign)

Five […]

Been soooo busy lately to post muchy of anything but thought I’d at least acknowledge that I’d had a blast at @media. Good to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. Learnt a lot from some real inspirational people. Now going through my copious notes to unearth some nuggets of wisdom. To […]

Visual Thinking for design
Doodling a lot will help the creative process.
(tags: webdesign)

Upcoming.org
A social event calendar. With RSS output. Could come in handy..
(tags: webdesign rss calendar)

Mobile web access on the up
You know it’ll all end up on the phone don’t you? Makes so much sense.
(tags: webdesign mobileweb)

Making Popular Layout Decisions
Every time you make a layout decision - fluid vs fixed, scaled vs percentage, a few more people hate you. How do you make the right decisions and when?
(tags: webdesign browsers layout)

How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?
The four golden rules of site design. Simply follow them and watch the accolades come flooding […]

Another account for tax
Although speaking about US tax, the ideas in Doug Bownman’s article are sound enough to use in UK business. Having a separate account for a portion of earnings to automatically be placed is something to look into.
(tags: freelancing business)

Wordpress does automatic Podcasting
well there’s a cool thing. Simply link to an audio file […]