As a web designer, copywriter and marketer I find my iPad an invaluable piece of kit. The iPad is one of the most popular tablets in the world. Apple sold 170 million by October 2013. In the period from June to September 2013 alone, Apple sold 14.1 million iPads and 33.8 million iPhones. iPads are not perfect and they are still a long way from replacing the laptop but they are very useful, particularly when out and about. In September 2013, Apple stated they had ONE million apps in their App … [Read more...]
Top 5 Free Colour Tools for Web Designers
Every web designer has to deal with colour. You spend hours working up colour schemes for your website design and then having to make sure you have all the correct values to enter into the code. To make the tricky subject of colour a little easier for you, here are my top five colour tools for web designers. I use these free web apps when creating a mock-up and developing a website. Colour tools help enormously. From colour scheme designers to colour converters, using colour tools as part of … [Read more...]
Should I hire a web designer from the UK?
It makes sense particularly if you're in the USA, Canada or Australia. This is a question all those seeking a new and improved website should be asking themselves if they are a company in the USA, Canada or Australia – should I hire a web designer from the UK? It happens more often than you may think. But what about the time difference? Communication? Language and cultural idiosyncrasies? These are important questions but each has an answer that benefits both the client and the web designer. … [Read more...]