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  • A New Page (+ Year)

    Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

    You may have noticed — it’s been pretty quiet round these parts.

    10 Comments

  • Portfolio Building

    Saturday, November 14th, 2009

    So I’m being lazy by sharing emails instead of writing blog posts — but it’s been a busy time and with any luck there should be some exciting news at the end of it.

    8 Comments

  • Ignorance Avoidance

    Friday, August 21st, 2009

    Well that was the title of an email I received last week. I thought I’d share it because I get a lot of emails asking this sort of stuff.

    21 Comments

  • Dynamic Columns

    Monday, May 25th, 2009

    I get a lot of emails asking how I output the comments in a column format. Here’s how.

    42 Comments

  • TweetDeck icons

    Monday, March 30th, 2009

    TweetDeck is a great application with a pretty average dock icon. This morning I decided I’d whip up an pair of alternatives.

    11 Comments

  • Get creative, you hack

    Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

    So you’re reading this thinking it may be slightly interesting. Maybe because the title seemed catchy, but not because this applies to you.

    28 Comments

  • MacUser Magazine

    Monday, March 23rd, 2009

    So I just found out Digitalmash has been featured in last month’s MacUser ‘10 of the best online portfolios’. Huzzah!

    6 Comments

  • ExpressionEngine:  Quick & dirty

    Monday, March 16th, 2009

    So as I recently mentioned, I’ve finally made the move from WordPress across to ExpressionEngine.

    21 Comments

  • .NET mag fame

    Saturday, January 24th, 2009

    So the lovely folks at .NET magazine got in touch recently to ask if they could include Digitalmash.com in the gallery section of their mag.

    11 Comments

  • Design by numbers

    Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

    I have a confession to make. Like quite a few designers, I’ve got a sprinkling of OCD about me.

    29 Comments

  • Proper propaganda

    Friday, December 26th, 2008

    Well it’s that time of year again. Things are winding up and for most of us, we’ll have a little time away from the grindstone.

    6 Comments

  • Stats: One month in

    Sunday, December 14th, 2008

    Nearly two-thirds of people know statistics are boring.

    15 Comments

  • Pimped!

    Thursday, December 4th, 2008

    Isn’t it nice when people do nice things and ask for nothing in return?

    5 Comments

  • The ever-watchful subconscious

    Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

    So I recently had a scary realisation when I noticed a very familiar diagram on the back of the shampoo bottle in my shower.

    10 Comments

  • Designing for the web: 5 things I love & hate

    Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

    For anyone thinking about starting a career in web design, I’d like to share 5 things I’ve come to love and hate about designing for the web.

    13 Comments

  • Ripped!

    Sunday, November 16th, 2008

    Well, a little over a week into the new site, we have our first rip of my design. Sigh…

    39 Comments

  • Fun with a tablet

    Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

    No, I’m not talking about drugs. I picked up a cheap drawing tablet recently and thought I’d share my first experiments with it in Photoshop.

    12 Comments

  • Incestuous design

    Friday, November 7th, 2008

    Ok, I admit — it’s a title that could turn some people off. It’s going to be a nightmare searching for it on google. But dammit, if nothing else, it’s original.

    24 Comments

  • A New Beginning

    Saturday, November 1st, 2008

    So here we are. The first blog post on a fresh newly designed site. It’s like sliding into freshly pressed bed linen.

    29 Comments

  • Logo marathon

    Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

    Sometimes (and I mean, only sometimes) the most grueling design jobs can be the most rewarding.

    34 Comments

  • Making it real

    Monday, October 13th, 2008

    This is the story of how one idea can inform a whole campaign and visual identity.

    13 Comments

  • What’s in a name?

    Sunday, October 12th, 2008

    What’s in a name? Well, I would argue that if your product’s good, then probably not that much.

    16 Comments

  • Tippin’ the Balance

    Sunday, October 12th, 2008

    How do you turn a 200-page manual into something athletes will want to interact with?

    7 Comments

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Recent Comments

  1. It does amuse me that a few of these comments are complaining about this post, and yet the very first point is saying to be inappropriate.
    This was a lot of fun to read and could potentially be a great help. I’ll try a few of the ideas out next time I need to get into creative mode.

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    Julia
    Sunday at 10:40 PM

  2. If the “Leave a Reply +” section is already expanded.
    When you click on the “Comment” link,
    The one that has “Nobody likes a lurker. Come join in the discussion.” under it,
    the “Leave a Reply +” section will subtract.
    Perhaps, you should check whether it has already be expanded or not.

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    Tanapon
    Wednesday at 12:57 PM

  3. Fantastic theme. Quite sure I’ll be applying it. Thanks.

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    Justin
    Thursday at 04:59 AM

  4. Fantastic website. Good work. Nice portfolio also. Hope that you don’t stop to made great things.

    Greets.

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    Geert
    Friday at 12:57 AM