This past week the new Instagram Stories feature has hit people’s devices and so far they’re loving it. In this post I’ll discuss the pros and cons of the new Instagram Stories feature, ideas on how to use both Instagram Stories and Snapchat Stories plus a way of syncing the two (if you wanted to).
Tips for Quoting on a Project
If you’re new to web design and development, starting your own agency or are just getting to grips with freelancing – here are some handy tips to avoid mistakes on quoting for projects.
Respect your customers and they will respect you
When I originally drafted this post I titled it “Dark UX patterns and Company Ethics” but I think the problem goes even deeper than that.
Keeping it Professional
I’ve worked as part of a team, I’ve worked with freelancers, contractors and I’ve managed a design and development studio. I’ve seen a lot of great things and a lot of mistakes that people (myself included) make over and over again.
Today I want to talk about being professional at work, with a few basic ideas to start you off being professional and keep you there.
A WordPress Code Cheat Sheet
Below are a list of functions I find myself using day in and day out when building for WordPress. There is a mixture in there of stuff you can find all over the internet to a few tailored pieces of code I’ve used. I thought they may come in handy so I’m sharing them here, if you know a better way of doing something please let me know – I’m always trying to learn.
Switching my weekly blog post to another day
Hi everyone, I know you’ve excitedly browsed to my blog expecting a brand new post sharing my WordPress Cheat Sheet… well sorry you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer.
I’m changing my weekly blog posts from Friday to Tuesday.
Making mistakes and learning from them
After committing to get back to blogging and seven straight weeks of a weekly blog post I thought I was hitting my stride. Last week’s blog post didn’t pan out quite as well as planned. This week I dissect what went wrong in last week’s post.
There is no grid*
I don’t use a pre-defined grid. I never have. I don’t design to a grid in Photoshop. I don’t code to a grid and I don’t use a grid based framework.
How to do Snapchat
This isn’t a post about about how Snapchat works down to the finest detail, this is more about how to be on Snapchat, how to find your voice and how to build an audience.
Stop wasting your time
We’re spending too much time consuming content. Even now, reading this.
What do we actually need all of this information for? Sure go ahead, be inspired, follow entrepreneurs. But don’t sit there reading and listening and watching and not doing anything, complaining about how your life is, complaining how well everyone else is doing.
You’re wasting time. You’re wasting time now when you could be creating something amazing. Cut out the distractions, work on the important stuff, work out what is important to you and go and do it.