How a blog helps optimise your website
Google is constantly changing its algorithms and in order that your website remains visible you need to keep on top of the latest stringent criteria. That can be daunting, but a blog is an easy and ef…
Choosing the right website administration system
It's important to choose the right tools for the job and this certainly applies to website design and development.Pretty much every company requires a web presence these days. So, you splash out…
Christmas Star Wars treat Rogue One
For Christmas 2015 Disney launched the new Star Wars film "The Force Awakens" and as my family and I are big Star Wars fans we got tickets to see the film on Christmas Eve as a special treat…
The Game of Thrones Appeal
Okay so the new Game Of Thrones has started in glorious style.What makes this series so popular? It's the complete lack of regard for Hollywood's bland TV programme making machine and script…
Playing with Politics
I have just received my booklet by the government explaining why it would be best to stay within the European Union. I am a fairly rational person and look carefully at all the information before I go…
Oh no! Now we have ransomware for the Mac
It wasn't like this in the good ol' days.Here in the wonderful world of Apple Macintosh mania, we graphic designers have long been the ones sneering at the Windows PC Users world of virus an…
Album Covers: Art for the masses
I remember as a kid being influenced and incredibly inspired by album cover artwork such as Roger Dean’s Yes album and Gerald Scarfe's Pink Floyd The Wall illustrations.
I then progressed to buy…
Creative Visionary - César Manrique
We are all looking for inspirational figures, icons or role models, people who we either aspire to be or want to emulate. Some of us squeak with excitement at the release of a new JK Rowling book or o…
Website design search engine optimisation tips and tricks
So you've got a website, but how can you get browsers to look at it? Here is a beginner's guide to Search Engine Optimisation with a few tips to get your website to number 1 on Google and th…
A world of design at the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Who knew?
When I recently took my family to Watford to visit the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour I didn’t realise what I was letting myself in for. We’d read the books and seen the films so I guess you cou…