http://www.davymac.com/wordpress Thu, 22 May 2008 00:20:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I realise this is probably not news to those who are already active Flickr users, but a few weeks ago I decided to try and make some more time to improve my photography. Not exactly easy for me to get any free time these days but, since photography has ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2008/05/22/flickr-is-the-new-camera-club/ I'm a huge fan of Basecamp from 37Signals, so I'm pleased to see they chose to publish the 'welcome message' that I enter as the first post on all my Basecamp projects. I remember writing this and, not having too much time, just blazing through it in an effort to succinctly ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2008/03/19/youre-welcome/ Last night was my first night at a Belfast Open Coffee club meeting, a very interesting meet-up with some (more than expected) like-minded souls. Good fun and, as always with those who are fired with enthusiasm for their work, some exciting projects under discussion. One such project is The Big Word ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2008/03/14/a-word-in-your-browser/ I’ve long ago given up on making ‘New Year Resolutions’ but I share the optimism of Shane MacGowan’s lyrics at the start of each new year, it always feels like a special time, it always feels like a new start, full of potential. Of course when you can get into ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99ve-got-a-feeling-babe-this-year%e2%80%99s-for-me-an%e2%80%99-you%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/ I just found this beautiful illustration of Branding on the Kolbrener blogsite. Built by Kolbrener, a branding company http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2007/11/07/elementary-my-dear-watson/ I'm pleased to report that the video project I've been working on recently has just been approved for release. Our brief is to promote Northern Ireland as a leading resource in 'best practice' web for business, hence 'Northern Ireland's Digital Hub'. But, as they say, "a picture's worth a thousand words" ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2007/10/31/home-sweet-digital-home/ ...Well I definitely wasn't. Working as a freelance creative is a demanding job, I spend a lot of time generating concepts and in the subsequent production work - in addition to the necessary admin in running the business itself. This means an unhealthy amount of time sitting in my work chair, ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2007/07/24/are-you-sitting-comfortably/ I got to see Gary Hustwit's 'Helvetica' movie a few weeks back at my old Art College in Belfast. I really enjoyed the movie, it was done with abundant wit and charm, but most of all I was carried along by the enthusiasm of it's director. Gary really achieved a ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2007/07/24/friday-night-at-the-movies/ Although it seems like the Helvetica typeface has been around forever it is only today celebrating it's 50th birthday. It's one of those typefaces that ignites love and hate in equal measures amongst designers, celebrated for it's 'clean geometry' on the one hand and vilified on the other as a safe, ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2007/05/16/happy-birthday-dear-helvetica/ Well, the long wait for Adobe Creative Suite to go fully Intel is over at last - and the question on many designer's lips is 'it's how much!?' 'was it worth the wait?' The answer from most of the Mac creative websites is a resounding yes (it was worth it). Like ... http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2007/05/14/the-suite-spot/