about this site
currently, most of my work is done in collaboration with my wonderful team. Our site contains some of the projects shown here. This site is my own online presence, showing my work, a blog and various other bits…
recently on my blog
01/02/2010
THC student work gallery
With the funding situation for adult students being in the sad state that it is - the only thing we as tutors can do is to carry on promotion. And the best way to promote our courses is to show off ;) literally :) by showing what fantastic work our students produce.
18/01/2010
my top 3 online browser testing tools
Browser testing is one of the most commonly performed tasks by any webdesigner and developer. Without access to a full test suite - it is the online tools which come to the rescue to test websites on various platforms and different browsers.
recent work
scribblebags
client Barry Leary, aka scribblebagsbrief create a new online presence, including archival portfolio and blogThe quirkiness of both creator and work made this project particularly lovely. Simply going for an idea I had and getting immediate positive feedback was brilliant. Happy blogging, Scribblebags.link→ view site
Inclusive New Media Design
client Inclusive New Media Designbrief create 4 animated video presentations on the topic of ID accessibility as well as an updated design for the site
(for the new WordPress setup) This was a great project to be part of. After having attended the INMD workshops and having learnt a lot - I was really chuffed when I was given the job of animator/designer for this newly updated site. It was just wonderful to work with a team of lovely people and contribute to such a good cause, to highlight accessibility for people with intellectual disabilities.link→ view site
Pasticherie
client Elroy Simmonsbrief new website for 'pasticherie' - a 2D Animation Service created/fronted by Traditonal 2D Animator (paper and pencil)/ Director Elroy Simmons A wonderful project which was a long time in the making and Elroy was a pleasure to work with. Using his beautiful drawings as part of the design and being able to present his entire work collection was pure fun.link→ view site
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What began as a 10-year wedding anniversary to Rome concluded a year later as an artistic endeavor to reimagine the Coliseum with type. - Background Position X and Y - Snook.ca
Every now and then I look at using background-position-x and background-position-y but can never seem to find a definitive and up-to-date resource. To save myself the trouble in the future, I'm documenting it here. - UK Web Archive
Thousands of UK websites have been collected since 2004 and the Archive is growing fast. - CSS Border Radius
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We bring you advanced online image and photo editing tools, just choose your flavor, jump in and start creating! - Why do some e-commerce platforms get Javascript so wrong?
You would think with the money spent on e-commerce platforms today, that best coding practices, accessibility and SEO readiness would be at the forefront of developer's minds. - OMT in San Francisco #3: 'Let it beep' on Vimeo
Who's the man behind the sound you hear, every time you startup your Mac? One More Thing (onemorething.nl) went down to San Jose to track him down: Jim Reekes. He worked for Apple for over 12 years, during which he left his mark on everything sound at Apple. - Getting Started with jQuery
In this article, I’ll be introducing and laying the groundwork for advanced JavaScript development with one of the most popular JavaScript libraries available: jQuery. - fuckthespam.com!
The aim of this fuckthespam! is to be a ludic repository of the spams. It's also a way of following the evolution of spam techniques and prevention.