Project Background
Welcome to my portfolio, blog, and online playground. Building this site initially sounded like a dream project: no deadline, a fantastic developer-client relationship, and complete creative freedom. What I missed was how critical I’d be of my work.
When you’re designing for someone else, you listen to what they want and then you put together something you think they’ll like as quickly and efficiently as possible. When you’re designing for yourself, suddenly nothing looks right. Every tiny detail must be agonised over and thoroughly researched because the end result has to be a perfect online representation of your personality and business. This led to weeks of painstaking research and all-night caffeine-fueled design sessions.
What you see is the result. I hope you like it.
Site Description
This is first and foremost a portfolio site, but I’ve also added a blog so I can have a place to post occasional thoughts, rants and links. Blogs are also pretty good at optimising search engine hits, which is a secondary motivation.
The site design attempts to infuse a little of my own personality and interests into the site, whilst keeping it clean and easy to navigate. I have also tried to chuck in the occasional easter egg here and there, so keep an eye open for non-obvious links.
Thanks for visiting!
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