As you may have read in some of my colleagues' posts on this blog already, there has been a slight shift in the way we do things here. Instead of monthly posts, we're moving to a quarterly schedule instead. For this quarter, I'm going to chat about how to you can get more traffic to … Continue reading Promoting is not short for “professional moting” AKA how to get more eyeballs to your blog post
Author: Gareth Allison
A Designer’s (mini) Guide to Basic Developing
When I first started out designing for the web, all that a plucky pixel wrangler needed was Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and an FTP client to get the job done. I'm oversimplifying a little, but it wasn't far off - if you had those programs to call on, you were sorted. I know a few folks who, … Continue reading A Designer’s (mini) Guide to Basic Developing
“I have no idea what I’m doing”
I didn't go to design school. Truth be told, I fell into this whole design thing by accident. Looking back, I've noticed that, each time I had to design something (a project, CD cover for my band, or even wedding invitations for relatives), it was because there was nobody else who was available or willing. … Continue reading “I have no idea what I’m doing”
Designspiration from the field of play
As a marketing designer at WooCommerce, most of the work that I create lives exclusively on screens. You might logically assume, then, that a large amount of my design inspiration would come from other digital designers in the same (or similar) industry. That's only partly true. Since I can remember, I've always been slightly obsessed … Continue reading Designspiration from the field of play
Same same, but different
Same same, but different is a phrase I came across after talking to friends who had recently been on a holiday to Thailand. They told me that, when vendors in the local marketplaces don't have the exact item a customer asks for, they will often use the phrase, "same, same but different" to try and … Continue reading Same same, but different