Category: Web

Been a busy few weeks. I guess that my time since xmas has demonstrated the downsides to working as a freelancer.

It’s not a case of business being quiet. I’m pleased to say that clients appear to have a steady stream of work that requires my input. January (and August  for that matter) tend to be slow for the contract workers. But increasingly many companies hit the ground running following the xmas season (in much the same way that downing tools in mid December is no longer the norm; work deadlines appear to extend right up until the final day before the festive break).

Continue reading “The trails of being a freelancer”

This is a great quote by Brian Kernigan. The deeper I delve into web development, the harder it is to keep my workflow simple and my code easier to maintain. The quote is ever more relevant after a day studying JavaScript.

Continue reading “‘Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.’”

I feel great for having survived Xmas and the New Year celebrations. I’ve always liked the month of January. A time to look ahead and look forward to achieving your goals in the year ahead.

Continue reading “A busy and productive year ahead”

Okay, so I’ve been hyper-busy checking out all kinds of templates to help me build my web pages. Bootstrap, Skeleton, Pure, Toast, Kube and Foundation has taken up far too much of my time. I’ve finally decided on the latter and I love all that Foundation offers.

Continue reading “Frameworks and grids”

Had a couple of days working from home this week, which is something I rarely do. I much prefer working in a busy office. But it was a fun project and I increased my knowledge of CSS animations.

Continue reading “Lost in animation”

Many thanks to all who organised yesterday’s Design Fiesta in London. Great presentations, inspirational speakers, talented attendees from across the design industry and to finish the day off, a free bar.

Continue reading “Delights at the Design Fiesta”

Now many of us who works in design will testify that the much of their time is spend following procedures, templates and set patterns. Once the big idea has been signed off, it’s up to the production team to ensure the idea is put into practice by following a strict set of guidelines. I fully accept this. But boy, this week has been a slog.

Continue reading “A week of copying and pasting”

My ongoing education in the field of front-end web development is steadily moving forward. It’s a maddening experience at times, but I’m enjoying the minor victories amongst the mandatory expletives as I search for that elusive missing character.

I’m loving the challenge of mastering, which is at times, a pretty complex field. I keep on saying to myself the hour-long search to debug a broken site is productive time. I’m storing up a memory bank of solutions to common, often repeated mistakes when building a web page. A huge source of comfort remains the web community, who are on hand to assist when I’m pulling my hair out.

Continue reading “Late nights and missing semi-colons…”