The blog (and general ramblings) of a freelance web designer

I’m delighted to be working with Birdsong London today. Birdsong finds the best female makers and brings them to you, no sweatshops, no photoshop.

I’ve just got my new MacBook Pro, along with my new HD Vertical screen and it’s improved my workflow no end. The ability to have masses of code all in one huge list is making life infinitely easier. I’d highly recommend a vertical screen for anyone who is serious about coding.

I see it all too often. Design for the sake of pretty design. Now, don’t get me wrong, a site should look great – there is no question about that. But what it shouldn’t ever do is put design above your core goal.

Well, it isn’t! I speak to so many young people looking to forge a career as a freelance web designer or developer and they underestimate just how much time and effort goes into making a solid business.

I’ve been working with WordPress for as long as I can remember (well, not technically, but you get what I mean). There are loads of things I’ve picked up along the way, that seem like second nature to me – but I’ve realised that some of my fellow developers don’t know all of these little […]

Everyone wants a fast website. Users appreciate a quick load time, and search engines love it even more. So if you want a decent ranking, then you’d better have a fast site. There are lots of things to consider when improving your site speed, here are a list of some of things to help you […]

Responsive Web Design has been a hot topic for a while now – but with Google announcing their mobile-friendly algorithm update for mid-April, it’s become more important than ever to ensure your site is ready for mobiles and tablets.

I’ve had a lot of people contact me recently with ideas around the same area, curation. Curation of content is getting bigger and bigger, with huge online places like the fantastic Canopy.co showing how it’s done right.

I’ve been asked this question so many times in the last couple of months that I thought I would write a short blog post on it. That question was: “What is it like being a freelance web designer?” I am not sure what the right or wrong answer is to this, but I’ll give it […]

Tomorrow I’ll be working with Home-Start Wandsworth as a part of Freelance Friday. This is my last pro-bono day of 2014 and it’s very exciting to be working with such a fantastic, local charity.

I’ve been working with tons of fantastic charities over the course of 2014 and I have enjoyed every moment of it. Helping with anything from Social Media and SEO to full-on web design and development, working with charities on a pro-bono basis has been a really fantastic experience.

I get so many clients asking me about SEO. “How can I be number 1 in Google for my keywords?” – well, the truth is, there really shouldn’t be a ‘method’ to this. Google are trying to make everything as natural as possible, and whilst other companies and I can help you to improve your […]