Why is it that I always fall ill the day before I have something to do! Like tomorrow (well technically today by about an hour ), I have a cricket match, the first of the season! I mean come on I’m all prepared, I even went to bed at 10:00pm, how much more committed can a 17 year old be.
If I have a bad game tomorrow, don’t you worry I’ll most certainly be blogging about it.
On the plus side though; at least I’m going to a party tomorrow night, so I’ll just drink away the problems, WOOH!
It’s now time for a Fifa 12 session after all that work. I know it’s pretty sad, but hey I’m only 17 and it’s what we young fellas do, after all I’m not a complete nerd!
Although I could play COD (Call of Duty, for all you uneducated people) and then I would be ….
Jeeb, I don’t think I ever had so much to do in one day!
If I’m still here by the end of today then I am one lucky lad! So just on that token I believe that a break is due, so that at least I increase my chances of survival.
I was watching friends with benefits the other day, when I saw the GQ site in the background. It doesn’t seem to be the actuall GQ site, but it is a really clean design, here is the image:
The header probably isn’t the best looking; however the rest of the site is just so sweet, I love it!
I’ve been reading this book on design by Mike Monteiro and I came across an interesting point. As a designer myself I know that sometimes when I’m designing a site for someone I just want to explain to them what design is, when actually I should just be trying to sell them the design.
‘Stop trying to get your clients to “understand design” and instead show them that you understand what they hired you to do.’
Now don’t get me wrong I do know what I’m doing when it comes to design, but I do also know that it is frustrating when people don’t understand that their ideas are really bad! However this is showing me that there are better ways of getting people to see that.
However I do have one thing against this book, the title. ‘Design is a job’, I’m sorry but I’m a big believer in the saying ‘design is a behaviour, not a department’, the book doesn’t make design sound like a normal job though, so all is well!
‘Design is a behaviour, not a department’
Oh yeah, if I’m going to give my new site a mention I should probably give WebSpinning‘s new site a mention too.
I’ve been coding this site for bloody ages now, I did the whole thing because we all seem to take it in turns to refresh the site when we feel the need. I decided I would go for a total re-design.
I’m quite pleased with the finished outcome, especially the home page & the projects page!
The site was crafted using; html, css, jQuery, JavaScript & php. Have a peek, go on! WebSpinning.
I just relaunched my new personal site.
I spent a while coding it one night, literally I did the whole thing in one night (8 hours straight). I was rather enjoying myself, so I thought ‘why the hell not’.
Anyway, the site is now live and it has been beautifully coded using; html, css & jQuery.
View my new baby, rob salaman.
This is an interesting piece of JavaScript, ok it’s pretty dated, but I’d forgotten just how useful it was
<script>
function trycatch() {
try {
document.write("Good Day!");
}
catch(e) {
alert("This is the error that occurred: " + e.message);
}
}
</script>
<input value="View→" type="button" onclick="trycatch()" />
I was just about to drop off, when I thought, ‘why doesn’t anybody use tables anymore?’, I know it’s a very 1990′s way of coding and an incredibly annoying thing thing to do, but sometimes just sometimes they could come in handy.
I know some people do still use tables, but the majority of web developers have moved on from tables as CSS layouts are much cleaner and professional. The only query I have is: when I was creating the website for the Active Rentals cars page, it would have been really handy to just bung in a table, rather than fiddle around with layouts. I know that the end product wouldn’t be as loved by critics, but it’s not a crime to use a tale every now and again surly?
Tomorrow when I wake up this thought will have probably diminished, but the point will still be valid.