Blog
17 December 2021
An quick guide to StyleGAN and how to train it to generate your own images.
Machine learning
Guide
20 January 2021
Static sites have been around since the dawn of the web, but thanks to the rise of static site generators like Jekyll and Hugo they're undergoing a bit of a renaissance.
Web development
Reviews
12 January 2021
How to control your attention and reduce distraction, from the author of ‘Hooked’, a manual for designing addictive products.
Book review
Productivity
14 December 2020
Finding public domain images at a good enough resolution to print can be challenging, but here’s a list of the best places to source high-quality art and illustration.
Open culture
Public domain
27 October 2020
Seven styles of leadership, ranging from authoritarian to permissive, and the benefits and drawbacks of each.
Leadership basics
27 October 2020
Thirteen qualities of good leaders, focusing on yourself, others and the organisation.
Leadership basics
Characteristics
24 June 2019
Run your own Gopher server in a few easy steps (and some harder ones).
Gopher
Internet history
24 June 2019
In the beginning, before the Web, there was Gopher.
Gopher
Internet history
24 September 2018
Mumsnet’s Am I being unreasonable? forum is famous for the hilarious, disturbing and hilariously disturbing topics discussed. I wondered, what would happen if I used it to train a neural network?
Machine learning
Project
17 June 2018
Focusing on the best writing apps, this is the first in a series exploring the best tools to get stuff done using iOS.
Best of
Productivity
25 April 2018
Product management is an evolving field. These are books I've found useful as a product manager and I hope you will too.
Product management
Reading list
20 April 2018
Developers have used version control systems like Git for years. Lots of people can collaborate on a project, everyone has access to the latest version and mistakes can be rolled back. So why can't we use them for design?
Design
Sketch
Version Control
17 October 2016
How to get Jekyll to take care of the boring business of resizing and cropping images.
Web development
Jekyll
10 October 2016
Developing a site structure is one of the most difficult and important parts of creating information architecture. And the larger the site, the harder it gets.
Usability testing
UX tools
Information architecture
7 October 2016
As the web evolves and gains complexity, so our approach to designing websites needs to become more sophisticated.
How to
Design
26 September 2016
It’s easy as creatives or developers - or anyone really - to start with the ‘whats’. What can we do? What should we do? What is it we’re going to do?
Design process
How to
19 September 2016
A blank screen is a daunting prospect. There’s a strong temptation to get right in there with your wireframing software and start drawing boxes. But don’t give in. It’s a trap.
Design
User experience