Three clicks or bust

There are lots of popular design myths passed off as ‘best practice’ these days by armchair designers, particularly within the web design industry. Somehow these guidelines manage to work their way into the public consciousness, often taking root in briefing and specification documents where…

Recipes for the visual thinker

How recipes should look by Starsammy, on Flickr

Facebook’s free ride is finally over

As Facebook announce plans to filter out unpaid promotional posts, small business owners are left wondering how on earth they’re going to generate free traffic in the future.

50 Problems in 50 Days

Maybe I’m late to the party, I’m not sure, but I just stumbled across this and wanted to share it. 50 Problems in 50 Days is the brainchild of Peter Smart (by name and by nature) who is “on an adventure to explore the limits of design’s ability to solve social problems, big and small”.

Minority Report UI just around the corner…?

An iterative approach to UX design

So all great web design projects start out with that spark of genius. You’re so convinced that your latest inspiration will be the answer to all your marketing prayers that you funnel your budget into it with gusto.

Project Canvas: Project Clunky

I was privileged to be a part of the Future Tech 2010 Conference in Media City, Salford on Wednesday, surrounded by a broad cross-section of digital media and technology types, exploring the exciting new projects and initiatives launching across the North West over the next…