The web design & development industry is incredibly fast paced.  What is current and ‘acceptable’ today, might not be tomorrow.  New technologies are being developed all the time, new ways of doing things, new ways of thinking.  As I’ve mentioned before, keeping on top of these changes is almost a full time job in itself.  [...]

This weekend I went along to a Developer Day at Microsoft’s campus in Reading.  The community-organised day concentrated on software development using Microsoft’s .NET Framework.  However, unlike conferences such as PCD and Mix, there were no Microsoft technologists in sight.  Instead, all the speakers were from members of the .NET development community.
During the day, there [...]

A few days ago I came across an article about the branding of the Dutch Government.  It appears that they are fed up of having different brand for each of their 200(ish) departments and ministries.  Instead, they are developing a single ‘Government’ brand that will be used for everything the government does, irrespective of the [...]

Selene M. Bowlby, a web designer and developer who has recently taken the jump into full time freelance work has just posted a blog entry with 60+ essential feeds for freelance web designers. She made the post in response to an open thread on Freelance Folder asking “How Do You Stay Sharp?”.
As a web developer, [...]

It has been nearly 4 1/2 months since I started working for VSI, so you would think I would be getting used to the daily routine.  Get up at before 7, drive or catch train to Cardiff, get to the office at 8.30, work till 5.30, drive or catch train home, arrive home at 7.
I [...]