The home of Creative Director James Young

Notes, thoughts & talk

mates-rates

Why I don’t do “mates rates” projects

It’s almost a certainty that at some point in your career, you’ll be asked by a friend to work on a project and feel you should only take a nominal “mates rates” fee. Try not to

calendar

Start your free trial – with a credit card

Why offer a free trial with a credit card and hope I forget I signed up? It just doesn’t feel nice.

small-pics

Small images, big layouts

There are a few good solutions in responsive design when it comes to scaling down big images but I’m finding small original images are becoming problematic.

money

Salary ≠ Job Title

Does your job title even matter any more?

nearly-there

The cost of hardware to test – a follow up

A follow up to my mobile testing bundle up idea.

nerds

I’m a designer, not a geek

Having dedication and passion, along with a genuine interest in what you do doesn’t make you a geek, it makes you lucky.

future

The unknown future

Responsive web design gives you more power to plan for the unknown.

brain-food

Brainfood

I must read at least 100 articles during an average day, so I figured I should share some of my feeds.

Entitlement

Entitlement

What right should we feel we have to interact and engage with content other people publish?

touch-things

Touch & prod websites

Designers should fully immerse themselves in the testing process by using hardware not software.