Week one
This week was my first full-time week of focused learning. Here is what I did: Finished reading The Design of Everyday Things. It was an excellent read which has opened my eyes to excellent and flawed...
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This week was a little shorter because of the upcoming bank holiday weekend and my desire to be outside! I had a bit of a lull period between Tuesday-Thursday but still had a decent week. Here is what...
View ArticleWeek 3: Friends, family and typography
This week has been even shorter than last week, largely because of seeing friends and family. I still managed to get a few things done: Continued working on Treehouse Console foundations and tackled...
View ArticleReasons to be creative 2013
I was lucky enough to attend reasons to be creative during the last three days. Having not been to any of the previous events I wasn’t sure what to expect. The conference was multi-track and I ended up...
View ArticleMedia Queries: Use the correct syntax!
I was struggling to make my little test site fully responsive. I thought Media Queries were fairly simple to write but my example was not working: @media screen and (min-width: 1000px) { section...
View ArticleWeek 5: (OO)CSS!
Not long after embarking on my journey to learn web design I read a few decent books and decided that I knew CSS. I couldn’t understand why there was the need for massive CSS blogs, podcasts etc etc –...
View ArticleNew beginnings
This week marked the start of my MA in Web Design and Content Planning. It was a great introduction and even though the topics covered were fairly basic there were quite a few things I didn’t know –...
View ArticleAn introduction to Javascript
Last week I attended my first Javascript workshop. Daniel Knell ran through a basic introduction to the language before asking us solve a problem in Javascript. I already had a grasp on the...
View ArticleFEL One Day: Structuring CSS
Ben Scott detailed his experience of working on the BBC Programmes site and his talk, like many of the others at Front End London centred on CSS Architecture. Ben outlined some of the problems with CSS...
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An introduction to Javascript: Week two
The Document Object Model This week focused on the DOM, which thanks to Microsoft led the web out of being a document only platform. Unfortunately the DOM was poorly implemented and is confusing in...
View ArticleHandheld Conference
I had a great time in Cardiff for this year’s Handheld conference. The speakers were excellent and gave the right balance of inspiration and practical advice. Some themes emerged throughout the day:...
View ArticleGiving up the mouse
I am starting to feel a bit of mental friction using a mouse. It is often a time-consuming and distracting way to perform simple tasks. I have tried keyboard shortcuts before but always return to the...
View ArticleMy 2013
I had a good year on many levels. I learnt a lot of web stuff, quit my job and started an MA in Web Design. Career change Work-wise I started 2013 at a fuel trading company filling out tender documents...
View ArticleCentering an image horizontally
Something I always forget: display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
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