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• Dan the UX man

  3rd December 2013

  It’s all change for me in the coming months. After a fantastic offer by the agency and a lot of trust, I will be switching disciplines and working with the UX team. To say I’m excited is an understatement. I’ve had a real interest in UX for a while now and chatting with the UX […]

• Senior Front-Ender Wanted

  31st October 2013

  A few days back, I posted about a midweight front-end developer job going at our place. We’re still on the look out so you know. However this is a shout out for a senior person to join McCann Manchester ranks. This person is basically going to have a massive influence on 3/4 people’s careers including […]

• Work is hiring

  21st October 2013

  McCann Manchester…where I work is looking for a front-end developer to join the team. All the usual skills are needed. HTML, CSS and javascript. The reward for working here is a great office with some fantastic facilities as well as being able to work with me every day. Facilities include, a bistro, pool, gym, if […]

• unfinished.bz

  12th May 2013

  Just a quick post to mention that the iaskyouanswer site got a mention on the unfinished.bz podcast, episode 18 hosted by Andy Clarke and Anna Debenham this evening. If you havent listened before to the series of podcast’s I urge you to do so. It’s full of useful advice and information about business but done […]

• I Ask You Answer

  7th May 2013

  Just a quick one. I’ve finally resurrected the project I started 3 years ago and moved all the workflow interviews I did recently to there. The plan is to grow this a lot as I think a lot of people have a lot to say and also enjoy reading about others. So yeah, iaskyouanswer.co.uk is […]

• Responsive Design Weekly email

  3rd May 2013

  Just a quick note and thank you to both Responsive Design Weekly for featuring the workflow articles in their weekly round up and also a big thank you to those that have taken part. Some truly brilliant answers in there and some food for thought. Good news is that the series hasn’t ended, there will […]

• A friend’s rebrand

  16th April 2013

  My fellow front-ender at McCanns, Shane Prendergast has recently relaunched his blog with a new look and feel. I love Shane’s photography throughout, it really adds a nice personal touch. Shane is up for a .net award for best online portfolio which you can see here. You can follow him on Twitter too

• Goodbye 320 and Up, Hello Rock Hammer

  18th March 2013

  Today saw the launch of Andy Clarke’s new boilerplate Rock Hammer which replace the 320 and Up which so many used in their responsive web builds. Rock Hammer is a “curated project library for Hammer for Mac”, but also available for people not using Hammer. You can read about it here on Andy’s site or […]

• Twitter archive and looking back in time

  19th January 2013

  I’m sure you all know by now that Twitter have been giving access to users of all their tweets from day 1. Well this Saturday I got mine. It’s pretty interesting reading to be fair. Some things I remember saying, some I have no recollection of. What is interesting for me is the topics I […]

• The week that was

  18th January 2013

  So what happened this week? A new podcast by Andy Clarke and Anna Debenham launched and around the same time everyone else announced they would be doing a podcast too. Some good ideas floating about. The gender row continued. It’s all new to me in this industry I’ll be honest but reading up on comments […]

• Unfinished Business

  14th January 2013

  My good friend Andy Clarke and Anna Debenham have launched a weekly podcast about the business side of our industry. The podcast titled Unfinished Business looks at the side of the web that so few talk about. You can find the podcast here and their twitter account here I have listened to the first one […]

• ITV rebrand

  14th January 2013

  I’m sure many of you have seen the ITV rebrand. It’s collected a few comments on the way, the best being “It’s like a complicated sex toy”. It was announced before Christmas and to be honest I wasn’t really a fan. But having now seen the logo in action and a fresh outlook, I think […]

• Myspace back with a bang

  25th September 2012

  I’m sure you all remember Myspace? I never really used it but know so many that did. I remember it looking rather ugly though. So imagine my surprise when I saw the new redesign yesterday. Wow, it looks superb. But I wonder if it’s time has come and gone? So many other sites seem to […]

• It’s good to talk…isn’t it?

  22nd September 2012

  I talked last year to a couple of friends about speaking at an event. I’m not particurly good at speaking, I’m shy and to be honest, not good at talking about the work I do. Passionate yes, technical, no. So why the hell would I want to do a talk? Overcoming a fear might be […]

• A week in web 17-21 Sep

  22nd September 2012

  A quick roundup of what I have seen this week on the web. Big News I launched the new site. Comments so far encouraging, even the spammers seem to like it so that’s good. Still fixing bits as I go. My good friend Rachel Shillcock aka @missrachilli did her first speaking gig. Really happy for […]

• Connecting Liverpool creatives

  16th September 2012

  www.kin2kin.co.uk is a website that allows Liverpool based professionals to interact whether it be someone needing a brochure designed, tickets for an event or a smoking hot front end dev. Designed by Splinter, this is a great idea for a community site. Nice job

• A builder’s house is never finished

  16th September 2012

  We all get that moment where we decide to redo our website. It may be 3 years since the last redesign or it could even be 3 months…some maybe even 3 weeks 😉 I decided to redo mine a few weeks back as I wanted to blog more and wanted the site to reflect that […]

• Lord of the mods rebrands

  4th September 2012

  Today saw the launch of the new Stuff and Nonsense website which of course belongs to the Lord of the Mods himself, Andy Clarke aka @malarkey who I’ve got to know quite well over the last year or so. I’ve seen some of the site develop as he’s built it (I’ve been busy too you […]

• New Adventures

  1st September 2012

  Now, this is a bit of a misleading title given the fact that yesterday saw the tickets for the New Adventures Conference go on sale, which I must add that although I announced I wasn’t going to go, I did end up buying a ticket 10 minutes later. But no, this is about MY New […]

• Dan is available

  26th June 2012

  Tomorrow I finish a 6 month rolling contract with an agency in Manchester which means as of Thursday 28th, I will be available for freelance / contract work. So if you need a website or are an agency in need of a front-end developer, please get in contact. Thanks

• Oi Dan! How’s that plan going?

  24th March 2012

  Around January, I said I had a plan in mind for 2012 and what I wanted to improve on as a front-end dev / web designer. We are now close to April so thought I would reflect on the last few months and how I have gone. First off, (While I type this, my little […]

• New Adventures 2012

  20th January 2012

  Not long got back from Nottingham and the New Adventures Web Conference which was put on by Simon Collison aka @colly. This was really my first big web conference. It was a chance to a) listen to some inspiring speakers and b) finally get to say hello face to face with people I’ve got to […]

• Year review

  24th December 2011

  The year is at an end. It’s my first full year as a freelancer and it’s been very eventful both work and personal wise. So what have I learnt, what are my standout moments? 1. Responsive design. This year I started to use media queries. I’d heard a bit about them and I’ll be honest, […]

• I ask, you answer

  2nd December 2011

  iaskyouanswer This is a site I designed and built for myself as a side project. Basic premise is I ask designers / developers a set of questions and they answer them. And merge into one website. Goes live in a week or so once the CMS is complete.

• Responsive BBC

  21st November 2011

  Nice to see today that BBC are going responsive (that clever stuff that happens when you resize your browser. Go on, try it!). They have set up a blog blog.responsivenews.co.uk/ and somebody out there on the interwebs spotted this responsivenews.co.uk/news. The BBC site is lovely and this is a great step forward added with the […]

• I ask, You answer

  18th November 2011

  Last year, I started a small project doing web designer interviews. The idea was simple. I drew up a list of questions, I asked a few mates and stuck them on my blog. A few weeks into doing it, I was getting some enquiries about doing an interview. Before I knew it, I had over […]

• New site, New year, New me

  18th November 2011

  I’ve been freelance now for over one year. It was a forced move, but I think it’s been the making of me. Where I used to work, I had regular pay, I worked in a great team but for all the benefits, I was wasting away, not learning and not being listened to. I wasn’t […]