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An Outsider’s Take on The New Adventures in Web Design Conference

Chris Wharton — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:22:03 +0000

A guest post by Jude Wharton. In my professional capacity I am one half of the web design and digital design company 2nd Floor. The other half of 2nd Floor was at the New Adventures in Web Design conference in Nottingham … Continue reading →

Dribbble Invitations Giveaway

Chris Wharton — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:32:50 +0000

I’m sure many of you have heard of Dribbble, well I have two invitations to give away. Rather than giving away to friends, going through all of the prospects via Dribbble or giving away to the first two people who … Continue reading →

Becoming a Mentor

Chris Wharton — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:56:37 +0000

I recently signed up to the Design Buddy scheme with The Arts University College in Bournemouth. This is where students gets a chance to be mentored with someone in their chosen(ish) industry. I didn’t get this kind of opportunity while … Continue reading →

A moment for Steve Jobs

Chris Wharton — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:52:27 +0000

I’m sure there will be many many blog posts today thanking Steve Jobs for his pure visionary genius. I personally want to say thank you to Steve for being a daily inspiration. My love of Apple started with the colourful … Continue reading →

Dribbble vs. Forrst

Chris Wharton — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:50:10 +0000

I’m sure many of you are aware of Forrst and Dribbble. For those who aren’t, they are in essence community sites based around design and development. Dribbble is focused mainly on designers for web, user interface and user experience whilst … Continue reading →

Responsive Web Design

Chris Wharton — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:23:41 +0000

This is certainly a hot topic at the moment and gaining so much momentum that some people are referring to Responsive Web Design as a “trend”. If you haven’t done it before, it’s pretty easy and instead of explaining every … Continue reading →

Let me muse about Muse while I listen to Muse

Chris Wharton — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:07:49 +0000

There have been a lot of people already blogging furiously since the news earlier today of Adobe Muse, well, here are my thoughts on the matter. What is Adobe Muse? For those that haven’t been on Twitter today, Muse (codename) … Continue reading →

iOS vs. Android – Real world test

Chris Wharton — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:14:40 +0000

About a month ago I decided I was fed up with carrying a work mobile and personal mobile around with me, especially as they were both smart phones. My iPhone (3GS) is worn and getting on a bit, my HTC … Continue reading →

Dangers of using “live” copy

Chris Wharton — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:09:40 +0000

I know this is a topic that goes round and round and I’ve read a few blog posts recently about lorem ipsum and how harmful it can be to a good web design. There are arguments on both sides, but … Continue reading →

Being a Freelancer: A Year One Roundup

Chris Wharton — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:13:38 +0000

It’s been a whole year (well 13 months to be precise) since I left my full time job to follow my dream to become a full time freelance Web Designer. There have been ups and downs in my first year … Continue reading →