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Reboot / remodel

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

My site’s grown organically in all sorts of directions over the last couple of years from its initial portfolio / sandbox function to a blog, then to a blog covering all my different areas of interests.

I think this has made for a rather ungainly and difficult-to-pin-down site, so I’ve decided it’s time for a reboot. Not in terms of visual design as I’m quite happy with that, but rather the UI and IA.

I’m currently working on the new site in a test area and hope to make it available soon. I’ve had fun mocking up the new layout with Balsamiq, which is an amazing wireframing tool for those of you who haven’t heard of it.

My new site will:

  • Provide an easily accessible portfolio area, covering my work in UI and Web design and development
  • Rope off the blog into its own area, with clear routes in from the home page
  • Clearly separate out the content to do with my personal interests

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Another day, another social web application

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

OK, this probably shows I’ve not exactly got my finger pressed firmly to the social web’s pulse but I think I’ve finally “got” Tumblr (pay attention at the back!). I set up an tumblelog a little while backbut didn’t do anything with it. I’m going to try to use it to aggregate some stuff: incoming Delicious links, blog posts and other things I think it might be useful to share or keep a list of.

My tumblelog is at: littled.tumbr.com

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2/52

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

2/52: 9/1/09 [Ghost], originally uploaded by reynard.

The second of my photos in the 2009:52 series. The evening before this was taken, it was very foggy and there were some great opportunities for photos. Typically I didn’t have my camera with me.

Not to be caught out again, I took my camera with me to work the following day and tried to take a photo of the rather austere and gothic church opposite Birkbeck, just off Gordon Square (whose name escapes me at the moment). I got my shutter speed totally wrong — it just stayed open. I gave up on the photo and turned off my camera, not realising a picture actually had been taken.

I like this — it looks like a ghost, spooky. Whether pressing a button and waving your camera around really counts as taking a photo I’m not quite sure!

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