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Developing Mobile Apps the PhoneGap way

Mike — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:24:38 +0000

These days there’s no doubt that the web industry is moving towards the mobile market. The advances in mobile browsers, along with design trends like responsive design are pushing designers into placing as much time and effort into mobile and tablet layouts as much as desktop versions. Another step further on this is the development of mobile apps. Up until now (for me at least), this hasn’t been the domain of web professionals due to developers needing to know a more advanced language like C# or Java, but there is now a solution that can help bridge that gap. Introducing …

Logo design – Popcorn

Mike — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:38:48 +0000

A few months ago, I had an idea for a personal project to help me better understand the MVC workings of the CakePHP framework. The idea so far hasn’t got further then the templating phase, but I’m quite keen to get this back on sometime soon.

One thing I did get finished was the logo. The project is (obviously) related to movies, so I wanted to come up with something along those lines. One typeface that always stands out for me is that of the art deco phase of the 1920′s, so I was happy to find a font that …

Vintage Box

Mike — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:29:43 +0000

Vintage Box is a new online retailer selling high end, custom made vintage jewellery. The client wanted an online solution that was quick to set up and easy to maintain stock levels. As such, the site was built using Magento.

The theme was kept minimal so that the products on sale would stand out, while still offering the customer plenty of search and filtering options

The site is in its final stages before launch.

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Neesh Events

Mike — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:19:13 +0000

Neesh events are an event management company who also deal with weddings and creative design. They needed a website where they can continually add new images of their work. There was a challenge of there being no database use as well. As such, a custom CMS solution was created that essentially allows new images to be added simply by uploading to a certain directory.

The site has recently been upgraded to a WordPress solution. A database has been found.

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I got bored, so…

Mike — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:15:08 +0000

…I decided to redo my website again!

I’ve kind of realized I suck at blogging, so I’ve decided to try and take the focus off that element and return to where my site was originally, in showcasing the work that I do instead.

Now, obviously I realize that I have no work on here at the moment, but I’m hoping to get some work on here pretty soon, so erm, check back later and stuff!!…