Better late than never, right?

In retrospect, my 2012 was pretty huge, both professionally and personally.

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… absolutely nothin’! (Say it again, y’all)

A short while back, I pitched for a project that I ultimately lost. After putting together a comprehensive proposal and fielding numerous questions (which I have no problem with), I was given the unfortunate news that I didn’t win the business. This much is normal and as with anything in life you win some and lose some. No problem there. Read the rest of this entry »

Creating the content for your website can be a difficult task.

You have to gather information, consult experts, write thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of words, source images and get people to contribute. It’s hardly surprising that so many organisations delay their own content creation until it becomes a critical issue – and the website is ready to launch! But creating your content can be easy.
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In early November, Quality English were kind enough to Eurostar me down to Paris to present to their member schools on digital marketing.

The presentation, entitled ‘The demise of the desktop: Digital marketing and the mobile web‘ is now hosted on Slideshare, as well as embedded below. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s finally happened. After almost a year of waiting, a team of web designers, web developers, an agency and many talented others have been working with a well-known newspaper to launch the much-anticipated and new Boston Globe website.

Why is this big news? Because the new Boston Globe isn’t an ordinary newspaper website. For the first time, Responsive Web Design has finally got a poster child to call its own.

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Should websites be built around the content, or should content be created to fit the design?

Here’s an argument for creating content first – or at least thinking about content first.
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I’m currently attending the Brighton SEO conference at the Corn Exchange. Huge turnout, and clearly this industry continues to thrive.

But, I’ll admit it. Over the years my view on SEO has become increasingly negative and pessimistic. This conference helped solidify that view.

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As I type this, I’m currently on a break from attending the Brighton Digital Marketing Festival here in sunny Brighton. On Monday I was fortunate enough to attend the surprisingly fantastic Update Conference, and the Friday before that I attended the annual (and highly acclaimed) dConstruct2011.

As if that wasn’t enough, tomorrow I’m attending (or at least partially) the BrightonSEO conference, and next week I’m attending Carsonified’s Future of Mobile conference up in London. Busy, busy, busy, as in between that I actually have client work – imagine that! So why am I bothering if, as a freelancer, I have to pay to attend and lose a potential day’s work?
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Things have been pretty busy lately, hence the lack of posts. However, one piece of news worth sharing: CarbonGraffiti was selected to design and build the website for the inaugural Brighton Digital Festival, taking place across the month of September 2011.
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It’s been a crazy start to 2011. In fact, the last few months have been an absolute whirlwind. Here are some noteworthy the projects we’ve been working on, with services ranging from consulting to custom email design & build using MailChimp to full websites built on either WordPress or Buddypress.

Have a project you want to discuss? By all means – get in touch!
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