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Category: Software

3 October 2012

Adobe Create the Web conference in London

My developer colleagues and myself sitting in the audience at Adobe Create the Web confernce held at Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London yesterday. The day was basically a keynotes talk by Adobe covering their new Adobe Edge suite of products with a couple of non-Adobe employed speakers thrown in for balance. Get details at html.adobe.com […]… Read more »
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22 September 2012

Storywalks Mobile Web App Beta Launch

Recently I have been collaborating with Chris Jelley and yesterday we launched the Beta version of the Storywalks web app. The mobile site contains a list of stories where on first load all the chapters are locked and cannot be read. You then walk to specific GPS locations to unlock each section of the story […]… Read more »
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5 May 2012

Find an open mic night on your smart phone

I am proud to announce that Open Mic Finder have launched their new mobile-friendly version of the site at openmicfinder.com. The new design offers all the functionality and great user interface of the desktop version but optimised for small screens. Search for open mics by typing in an address or using your device's current GPS location.… Read more »
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19 April 2012

iButton Car Ignition System with Arduino Onewire

Jon and I have been working on a new iButton immobiliser and ignition system aimed at the modified vehicle market. The iButtons (most commonly seen hanging from the belt loops of bar staff) are water proof, secure and available for a lot less cash than replacement car keys! The system has the very neat advantage of being […]… Read more »
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19 August 2011

Launch of Bounce Foam website selling cut to size foam

My latest bit of web work went live last night. Local company Bounce Foam sell foam cut to size. See their website at www.bouncefoam.co.uk… Read more »
Category: Software
2 August 2011

Toon render 3D animation for current web client

I just wanted to show you this cool minimalist 3D animation, rendered with a thick toon style edge and shadeless faces. This is the product of a test to see how labour intensive it would be to create several of these sorts of animations. You see, tomorrow I am rebuilding and improving a client's interactive ordering […]… Read more »
Category: Art, Software
11 January 2011

Firefox overtakes IE proving creative people are defenders of freedom

I just wanted to share with you this screenshot of my Google Analytics account showing visitor data for my website http://openmicfinder.co.uk.  I was pleasantly surprised to see Firefox has now taken over as the most popular internet browser amongst users of the website.  However, I can catagorically say that all the other websites I work […]… Read more »
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10 January 2011

MacKay Design Studio Creative Architectural Lighting

I don't often blog my work as a website designer but every now and then I do a piece of work I am particularly proud of.  I consider myself a craftsman of website design as opposed to a door-to-door salesman which, quite frankly, the industry is over-saturated with.  Working to produce individual systems means I earn less […]… Read more »
Category: Art, Software
9 January 2010

Open Mic Nights in Bristol to get listed first

With many of my web clients snowed-in I have taken some time to work on developing The Open Mic Finder.  As I hone the tool's features and input the data content it is dawning on me how much potential I have to make this into something massive.  There are so many directions to work on. […]… Read more »
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2 December 2009

My new Open Mic Night Finder

I am building a little application that I think will be useful to many people if I manage to get it up the Google ranking.  I love travelling to towns or cities and checking out the local open mic night.  I think it's a good finger on the pulse of a location's culture.  But the amount of […]… Read more »
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