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Unfinished Business 72: Big Bad Boy Breakfast Bap
This week’s episode of Unfinished Business was great fun to record. After my recent move to working on Indie Phone, alongside my boyfriend Aral Balkan, I was curious to know how Andy and Sue have worked so well together since the beginning of Stuff and Nonsense.
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And I accidentally became a control freak…
Following on from my post yesterday about working with Indie Phone for 50% of my time, my thought on the Pastry Box today is about how I accidentally became a control freak.
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Becoming part of Indie Phone
There’s some big changes around here. As of Monday, I am now working with Indie Phone for 50% of my working time.
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How to get started with public speaking
Last week, the wonderful Ashley Baxter asked me about how I got into public speaking. Ashley asked a few cool people, and published their public speaking stories on the Insurance By Jack blog.
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Why accessibility matters to me #GAAD
The reason I fell in love with the web was the democratisation of information. I love that so many people can access, learn, and share such a huge variety of resources.
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A look inside a designer’s sketchbook
A couple of months ago, Ian from logogeek.co.uk, asked if I’d share some of my sketchbook pages on his site. Ian wanted to emphasise the rough, imperfect nature of the way we plan logo designs, and show real work done by real people.
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April’s Pastry Box thought on writing
I was slow to post aboutmy April Pastry Box post as my realign got in the way. It was really a little insecure thought about how my writing and thinking is improving, but I’m finding it hard.
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A little realign
Things are looking a bit different around here. It’s not a redesign so much as a realign. I’ve been tinkering for a few months, and finally got to the point where I’m happy to push it live (even though there’s more I could do.
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Unfinished Business #64
On Friday I was a guest on the Unfinished Business podcast again. It was a special episode as Rachel Andrew was also a guest (yeah, I designed her site!
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Me and My Big Fat Ego on A List Apart
Today my column on Me and My Big Fat Ego was published on A List Apart. It’s not that I’d say I have a huge ego, but it’s definitely something that’s easily bruised when I feel like things aren’t going my way.
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