Blog Posts
My ramblings & thoughts.
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CSS Frameworks are like sex...
Religion is like a penis [Original Source] Since I read it a couple of years ago, this quote has really stuck with...
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Small code snippets for Alligator.io
I have recently been writing some small code snippets and examples for alligator.io. It's a great little website which takes front-end code and...
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Making Craft CMS work with Prism JS using <pre> and <code> blocks
You may (or may not) have noticed that my site had a massive overhaul. With that overhaul, I changed CMS from Anchor to Craft. Anchor was...
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Newsletters for Front-end developers
There is so much information on the web these days about development, that I often miss out on things on twitter. For that reason, I find HTML...
Guest Posts
Below are posts I have written for other blogs & companies
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How we use Trello to keep track of our marketing schedule
For Liquid Light
Trello is a great tool which lets you easily manage projects. Ranging from websites to weddings, Trello helps you create tag and move cards. At Liquid Light, we use Trello to keep track of our marketing output - this blog explains how.
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Using lego to build a device lab
For Liquid Light
At Liquid Light we've got a range of devices which we use to test our websites on - accessing and viewing these devices was becoming cumbersome. A colleague and I took it into our own hands to build a Lego-based device lab.
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12 Favorite Atom Tips and Shortcuts to Improve Your Workflow
For Sitepoint
A blog post with my top 12 Atom tips for developers. I often see experienced developers taking the "long way round" when it comes to working in Atom - this post aims to solve that.
Side Projects
I like to keep my hands busy in my spare time
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Does This Have That?
A website which allows you to find out if a device has a service. E.g. Does Xbox One have Netflix? This came about as I was trying to find out if an Amazon Fire TV stick had certain services. After finding a blog which informed me it did, I went ahead and bought one - only to find out it doesn't. It was a real struggle to work out what services devices do have.
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Rat:o
A simple web app that allows you to do work out ratios of things. This tool is used daily by me and the team at work and can be used not just for dimensions of images and videos but for font sizes and percentages.
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Hovélo
Hovélo is a casual cycling group I started in 2014 as a way of meeting other cyclists in Hove, East Sussex. The group meets every Sunday morning by Hove Station for a ride through the country-side. Since it's inception, the group has gained over 100 facebook members and Sunday rides regularly feature a good group of people.
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