A geek's blog about nerdy stuff, with an array of musings on SEO & web design, Barnsley based but internationally read. Honest.
Mark
Mark is a director at The Design Loft; a marketing studio delivering design, web solutions, SEO, PPC, print, photography and digital marketing directly to SMEs and as white label products to marketing agencies and design houses, all from a base near Sheffield, England. He has consulted and worked on projects for the NHS, UK Ministry of Defence, Barclays PLC, JCB and many more as an experienced web designer, online marketer, IT trainer and casual geek. On top of that he has an affinity for his iPhone and his Mac and loves designing and building pretty websites. He is also a huge advocate of the .NET CMS mojoPortal and is one of the UK's leading mojoPortal skin / mojoPortal theme designers. He has a dog called Pete and is the frontman and bassist for Green Ball Flyers. He also dislikes coconut. Alot.
Posts by Mark
A Pragmatic Approach to Developing Web Technologies & Practices
Nov 2nd
This is something I’ve been mulling over for a while now, actually probably for years, as I’ve seen various trends dip in and out of the web arena.
Of course, some have become mainstays and are now part of our web surfing expectations: I’m thinking here of Asynchronous Javascript And XML that you and i know as “AJAX”; I remember playing with Google Suggest over 6 years ago and thinking what that the speed of the callbacks to a data set was something that would really enhance the web.
And you know it has, how we search using Google now has significantly More >
Swoon Design Wedding Stationery e-commerce Website Launched
Oct 25th
We’ve been working with Sarah at Swoon for a while now to design & develop her fantastic new e-commerce website. Sarah is a graphic designer and runs this brilliant little side-line business that specialises in package / bespoke wedding stationery.
We’ve slightly tweaked up the e-commerce functionality to allow downloads of table plans that are then required as uploads to purchase the products. The site’s product pages also feature some stunning product photography by our very own Marc Wilmot.
Congrats to Sarah!
Setting up iCloud to Send & Receive POP emails on iPhone, iPad & Mac
Oct 4th
If you’re wondering how to set up iCloud to Send & Receive pop emails on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, it will be worth you reading my previous post on allowing MobileMe to send and receive pop emails – I’m supposing it should be the same process but of course, until we’ve tried it out we shall reserve judgement!
I’ll take a full in depth look at how to set up iCloud to send & receive POP emails on iPhone, iPad & Mac once iCloud is officially with us and share my findings.
In the meantime, if you have any feedback, shoot it More >
Play Mario:Be Productive
Sep 19th
We at DM2 Creative have just moved offices. You may have seen the Tweets if you’re a follower.
One of the first things I did when we moved office was buy a trusty old Super Nintendo; why? Well for the simple reasons: I kick ass at Mario 3 and I want to chill out.
Another thing I’ve gotten back into this year is golf. Yes, I’m terrible and yes I get angry and yes it takes hours and hours to do. But, for the most part it chills me out.
One final thing I’ll mention before getting to the point is that I’ve More >
The Inform Group, Barnsley Web Design Launch
Sep 9th
It’s Friday and it’s 80s Power Anthem afternoon here in the office, but in the mix of John Parr, Queen and (ahem) ABBA we’ve just put live the brand new site for The Inform Group.
The site is really packed full of useful info from Darren, the creator of The Inform Group, and his style of presenting, delivery and thinking is really interesting and thought provoking. I really urge you to check out one of his talks if you get a chance.
Byeeee.
New Barnsley Web Design Launch: Jubb & Co Estate Agents
Sep 8th
Ahhh another one of these posts…
Drum roll…. it’s with the usual elation that we announce the launch of the new Jubb & Co Estate Agents website.
The site is a custom WordPress installation with a fantastic property management set up, allowing Jubb the flexibility to maintain a full portfolio of rental properties quickly and effectively.
The site was turned around extremely quickly, within 3 weeks from commission and, whilst maintaining a simple design, will prove very effective for Jubb & Co.
Thanks as ever to everyone at Jubb & Co.
