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VOWS Awards 2011

88 days ago: Some photographs from the Scottish Wedding Industry Awards. Sadly Opus didn't manage a win, but they have been previous winners twice, while being nominated for seven year running. Hosted by Des Clarke,... [More...]

Double Award Nominations for Opus

119 days ago: I'm really pleased to hear that one of my very first clients have been nominated for two of their industry awards this year. Opus Couture and their sister shop Opus Occasions... [More...]

Social Media buttons, sharing too much?

131 days ago: An interesting article on Media UK confirmed my thoughts around social media sharing buttons on websites. I'm not a fan of these buttons, for many reasons: Increased page weight Longer loading times Privacy concerns Lack... [More...]

Total cobblers!

204 days ago: Well, it's finally arrived. A little bit of an overdue refresh to this website and blog - and only slighty later than planned. There's a lot of website design work in... [More...]

Messy Website Designer?

364 days ago: Just been bought this... Could someone be trying to tell me something? Messy Website Update (Jan 12): I'm pleased to now be on the first page in Google for the term... "Messy Website".... [More...]

Mobile Stats and Surprises

371 days ago: From a discussion at TwitAyr, I decided to take a look into the mobile statistics from a cross section of visitor reports from various clients and their websites. A few parts... [More...]

Cufon Fonts by Leagues of Moveable Squirrels

516 days ago: I wrote about Cufón (without the flash bang wollop) previously, since then I've deployed the font replacement technique on a handful of websites. I'm still hugely impressed by how quick Cufón... [More...]

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