About Me
My names Mark. I'm a web designer & developer based in the Yorkshire area working in Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Leeds. But that's not the full extent of what I do. I work with many different technologies and people and love things outside the web including photography, print, stationery and graphics. Get in touch and let's speak.
Category Archives: General
General Election Day, who is the HTML5 of British Government?
Here in the UK a General Election is upon us. The different parties are fighting for your vote and to promote themselves online most of the parties have launched brand new websites. Here is an analysis of the different technologies used to see who is the HTML5 of British Government. The Labour Party Notable technologies [...]
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Homepage Design: How to make an impact
Yesterday I launched the brand new homepage of my portfolio. It was a long time in the making trying to get everything looking good and now I’m going to explain the reasons behind the design, how I came to it and how you can apply the same techniques.
My Top Ten Web Designer Resources
If your a seasoned web developer your going to want to follow some great resource sites. I myself have quite a large list of RSS feeds in my Outlook but here are my top ten with plenty of resources, freebies and tips…I will however feature 5 “biggies” and 5 “smallies” if that makes any sense [...]
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Developing for multiple browsers *sigh*
I know it’s unfortunately the “taboo” of modern website design, but many developers don’t want to simply leave their IE7 visitors and IE6 visitors in the dark. It’s fine for sites like this one, or for web applications but what about corporation websites? For sites that HAVE to support older/alternative browsers. This came to light [...]
Also posted in Browsers, Tutorial, Website Design Tagged adobe, browser, design, download, internet explorer, javascript, web, web design Comments closed
Great Advert Roundup
I’m a sucker for a good advert. Clever adverts such as Oranges “I Am A Smile When You Least Expect It (see below)”, Benettons controversial but accurate campaigns, and over the past few days I’ve found quite a few great print adverts which caught my eye. The Orange advert always makes me smile. It’s so [...]
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Manchester United vs Chelsea – Community Shield 2009 Wembley
Update 6th Nov 09: My panoramic wembley photo has been used in Main Event Magazine (Thanks Ky for sorting this) Update 12th Oct 09: This photo is now part of the Wikipedia page on Wembley Stadium as the header image The game was full of controversy, foul play, substitutions and of course, goals. Chelsea finished [...]
Also posted in Photography Tagged chelsea, community shield, download, football, manchester united, photo, Photography, photos, photoshop, premier league, soccer Comments closed
Four Free Vector Characters + HD Wallpaper
Ok so I got my Illustrator hat on yesterday and drew four character doodles on my notepad. I then thought “Why not draw these as Vectors?”…presenting Four Free Vector Characters + HD Wallpapers! These vectors are released under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. This means you CAN use them for ANYTHING, commercial or personal and [...]
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FREE floral print
A good mate of mine (Ky Wilkinson) is giving away 5 FREE floral prints. Make sure you head over to his blog and drop him an email to claim one!
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University is over! (for a year anyway)
So University is done and dusted for 2009. I won’t be returning until September 2010 which makes for a nice break. In the end I got my grades (A,A,B,B,B,C) which I was very happy with. To top all this off I thought I’d showcase some of the work I did to receive these grades. Visual [...]
Also posted in Browsers, Downloads, University, Website Design Tagged camera, design, download, graphic design, illustration, javascript, jquery, json, photoshop, php, powerpoint, template, University, video, web, web design, xhtml Comments closed
The things that annoy me about iPhone 3.0
Don’t get me wrong, the new updates for the iPhone are a much needed modification for the device. Cut/Copy & Paste, Tethering and MMS are all things which should (in my opinion) have been on the phone from the very first incarnation. These things were standard on even the most basic of modern phones. Apple [...]
Also posted in Browsers, Photography, University Tagged apple, design, iphone, mobile, technology Comments closed
Messenger Spam
This is a new one, and a funny one too! I got three messages from three friends all advertising weight loss products. Initially I though what is a 25 year old male doing watching Oprah (and we are from the UK). Then I read it up a bit more… “Sarah and Angie have both lost [...]
Whistle Stop Tour 2009
Fancy riding 1,200 Miles across the UK starting from Lands End and finishing at John O Groats? No? Me neither! These two guys are though (Adam Fisher and Oliver Frearson) and I felt obligated to build them a website promoting their journey. It’s in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and they are trying to raise [...]
Spam? Inbox: 568,456 unread emails
Hate the stuff. Recently I have been doing a bit of server shuffling and clearing out loads of crap the server has built up over the years, one of which (unknown to me) is a shed load of spam. Let’s first have some figures of just how much spam hits this server every hour and [...]
Timelapse Videos
Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. Browsing the online world I came across Matt Mullenweg‘s post about Timelapse videos. They look awesome and almost toy like. Can you believe the boats in Sydney harbour are real? It’s something I must try for myself!
New Showcase page for you to play with!
The portfolio page looked a little drab. Afterall I am working SOLID completing work left right and center. Not all of this can go into my portfolio page as it’s more University work and stuff built on a personal basis. This then spawned the “Showcase” page. Have a play with the few flash and javascript [...]
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Olivia WordPress Theme – V0.9.5
Theme Demo – Download Now 670kb I am pleased to announce that you can now download the brand new WordPress theme named “Olivia” direct from our website and soon from the official WordPress themes gallery. It has been in development for a long time but good things come to those who wait! Key features of [...]
Google Chrome
With the release of Google’s new web browser named “Chrome”, will this mean a shift in browser usage? Probably not. It’s the same situation as Firefox found itself in nearly four years ago, and it’s only just catching Microsofts browser. So, is Chrome any good? We downloaded the BETA yesterday and have been playing ever [...]
Welcome to our brand new blog!
We are currently in the process of writing and building our blog. We hope to feature an extensive array of tutorials, tips, tricks and other amazing things related to Javascript, XHTML, CSS, PHP and Motor racing :) If you have any ideas on what you would like to see on this blog in the coming [...]
The tale of the design rip off