- Are you a webmaster? - Jan 2010There are a lot of different titles associated with being a web designer. Lately I’ve been thinking about what exactly my job title is, so when someone asks me “What...
- Book Review: The Smashing Book - Jan 2010Starting off with my first book review of the year.
- New Years Resolutions For 2010 - Jan 2010Every year I take a look back at the past 12 months and set some goals for the year ahead. It’s good to get it down on paper (or screen)...
- Perfecting User Experience Design with A/B Testing - Nov 2009As a web designer it’s hard to get the user experience design right first time, you never know how users are going to use the site or how big a...
- 5 Essential Document Templates for Freelance Designers - Nov 2009As a freelance web designer it makes sense to have a number of documents prepared as you tend to use the same ones over and over again. I thought I...
- #buildconf: The Greatest Web Design Conference The World Has Ever Seen - Nov 2009Last Thursday I had the pleasure of attending Build, a web design conference organised by Andy Good and held in our very own backyard (literally 2 minutes round the corner...
- Guest Post: Showcase of Web Design in Ireland - Oct 2009Smashing Magazine recently asked me to put together an article on the Irish web design industry, and I obliged.
- Internet Explorer Users Don't Care About Rounded Corners - Oct 2009Internet Explorer users don’t care about rounded corners. Bold statement? Perhaps. But recently I’ve taken this approach to a few designs as I’m tired of having to use some sort...
- Notes From FOWA London 2009 - Oct 2009Had a great time at FOWA London last week. Thanks to Ryan, Jo and the Carsonified team for hosting another superb event.
- Book Review: HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions: A Web Standardistas' Approach - Sep 2009Every so often I will receive an email that asks the following: