The National have just released their third album High Violet. It’s one I’ve been waiting for for a while. If ever there was a band worth listening to, these are the guys. I LOVE them. Matt Berninger’s voice is golden. Standout tracks after first listen are Bloodbuzz Ohio and Conversation 16. Can’t wait to listen [...]
Phresh - Eye Candy
The thing I love about the web is that I come across great and inspirational art, music, web design, people, and more all the time. Twitter has become the tool of choice to for the quick share. My poor blog is taking a hit as a result as I find myself rarely updating it. For [...]
Banner Ad-tastic
Super quick post today to show off to great little finds I stumbled across recently on one of my favourite blogs http://www.bannerblog.com.au . These two banners are a really simple but clever take on the MPU format and the expandable Leaderboard.
I love the the way this one uses illustration with motion graphics. It’s a great [...]
Simple Things
Recently had the pleasure of designing a very simple little brochure site for some friends who have set up a new company selling 100% Alpaca blankets and scarves. They ask me to design them a very clean site which focused, very much, on the products. I took them at their word and used bold photographic [...]
RefreshDublin
Last week there were some fantastic web events happening in Dublin which was a pleasure to see and an indication that the Irish web community is alive and kicking more than ever. One which stood out for me was the first RefreshDublin organised by Niamh Redmond. Part of and inspired by the Refresh Cities movement, [...]
Adding .FLV MIME Type in IIS
I’ve recently started working with Flash a lot more recently and while its proving good fun, I had forgotten how frustrating it can sometimes be. I recently created a flash video player from scratch and while it worked wonderfully on my computer and local server in work, it was flat out refusing to load the [...]
Accessibilty @ FOWA Dublin
Last Friday was great day. It was my first experience of the FOWA event held by the good folks at Carsonified. I had been hugely looking forward to it and was not dissapointed with some fantastic speakers. David Heinemeier Hansson from 37 Signals was the big draw and he didn’t dissapoint with a typically [...]
Jobless and Proud
I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a while and it’s well overdue. However it was a project I was involved with last month just after I lost my job and it was important in so many ways in keeping me focused and creative. I’m sure a lot of you know the story but [...]
New beginnings
Well, who’d have thunk it but I’ve good news! I’ve decided to buck the trend in the economy and smile in the face of all this doom and gloom because as of Monday I am starting a great new job! It was this time last month that I was still reeling a bit having been [...]
Messing with Wordpress Themes
I’ve been going on about this for a while, procrastinating about finally getting my act together and taking the wordpress plunge. It’s kind of embarrassing really as, to some people, Wordpress has been a no brainer for a long time and much like the way I see some people jumping on the Twitter ride for [...]