Entries from November 2004

The winners of the recent Westciv Style Master Templates competition have been announced. Participants had to conjure up a series of standards compliant web interface templates while utilizing their skill and knowledge of CSS to add a little flavour to each mockup.It has to be remembered that these templates are not intended for display solely on monitors, and that ... Read full entry

Caryn Gillespie is a web designer (and former colleague) who turned her talent to fashion design. She has recently unveiled a collection of singlet and hipster combos for women.It is highly encouraging (should I say even refreshing ) to see people breaking free of their (and just as often, other peoples’) perceptions that doing your own thing is just not possible.This is also an interesting coincidence. Jen ... Read full entry

It seems logical that a web designer should design, and build, their own working space. As always though it depends who you speak to. If it can be pulled out of a flat pack box and assembled in five to ten easy steps, well then I’m in.Personally I’m right into this flat pack thing. My office is very simple. Desk and chair (ha-ha-ha) and a PC. If your home is ... Read full entry

We all know money can’t buy happiness, but it sure as hell helps. And apparently, according to a recent study, a salary of a mere $150,000 is enough to make most people just that; happy.A new survey of national wellbeing has found the people happiest about their lives are those earning more ... Read full entry

When I look at disassociated with web designer’s eyes, I think how bland and boring it has become in recent years. Yet it didn’t always used to be the two column pseudo newspaper look you see now.I used to stay up half the night turning PhotoShop mock ups into website interfaces. Most the time I had no idea where the ideas came from. There would be a spark of inspiration, ... Read full entry

At the risk of making a few generalisations it seems to me there are some big differences between the workplace cultures of Australia and the USA. I make this conclusion as a result of having worked in many Australian companies, and of hearing about American companies through friends and colleagues.I am told that workplace morale is usually higher in the US. People tend ... Read full entry

My DVD collection consists of just one title. If there were more hours in the day I may consider expanding this personal library. Given I don’t seem to have time to sit down and watch the evening news bulletin on TV (the fact I don’t have a TV somewhat contributes to this however), I really doubt there would be much use in compiling any sort of substantial ... Read full entry