The title may put you off- another grumpy Monday...? Nope. This is actually a motivational post with a harsh attention-grabbing headline. On with it already. I've had a great 2016 with massive changes in my personal life. I spent the better half of my late twenties feeling like I somehow lost it in the usual: [...]
Im calling a few web design trends we can expect to see in 2016. This is by no means mind boggling and if you have any experience in web design the below trends solve UX (user experience) issues whilst catering for a mobile friendly environment. Which leads me to my first trend call. Death to the side [...]
How many times do you find a gem of a thing in this world today? I can honestly tell you there are a few things other than my family that I really treasure in this world. One of the top 10 I have to say is the magical Unsplash.com. If I were religious and Unsplash [...]
It's five minutes to five in the morning and I've been up since 02:30 am. To be honest, I am pretty under the weather and in between a house cold and general fatigue. It's times like this that you function on some sort of reserve energies and you quickly realise what a body is capable of [...]
Ok, admittedly this is a topic that seems so obvious but can be extremely hard to implement. I mean, focal point/s is one of the first things you learn when designing, how hard can it be, right? After many years of knocking out various design projects, I still find this one of the hardest principles [...]
There's this song playing on the radio and it feels all too familiar, almost as though you can remember and sing along with the lyrics. I never really gave it more thought as it plays on the radio that often you'd presume just another new hit. However; waking up this morning with the song playing in [...]
I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine. Without going into too much detail, he is pretty much the opposite of me. He is Swiss German and very meticulous and consistent. I’m super spontaneous and find it very difficult to follow through with things (more like stick with things). We often talk [...]
WooCommerce kicks butt. There simply is no competition out there. Out of the box it can handle pretty much everything you can throw at it. WooCommerce is versatile and extremely robust. Easy to setup for a newbie and easily allows for modification. However, there are three plugins that make WooCommerce that much better. Here’s my list [...]
This post is about something that I have sort of seen work in my own life but simply had no way to really put it into words. I guess this post is about kicking ass in everything you do, a mantra of sorts, or a simple tool that lets you get that little bit of extra [...]
This is a topic very close to me because I have learned a new language in my adult years. I decided to share my thoughts and experiences with learning a new language as an adult so you get an indication of what to expect. I have always been fascinated by languages, dialects and accents. Some [...]