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Smashing Node.JS Review
The short review would be “what a brilliant book”. I had tinkered with Node.js before but in a bit of an unstructured fashion. Reading the table of contents had me impressed then seeing the price for the Kindle version confirmed … Continue reading
Shop Talk Answer
I recently discovered Shop Talk, a live web design and development podcast by Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert. So I’ve been listening to the old episodes and in episode 9 with Ethan Marcotte. Andy Howells from the UK asked a … Continue reading
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I’m off to Future of Web Apps 2012
This year I’m lucky enough to be attending Future of Web Apps London 2012. I’ve been to Future of Web Design before and found it hugely inspirational so I have expectations for it’s more technical sibling. I’m looking forward to … Continue reading
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A little work for Sugar Shoes
A recently got to do a small bit of work with an old friend from university. We both did the Surf Science & Technology course at Plymouth Uni and have since independent got into the world of building websites. Made … Continue reading
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Designing For Emotion by Aarron Walter review
Designing For Emotion by Aarron Walter and published by A Book Apart was a great read with some compelling case studies and examples and on how and when to use emotional design elements. All release by A Book Apart and … Continue reading
Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski review
Do web developers really take holidays? Or are our breaks from the day job just an opportunity to catch up on some reading and tinker with some side projects? We haven’t even hit Christmas Day and I’ve managed to finish … Continue reading
PHP Master: Write Cutting-Edge Code review
SitePoint’s latest PHP book is aimed at taking your skills to the next level. Looking through the contents there was several tools and techniques I was already using but also lots of others that I would like to start using. … Continue reading
I’ve got an Arduino kit
I recently found out about Arduino an open-source electronics prototyping platform – as described on the website. It’s basically a circuit board which can have components connected to it and then “sketches” can be uploaded to the board to control … Continue reading
Marine Biological Association website relaunched
I recently redesigned and coded the website for the Marine Biological Association. I designed the site mobile first as I feel this makes sense to start with the linear nature of a webpage and it’s elements and then see where … Continue reading
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CodeIgniter based Fuel CMS
I recentley discovered a new CMS called Fuel. It is based on the PHP framework CodeIgniter and I feel it has huge potential. Below is a post I added to the Fuel forums on why Fuel differs from other CMS … Continue reading
