Okay this is a bit of a techie, nerdy, question. It was too long to fit into a tweet so I have posted it here instead. I have recently become a fan of object orientated CSS (or at least my limited un...
The problem of ‘fuzzy’ graphics is not limited to the iPhone 4. It is a problem that also applies to the new iPad and will soon encompass most phones, laptops and tablets. Its therefore i...
At Headscape we don’t tend to go in for awards. It’s not really our thing. However, every once in a while a client will submit a site we have developed for them. Recently the RAF Benevole...
Recently Chris Scott (our MD at Headscape) outlined his understanding of how the European Union’s legislation over cookies are going to be enforced in the UK. The post confused some because Chr...
A transcription of this podcast episode is now available. Over the first three posts in this series I have introduced the idea of client centric web design. I have explained that it leads to better w...
Just finished my slides for my upcoming talk at Interlink in Vancouver and thought I would give you a sneak peek. The talk is entitled unbelievable ecommerce and although it is one I have given befor...
Yesterday saw a bit of a kufuffle on Twitter over Jakob Nielsen’s latest post about mobile and responsive design. Many saw it as an attack on responsive design and there is no doubt Nielsen did use s...
I wanted to share with you a quick review of a new web application called Workfu. Workfu provides a ‘smart profile’ for your professional life. Think of it as a simplified (and in my opinion better) ...
As the enforcement date of 26 May 2012 approaches, we provide an update on the situation. Much has been written, and is being written, about the new so-called Cookie Law that the UK Information Commi...
I recently wrote a post entitled “contributing to the web” where I encouraged others to share what they have learnt and contribute to the development of our industry. It is a subject I fe...
You have to admire Adobe at the moment. They seem to be pushing out new apps at a rate of knots and not just upgrades to the traditional creative suite. In the last couple of months we have seen the ...
I am a visual person, so when I’m working on a site I find it incredibly useful to picture the person I’m designing for. That is where personas come in. They make the user real and that t...
For sometime now I have been running a full day workshop called “Running a successful web design business”. It is a workshop that ties in closely with my book “Client Centric Web De...
For me the web has always been about contributing rather than consuming. Don’t get me wrong I learn a huge amount from the web everyday. However, the web was always meant to be a medium you con...
I don’t seem to be able to shut up about working with clients at the moment. Not only is there my book “Client Centric Web Design,” I also cover this subject as part of a series of ...
If you have been following this series, hopefully you can now see a way for you and your client to fall in love with one another (metaphorically of course!) You have realised their hidden beauty and ...
The main theme in my latest book “Client Centric Web Design” is one of collaboration. If you want happier clients, better websites and more job satisfaction, you have to learn to work as ...
Are you caring about your web forms? I came across this great article on Smashing Magazine from last November talking about web forms. The post is stuffed with great advice, but the following leapt o...
There is probably a full post in this somewhere but I have been drawn to a couple of pet projects recently and it got me thinking. While we are passionate about client work and the dynamics of gettin...
A while back I wrote a post asking whether your website played nice with social media. It turned out to be hugely popular and led to me speaking on the subject at this years Future Insights in Vegas....
The app gold rush has led many to believe that publishing something that generates bathroom related noises is a license to print money. If this was the case, it’s not any longer. This art...
One of my biggest frustrations with the ecommerce sites we work on, is when clients want users to register before they can purchase. Users do not come to your site to register. They come to purchase....
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years as both a user and creator of websites, it’s that performance matters. Whether it is how fast the page loads or how it behaves once it’s in place, how...
When I ask you about content strategy, what are you thinking? Are you thinking about populating your new website with copy or are you thinking longer term? When we meet with clients to ‘redesig...
Most of the time when a web designer talks to a client about code, the clients eyes glaze over. This is understandable. Code can be pretty intimidating. In fact many web designers legitimately argue ...
I’ve recently started work on redesigning an iPhone app called Buffer, founded by Joel Gascoigne. Although Buffer currently has a very polished web application, the iOS platform needs a little bit of...
A friend of mine is a mechanic. Recently he took on a new job working with young people who have failed to fit into the normal educational system. He has little in the way of curriculum. His objectiv...
In-app purchasing is increasingly the preferred mechan ism for monitising mobile apps. IAP remove barriers to purchase as the user is not confronted with any kind of pa...
There are some tasks that are as fiddly as hell to do in Photoshop. An example of this is applying textures to 3D objects. I had to do this recently when working on the collateral that supports my ne...
You may have heard. Facebook acquired Instagram for some ridiculously la rge amount of money. But why? Instagram have never generated a penny (or cent) of revenue.&...
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