As a owner/director of a small business, I was interested in the effectiveness of a blog as a business tool. As a graphic designer working in web media (and print), I was also curious about the business benefits of a blog site. I decided to investigate the value by starting a blog myself – which […]
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Stumbling about the internet recently, I came across Kuler: Adobe’s online colour selector tool. It’s a great site for playing with different colour schemes, with an eye towards that next design project. Kuler allows users to define and export colour palettes from a web browser. The exported swatch libraries can then be imported into a
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I was recently faced with an interesting production issue involving converting a large scale print file (for a poster series that were 700mm x 1000mm). My client asked me to convert the (40 page InDesign) print file to a PDF for posting on the web. My initial attempts at using Adobe InDesign’s ‘Adobe PDF Presets’
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I recently asked a good friend of mine, a Scottish man, for a recommendation on a quality Scottish whiskey. Another friend had done me a favour and I wanted to say thanks in that ever so manly of ways – through heavily intoxicating liquors. So I turned to my good Scottish friend and asked: Can
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There have now been two excellent sessions of Oxford Geek Nights at the Jericho Tavern. The basic premise of the evening is a couple of main presentations (15 minutes each), followed by a series of mini-presentations on just about anything under the great sun of web development. As a graphic designer, working in both print
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Easter morning! At last, I broke my no-alcohol fast with a lovely bottle of Leffe Blond abbey ale. Sitting in the warmth of the Easter midday sun, I smoked my pipe, drank my Leffe and enjoyed the garden fun with my daughter and wife. I do so enjoy Leffe! What a lovely Belgian beer it
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It’s been 38 days and 38 nights since Lent has started. Before Lent began (or was it shortly after it started?) I made a decision to not drink alcohol or eat chocolate as my Lenten resolution, in an effort of self-improvement. In the interest of honesty, I was not perfect in my attempts, but in
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On a recent night out in Oxford, I stopped into one of my favourite pubs there, The White Horse (on Broad Street) for the obligatory few pints of Addlestone’s cider. I was with a few friends from America and wanted to introduce them to proper beer. The Witchwood brewery poster on the wall next to
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Liam Dempsey is a marketing and design consultant. Through his business, LBDesign, he works with businesses and non-profits in the US, UK, and beyond. He loves pizza, craft beers, and time with family and good friends.