Way back in the day, before I got involved in all this interactive & graphical design I was a fine art student and spent my days making films and noise. I would make electric guitars and other electric noise making devices out of all sorts, old tape players with the reading heads removed and placed into hand units, guitars out of old speaker box’s and all sorts of joyous nonsense. Read the rest of this entry »
Forms are often the most over looked aspect of a web site, ironically they are also one of the most important as they act as the conduit for interaction and activity. Read the rest of this entry »
There is a trend at the moment for compiling top ten lists of personal favorites form the decade so I’m going to join in perhaps more for personal fascination reasons then anything else. Read the rest of this entry »
Many folks are using Twitter to search for and advertise jobs, for some reason its mainly the American and Canadian markets, the others seem to be a little slow on the uptake.
There are several things that folks looking to use Twitter to recruit can do to ensure that they attract the right candidates by getting the right information out there. Read the rest of this entry »
I have increasingly been asked what my creative process is and am finding it very difficult to explain, not because I’m illiterate or because I don’t have one but because the creative process I do have is so hard to define in that my process is process-less. Read the rest of this entry »
After the success of the ‘42 Days‘ campaign I worked on with Liberty Human Rights at the tail end of last year I was invited back to tender for the re-positioning of the Liberty Human Rights brand online, and I am overjoyed to tell that I was awarded the creative aspect of the project in collaboration with the wonderfully clever guys at Kitsite in London and it all kicked of last Friday with a great and enthusiastic meeting. Read the rest of this entry »
I recently flew to London and back for a cracking meeting with a great client, who I’m very excited and happy to be working with again on a much bigger project (I’ll save those detail’s for a separate press release). Read the rest of this entry »
Some nasty little urchin went and spoiled the last bed that my web site slept in and created a right rumpus with a Denial of Service attack that kicked the sever over and like the pointless bullies they are every time my host got the server back up these ragamuffins kicked it back down again. So I found a new bed in the stylish home belonging to Media Temple. This is where I now sit listening to the server kicking going on next door and wincing but safe in the knowledge that I have saved McCoy from a good beating as I need this site up for potential interactive art director / digital creative director jobs & freelance web design contracts in order to provide a living and feed the kids. Read the rest of this entry »
As if I wasn’t getting enough feedback about the size and range of my portfolio, I’ve been working through the backlog of work created but not yet added to the portfolio. So now with tired eyes and an odd disconcerting curve of my spine from too many 2am work finishes I have added the following: Read the rest of this entry »
Not strictly within the the remit of what I normally talk about on this site, but I’m one of those creatives who is totally media agnostic. I also love a good chili sauce. As I’m currently living in rural Ireland with no car, my options are somewhat limited.
I’ve always cooked, I always enjoyed cooking too. So have my family, though I must admit this is one for me only. Its a damned side cheaper than the sauces you get in the shops, plus its not got pointless preservatives either. I use mine to add to Dhal at the table that I make for the the family that is mild enough for the kids but too bland for my pallet, it gives it a fine kick. Read the rest of this entry »