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The work and design thoughts of Creative Director James Young

Mobile first is history repeating

A recap on my recent observations of the wide range of design techniques available to us.

You’re not at the cutting edge and that’s fine

Feeling like you’re falling behind with the pace of technological change? Don’t worry too much, the cutting edge of any industry moves faster than you can and web is no different.

Marathon

I’m running a marathon at the weekend. I hope you can join me.

To have an opinion you must..

You don’t need to be qualified to provide negative feedback on something, you just need to be constructive.

Rebranding privacy

Privacy as we once knew it is long dead and I’m sorry to say I’m resigned to knowing that unless something dramatic happens everything I’ve said or done online in the last few years (at least) has been logged, collated and one day will be used by some company to try and sell me something I don’t want. Perhaps it’s time to accept that’s the real cost of “freedom” on the web.

Bye bye angry web

I’ve recently found something that totally changes how I look at discussions and contributions towards to design, it’s taken 8 years for someone to post an article that’s resonated with me from the second I read it.

Time

If you’re trying too hard to “fail fast” you may find you’re focusing your efforts in the wrong place

Teamwork

How we foster good teamwork by letting people get on with their jobs.

Post holiday blues – Ideas of March

I love where I work, I really do. However, I really do hate the first week back when I’ve been on a great holiday.

A few responsive development resources

A few of the useful tools and tips I’ve been using or have found recently to help when working with responsive designs.