Alex is taking some time off work to travel and currently not taking on any new work until Spring 2012. 

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How to get around the Wikipedia blackout – 2 methods!

Don’t get me wrong – I support Wikipedia’s cause and am completely against SOPA/PIPA. However, I also know how much grief not having Wikipedia is causing people! Here’s two little tricks to get around the blackout page for those of you who really need to! 1) As a Wikipedia page is loading, simply hit your ‘Escape’ key (‘esc’), and the page you are trying to view will load instead of the blackout page. The reason this works is because the Escape key effectively disconnects your browser from the Wikipedia server... Read The Rest →

The SSD Bug

I’ve been the proud owner of the latest Apple Macbook Air for about 6 weeks now and I couldn’t be happier – it may be beginning to sound like I work for Apple with the amount of plugs I’ve been giving – I don’t, I promise! The most amazing bit for me is how it leaves my 27 inch iMac behind. Even this is only 4 months old, yet my Macbook Air beats it in terms of speed at nearly all the tasks I use it for. Why? The SSD.... Read The Rest →

Working Freelance – Part 1

As I said last week, I’m asked every now and again what I do to try and make working as a freelancer as straightforward as possible. Here are a few insights. 1) I’m all Mac based now. Not a practical solution for everyone I know, but this definitely tops my list for streamlining workflow and making life much easier! I’ve built my own Windows PC’s since I was 13 years old, yet I still couldn’t find a setup that was cost effective and most importantly stress free. Sure, Mac’s aren’t... Read The Rest →

Working Freelance

I’ve been asked a few times about some of the things I do or use to make life easier working as a freelancer. Working freelance usually means you carry out all aspects of managing yourself… yourself! This can often be time consuming and a bit of a chore! Sometimes it feels like I spend most of my day just responding to emails, backing up files and managing my accounts and never get a chance to do any designing or building. I use a few great software tools to help me... Read The Rest →

A new website!

Those of you who are regular visitors might have realised I’ve moved to this new website! Hopefully it will be clearer and more informative than before with a bit more emphasis on my portfolio. I’m going to try and keep this new blog up to date too, not only about my work but also anything to do with the internet, web design and SEO that’s interesting (at least to me anyway). I’ve had a lot of lessons taught to me the hard way in the few years I’ve been doing... Read The Rest →