Martin Hughes

Wilson Miner – When We Build

Martin Hughes — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:19:55 +0000

Wilson Miner – When We Build from Build on Vimeo.

Excellent talk I attended at Build Conference 2011.

We shape our tools and our tools shape us.” As more of the tools we live with every day become digital instead of physical, our opportunity – and responsibility – as designers is multiplying. We live in a world of screens, and we are the ones who decide what goes on them. We are in a unique position to have an impact – one that lasts longer than the next redesign or the latest technology. What happens when we stop thinking of ourselves not just as developers or experience designers, and take up the mantle as a new generation of product designers for a digital world?

Recorded at Build 2011
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Simon Collison – We Are The Explorers, Build Belfast 2011

Martin Hughes — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:28:44 +0000

Simon Collison – We Are The Explorers from Build on Vimeo.

Creative people are usually deep thinkers, obsessively pursuing thorough lines of inquiry. Most of us shaping the web are no exception, each eager to learn, analyze, and share as we swim against an endless tide of information and opinion. To succeed we must understand our strengths, and develop an integrity by which we find our focus and measure our contribution. It’s not so much about a destination as it is about just doing. Join Simon as he takes stock of where we’re headed – both as an industry and as individuals – with stories designed to inspire and make us more optimistic about our roles in building the web.

An Evening With: Gavin Strange in Belfast

Martin Hughes — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:06:34 +0000

An Evening With: Gavin Strange from Build on Vimeo.

An interesting talk for creative people I was lucky enough to attend featuring the inspiring work of Gavin Strange.

A jack of all trades and a master of flip all, Gavin Strange has been excitedly stumbling through the world of design for the last ten years like a kitten on opium. Learn how he managed to transition from talentless oik from Leicester into a clueless oik with a burning passion to make stuff, becoming Senior Designer for the Digital department of the illustrious Aardman Animations in Bristol.

Links useful to web designers and developers for modern web projects

Martin Hughes — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:32:09 +0000

Here are some interesting links useful to web designers and developers using CSS3, HTML5 and web type or modern techniques on web projects.

Let’s make the web faster

Martin Hughes — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:16:48 +0000

Interesting collection of page speed improvement tips aimed at web developers.

More at Google speed

Got my new portfolio up online!

Martin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:00:51 +0000

It has been a long running problem that my portfolio did not show my best work. Over the Christmas break I made a new version. So far I am pleased with it but I could do much better and will improve it in early 2011.