Feb 25 2010
Auckland’s logo competition dilemna
Creative matters / News & issues - 13 days ago
Controversy surrounds the Auckland Council’s logo competition. At its heart lies the endless debate around speculative, or ‘spec’, work. Personally, my choice is not to participate in these, although unlike most designers, I’m prepared to admit that occasionally my hand is forced by not actually having a great idea.
Oct 17 2009
BeST Awards ‘09
Creative matters - 5 months ago
Alt Group had another successful night at the BeST Awards this year. Our Selecon identity took home the Stringer, and amongst others, the Hudson Gavin Martin website scored me my second silver.
Oct 2 2009
Hobsonville Point website
Creative matters - 5 months ago
My latest website went live yesterday at www.hobsonvillepoint.co.nz. The site’s for a large government-run development at a former airbase northwest of Auckland. The site allows the CMS operator to create advanced layouts across multiple columns, and has an interactive timeline demonstrating how the development will err, develop.
Sep 29 2009
FreeHand forever
Creative matters - 5 months ago
I’ve been working all hours on a project, part of which is a map of a development. We had to get the CAD artwork into Flash somehow but the exported file contained broken vector lines that I had to join together. Having Illustrator on my new laptop, I decided to try joining them with that, wondering if it would be as easy as it is in FreeHand.
Sep 19 2009
New laptop – Dell Studio 1555
Creative matters - 6 months ago
The company updated my computer and this time I opted for a laptop, choosing a Dell Studio 15. Because of my poor eyesight, I wanted one with a medium screen resolution (~1600) that also looked okay – the best PC users can hope for. It arrived a couple of days ago and here are my first impressions.
Aug 27 2009
Coromandel theme for WordPress
Creative matters - 7 months ago
I’ve just uploaded a modified version of my blog theme, named Coromandel, to the WordPress Themes website. Hopefully it will be accepted and available for download very soon. It’s been two years to the day since I decided to release it and a lot of work has gone into it before and since. Much of that went into squeezing more out of the system in an attempt to make the theme easier and more compelling to use. You can read more about it, and leave any comments, on its dedicated page.
Aug 15 2009
Semi-Permanent ‘09
Creative matters - 7 months ago
Another great festival, albeit slightly overshadowed by the mighty Webstock and last year’s event. Highlights for me were definitely the British contingent, most notably Allofus, Bibliothèque and Studio AKA.
Jun 26 2009
Submission on Auckland Governance
News & issues - 9 months ago
I prefer not to mention political matters on this blog, but it seems forgiveable to discuss local politics on occasion. Last night, I wrote my submission on Auckland Governance which I’ve included below. Recently, Auckland has been ranked the Economist’s 12th best city and Mercer’s 4th best city in the world. However, like everywhere else, it has its problems.
May 31 2009
Theme options for WordPress 2.7
Creative matters - 9 months ago
Amongst other features, WordPress 2.7 includes numerous improvements around the security and flexibility of user options for third-party themes and plug-ins. I’ve been trying to add an options page to my theme but I couldn’t find any clear, up-to-date advice on how to go about it for this particular version. Here’s how I did it.
Apr 23 2009
St Georges Day ‘09
Creative matters - 11 months ago
Due to popular demand, I laid on a repeat of last year’s meal for everyone at work today. This time, instead of famous quotes, I prepared what I call a ‘trivia minefield’ where I start and end on St George, stringing together some famous English people and associated titbits along the way. Be warned, though, I used Wikipedia.
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Pixel ace is the website of Tim Archer, a British-born interactive designer living in Auckland, New Zealand.
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