The Blog
A place for me witterings
I'm a keen writer and love to talk about the web and the things that interest me. Even better when people engage with me on the topics.
2018, the year that was
13th December 2018
The Good Old Days
28th November 2018
.Net and a design problem – Part 1
14th September 2018
The state of frontend development and where will it end
16th August 2018
40 year old developer
25th May 2018
A face lift
27th April 2018
Website Optimisation Tip : Typekit
30th May 2017
Me, Myself and Magento
18th July 2016
Talking helps
1st July 2016
Ownership
19th May 2016
Changing the logo on Magento invoices
10th February 2016
2015 Year Review
31st December 2015
MageTitans 2015
9th November 2015
One giant leap for this developer
19th September 2015
Be more Frank
25th August 2015
It’s fun to learn
18th August 2015
18 days and counting
14th August 2015
Here’s to the clever people
21st July 2015
Let’s talk about workflow
14th July 2015
Pay dem bills and relax
8th July 2015
Better CSS with Sass
7th July 2015
UX’ers don’t kill websites, people do
10th June 2015
WordPress Security
4th June 2015
Getting fit with tech
30th May 2015
Weekly Roundup: May 25 – 29
29th May 2015
Removing spam from Google analytics and your website
23rd May 2015
Weekly roundup
22nd May 2015
My website deconstructed
21st May 2015
We’re all webcelebs
20th May 2015
Ignorance in the web
19th May 2015
The Net Awards
17th May 2015
Is your site mobile friendly?
5th May 2015
Fast and furious websites
24th April 2015
Prototyping – It’s pretty important
4th April 2015
So you want to design a responsive site
24th March 2015
Silent designer
23rd March 2015
Listening whilst I work
9th March 2015
Automation rekindled my love affair
14th February 2015
Photoshop and the world wide web
12th November 2014
I’m Dan and I’m not an expert
22nd October 2014
Make it memorable
15th October 2014
Pastures new
11th September 2014
Automation is killing my love affair
2nd September 2014
Conference equality
26th August 2014
My one bit of advice
30th July 2014
Play nice
20th July 2014
Not everyone is creative
7th July 2014
Self promotion
3rd July 2014
Trying to live longer
1st July 2014
Back in the game
20th June 2014
Work / Life Balance
10th June 2014
Ten years ago, I started a journey.
7th June 2014
Moaning old goat
29th May 2014
For the sake of everyone else, say why
24th May 2014
A day in the life: Shane Prendergast
21st May 2014
jQuery UK
17th May 2014
Treasure your colleagues
19th April 2014
Working smarter
29th March 2014
Responsive web design 50/50
23rd March 2014
Impostor syndrome
25th February 2014
Cheap as chips
17th February 2014
PSDs killed the web design star
14th February 2014
Workflow
13th February 2014
Wireframing and Axure
11th February 2014
I’m not being ruled by tools anymore
8th February 2014
Recognition
4th February 2014
Three weeks in – Site Maps
28th January 2014
The Social Web
27th January 2014
Milton Keynes Geek Night All Dayer Conference
26th January 2014
The difficult second week
17th January 2014
Don’t take things for granted
11th January 2014
First week in UX
10th January 2014
Waffling Welshman
5th January 2014
New Year, New Man
4th January 2014
That was the year that was
20th December 2013
Earn it
12th December 2013
Dan the UX man
3rd December 2013
Be inspired
24th November 2013
Are content management systems a waste of time?
20th November 2013
Learning the hard / easy / whatever way
15th November 2013
Sass
6th November 2013
Inbox Zero
5th November 2013
A bit late to the tablet party I guess
4th November 2013
Senior Front-Ender Wanted
31st October 2013
Communication is key
24th October 2013
Should I blog?
22nd October 2013
Work is hiring
21st October 2013
Not knowing something isn’t a sign of weakness
18th October 2013
85% of work we do is rubbish
12th October 2013
Stress
27th September 2013
All grown up
19th September 2013
Social media
10th July 2013
Stop, look and do something about it
8th July 2013
The Freelance Web
6th June 2013
unfinished.bz
12th May 2013
I Ask You Answer
7th May 2013
Responsive Design Weekly email
3rd May 2013
It’s a matter of workflow
26th April 2013
Page Speeds – Work In Progress
25th April 2013
Planning for the future
20th April 2013
Google Maps – Pin positioning tip
16th April 2013
A friend’s rebrand
16th April 2013
Adding an active class to a menu
6th April 2013
Email build tips you may not know
5th April 2013
You have a choice.
5th April 2013
We need to freshen it up
22nd March 2013
Jumping on the bandwagon
19th March 2013
Goodbye 320 and Up, Hello Rock Hammer
18th March 2013
Is feedback a thing of the past?
18th March 2013
I made a website
9th March 2013
Speaking achievement unlocked
4th March 2013
Beefcheeks* in Brighton
2nd March 2013
Browser led design or designing in the browser?
26th January 2013
New Adventures Conference 2013
25th January 2013
Twitter archive and looking back in time
19th January 2013
The week that was
18th January 2013
Facing my fears
14th January 2013
Unfinished Business
14th January 2013
ITV rebrand
14th January 2013
So this is 2013
1st January 2013
Mr Unsociable
6th December 2012
I know jQuery I do
12th November 2012
End of an era, the beginning of a new one
1st November 2012
Writing CSS the right way
28th October 2012
The thirty min routine that makes a massive difference
16th October 2012
Change of lifestyle urgently needed
11th October 2012
Change of scenary
30th September 2012
Bitten by the design bug again
29th September 2012
Myspace back with a bang
25th September 2012
It’s good to talk…isn’t it?
22nd September 2012
A week in web 17-21 Sep
22nd September 2012
I love my job
18th September 2012
Connecting Liverpool creatives
16th September 2012
A builder’s house is never finished
16th September 2012
Is it better to be honest and realistic?
8th September 2012
Lord of the mods rebrands
4th September 2012
New Adventures
1st September 2012
Dan is available
26th June 2012
A new hobby
22nd June 2012
Lorem ipsum
2nd May 2012
16th April 2012
Don’t be a div, use your devs
3rd April 2012
Health kick
24th March 2012
Oi Dan! How’s that plan going?
24th March 2012
Care in the community
25th January 2012
New Adventures 2012
20th January 2012
A plan of sorts
3rd January 2012
Year review
24th December 2011
A matter of courtesy
12th December 2011
Hide and show WordPress post categories
3rd December 2011
I ask, you answer
2nd December 2011
Freelance – Love / Hate
28th November 2011
Responsive BBC
21st November 2011
What? No portfolio?
19th November 2011
WordPress post excerpt on a static homepage?
18th November 2011
I ask, You answer
18th November 2011
New site, New year, New me
18th November 2011