To be a freelancer, your own boss, the master of your own destiny. You can work when you want, you can handpick your work, take time off when you like, have late starts and work in your PJ’s… WRONG! The life of a freelancer might seem somewhat idealistic, but in reality it’s hard work and your work ethic and your…

Image optimisation is something often neglected by developers as many fear their images may lose some quality and the design might not look as it should, it is a fine line between a well optimised image and an image that has lost image quality. Why should I optimise my images? There are several reasons why you should, well optimised images…

My portfolio has a brand new look! I designed the old version almost a year ago and whilst it was in the direction I was trying to take it I wasn’t happy with the overall result. Any designer/developer will tell you the hardest thing to create is your own portfolio, you have so many ideas of where you want to…

A few weeks ago whilst working away on a clients site I turned to my usual Ipsum generator and let out a sigh, Ipsum although time tested is a little boring and always prompts clients to ask “Why is my site in a foreign language” which then forces me to talk about the history of Lorem Ipsum. So this in…