Alex’s Copenhagen Recommendations
Since living in the Danish capital for a year, I have become some sort of encyclopaedic modern-day flâneur who knows about all…
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Weather App That Tells You What To Wear – Wearther
Last “summer” in Scotland I had an hour long commute to and from work. I would check the weather on my phone…
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Design Podcasts – A Letter Of Fondness
We’re a good while away from Valentines day yet, but I’d like to write a letter of fondness. To those who spend…
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My Favourite 20 Albums and EPs of 2013
While still at university, and eager for a multitude of ways to avoid coursework, my friends and I used to regularly compile…
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Free Stock Photos – Batch 01 – Ableton Push, Speaker and Music Production Studio
As a designer, I use a tonne of photos. I’m often hunting for a particular type of image, and it’s amazing how…
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This Morning I Didn’t Turn My Computer On
This morning I didn’t turn my computer on. I didn’t have Skype ceremoniously power-up and show me who was online, I didn’t…
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Inspiration vs Motivation
Motivate: To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. Inspire: 1 To stimulate to action; motivate. 2 To be the cause…
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7 Reasons Your Designer Application Will Be Rejected
Currently, QueryClick are hiring for a junior designer and front-end developer. It’s nice to see applications coming in, and I love people’s…
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On The Subject Of Writing
I was a bit of a troublemaker at school. Not the sort who bullied people for their lunch money, or stole other…
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The Future Of Search
Accurately described by Thomas Roman of Connecticut State University as “completely nuts”; a young Iranian inventor recently claimed to have built a…
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Chasing Trends
I’ve been getting a bit irked lately at the amount of guff kicking around on the net concerning both “flat” and “skeuomorphic”…
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What Happens When You Leave Designers To Their Own Devices
You know those creative meetings when you start with the best intentions? Everyone arrives complete with a fresh Moleskin and pencils sharpened…
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Design Is Persuasion
I’ll be honest. I twisted the title slightly there. Design isn’t strictly persuasion per-say. And nor should it be. But for many…
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SEO For Designers And Front-enders. What You Need To Know
I used to think SEO was a load of ruddy nonsense. I was a designer and front-end developer who wrote solid HTML…
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Just Do It
Most people seem to find it very easy to step up on their tattered soap-box, slam big business and hate on “the…
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Noise and Productivity
Only moments ago (edit: I wrote this a week or two ago now) I read Guy Routledge‘s post “Noise Is Golden” and…
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Can We All Stop Complaining About Valentines Day?
There is absolutely no doubt that I love a good moan, and anybody who has read any of my previous blogs anywhere…
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Map-Love: Over 25 Fascinating Maps You Might Not Have Seen Before
I love maps. There’s no denying it. It’s part knowledge gathering, part geographic awareness, part information fetish. I think I feel safer…
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Why Should I Buy An iPad?
This question was one I was asking myself for a considerable amount of time. What real benefit could having an iPad (or…
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The Birth Of A New Blog
Some stat-monger somewhere recently farted out some hot air about there being a new blog created every half a second or something…