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 »

Okay so I get a pile of emails asking me how to become a freelance web designer and I often spend a while answering the specific queries individually, but figured I may as well do it publicly so its all shared. One thing to note this is just my opinion, I hold no responsibility if anyone acts on my opinion and isn’t able to pay the rent (I’ve come close once or twice in the past). Read the rest of this entry »

This is a nice little poem my 10 year old daughter wrote and excitingly read to me on returning from school this wet afternoon, it made me smile so I decided to share it with you all.

A creek in the hallway,
a shout from outside,
the witches will not stop
till they are satisfied.

The ghoul and the ghost
will always boast,
and will jump out and say boo,
but insist that it does not frighten you.

To keep safe on Halloween there are some things you must do,
to keep calm and do not be fooled,
by any thing they try to do.

By Lori McCoy

The Days4U web site that I designed and Illustrated has been launched, it was quite a challenge designing for a Greek language web site with a different character set as people often underestimate how important it is to understand what it is your designing with before you can communicate it properly but thankfully with a lot of humor and patience I think that the Days4u team and myself managed to pull it off. I am particularly proud of the fact that the finished design not only is my design work but also contains so much of my own illustration work as well. Read the rest of this entry »

There have been a few mobile web sites that I have designed amongst many of new projects I’ve been working on over the last 9 – 10 months, most of which haven’t made it onto my portfolio. I’ve not updated my portfolio not because I’m not proud of the new designs, but because I’ve been to damned busy working on them and relocating. So anyway… most of the new web projects will have to wait tucked up in there nice warm little digital folders until I get time. But with Mobile coming along so fast I felt I needed to show that I do that too and have been working with Hypermedia in Auckland on projects for The Disney Channel, Kraft Foods, Institute of Chartered Accountants & more. Read the rest of this entry »

After what felt like far too long I now have a new office in Europe, having moved to Kenmare, Co. Kerry  Ireland for the time being!

Its a long long story, and its a bit of a personal one but needless to say that we are now much closer to family and a vast majority of my existing client base whilst still servicing my clients in Australia & New Zealand. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve loved living here on Waiheke Island in New Zealand for nearly a year and a bit, but unfortunately like all things this too must pass, that fact is that no matter how much I love the place its just too far for the rest of my partnership from the rest of there world, so it is with great sadness that I say my good bye’s and hello’s to a new life in the Aquitaine region of France and hello to new adventures that keep my world turning. Read the rest of this entry »

After a relatively quiet start to the year (well who hasn’t had a quiet year so far) the last couple of weeks has seen an agency in Sydney become a client with a suite of property and construction web site design projects. And today I just had a great meeting with an international agency for whom I am branching out into developing a couple of mobile devices web sites for the HUGE entertainment company (I’ll not disclose who they are just yet, but needles to say you know them). So soon there will be a whole new section to my portfolio as I move into this rapidly growing market, I might even write up some of the things I learn on the journey to help others get started developing for mobile. Read the rest of this entry »

As part of my catching up with the work I’ve been creating in the last year I’ve collated nearly all off the blogs I’ve designed so far (Theirs still a few I have to update).

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I’ve just finished a re-skin of http://mccoy-digital.com this follows a recent shift about of what sites live on what domains.

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