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A view from the inside: Connor’s Placement review

15 Mar, 2012     Posted by James     0 Comments

Connor Home studying New Media at the University of Leeds spent a couple of weeks with Creode to gain some industry experience. He’s kindly collected some of his thoughts for all to read… As this placement at Creode was the first time I had been exposed to an agency environment, I didn’t really know what to…

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What makes a good web designer

07 Sep, 2011     Posted by James     0 Comments

I was recently asked in a meeting “why does agency X produce better looking sites than agency Y, is it all down to the individual designers?” I instantly replied, “Yes, well of course it is”. In hindsight, I was wrong. We see design we like and don’t like every minute of every day. Whether it be…

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Importance of usability testing in web design

29 Jul, 2011     Posted by James     0 Comments

What is usability testing? Usability testing is a method used to test a system or design in a controlled environment. In web design, this primarily offers us the chance to monitor the strengths and weaknesses of our applications and websites in real time, with real users. Often when a project length spans weeks or months, the entire…

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Google Checkout dumps Maestro

24 Jul, 2009     Posted by James     0 Comments

As of July 27th, Google Checkout will no longer be taking Maestro payments.

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Periodic Table of Typefaces

18 Mar, 2009     Posted by James     0 Comments

Believe it or not, Times New Roman was actually made in 1931!

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Search optimisation checklist for Flash

17 Mar, 2009     Posted by James     0 Comments

A quick reference guide to help you integrate search into the planning stages and production cycles you will encounter when developing RIAs

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The importance of web accessibility

09 Sep, 2008     Posted by James     0 Comments

Web accessibility is the practice of making the web fully accessible to disabled users. In order to do this they must be able to navigate, understand and interact with the web.

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