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Dealing With Clients and Overcoming Telephone Anxiety

It was almost a year ago that I started working for MintTwist, a web design company in London. My role when I started was to code up websites that were designed by the lead designer and lend a hand to any design odd-jobs that needed doing.
As the year has progressed I have been entrusted with [...]

Review: Fallout 3 – Xbox 360

A game of jaw-dropping scope, Fallout 3 is an intense journey from start to finish. Escaping from Vault 101 into post-apocalyptic Washington DC, now known as the Capital Wasteland, you are left to fend for yourself using only skills you learn along the way. It isn’t long before you run into trouble, however, and you [...]

The Supermarket is a Woman’s Territory

Guys, some of you may know what I’m talking about. Others are likely to have blocked out any negative experiences at the supermarket.
I’m talking about how territorial women seem to be in the “women’s” aisle in the local Sainsbury’s. Have you ever received the dirty looks, the glances and the hisses when you, as a [...]

BBC News Web Site: How I’d Have Done It…

An ambitious challenge if ever there was one. I set myself the task of re-creating the BBC News Web site.
My first point would be that I don’t want to create something that is completely different. I just wanted to do something that, had I been asked to re-create the site, would make an impression.
The BBC [...]

FREE TEMPLATE: TORCHWOOD

You may or may not be aware that the long-awaited second series of Torchwood is starting on BBC Two in January and, in celebration, I’ve created this free Torchwood-inspired template.
This two-column template is dark, metallic and almost grungy, but it appeals whether used in relation to Torchwood or not. It can be adapted to suit [...]

I tweet, I tweet

I'm at Finchley Central Station (Finchley, London). http://4sq.com/6I8FW8

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I'm at Chingford Mount. http://4sq.com/9nGHLG

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I'm at Peel Close. http://4sq.com/bvNHXT

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GetTweets was written by my friend and colleague @andrefigueira, developer and designer at DesignFront.

 

Yes sir, I can boogie

Some of the albums I listen to the most in alphabetical order. Click the album to view it in the iTunes store.