Jake Grimley

"It’s fair enough if you haven’t had the opportunity to work on commercial projects when..."

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:48:57 +0000

“It’s fair enough if you haven’t had the opportunity to work on commercial projects when you are starting out, but it shouldn’t prevent you from starting your own projects. If you’re sending out job or placement requests for web design or developer posts and don’t have any evidence of the quality work online, then that will definitely count against you. Get your own domain. Put a portfolio up. Contribute to an open source project. Set up a blog. Get your own Twitter following. Be active online. Show us that you care.”

- Made Media’s own Tim Kitchen talks about getting your first gig on B-Hive. Nurturing Birmingham’s Creative Talent.

"According to research by PRS, Bristol has spawned more musicians relative to population size than..."

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:54:00 +0000

“According to research by PRS, Bristol has spawned more musicians relative to population size than any other in the UK.”

- BBC - Bristol is Britain’s ‘most musical city’. Birmingham don’t make the top ten, Manchester at seven, behind Cardiff, Wakefield and Cheltenham.

Not sure these population-adjusted figures really mean anything, but they’re good fun, and Bristol instinctively feels like a just number one to me.

"there are ways to play the acquisition game (or even financing game) and make millions without ever..."

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:48:07 +0000

“there are ways to play the acquisition game (or even financing game) and make millions without ever turning a profit. But don’t let the media fool you–you hear of the few successes because the stories are fun to tell. The thousands of failures that die sad but unspectacular deaths don’t get on the magazine covers.”

- Why Grow? and Other Wisdom from 37Signals

Today made media has mostly been in Manchester. Leaving impressed.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:40:36 +0000

Today made media has mostly been in Manchester. Leaving impressed.

So glad I made it home before Ella’s bedtime. She started crawling today. Seems pretty pleased...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:40:58 +0000

So glad I made it home before Ella’s bedtime. She started crawling today. Seems pretty pleased with herself. We’re aprehensive…

Would be interested to hear about any digital agencies successfully using scrum in a busy...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:40:58 +0000

Would be interested to hear about any digital agencies successfully using scrum in a busy multi-project, fast turnaround studio environment.

OfficePOD®. Changing the way people work. Welcome to the next...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:00 +0000

OfficePOD®. Changing the way people work. Welcome to the next generation of workplace

Via Fluid

The Future of Wireframes - Articles - MIX Online

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:44:46 +0000

The Future of Wireframes - Articles - MIX Online

contentEditable

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:33:21 +0000

contentEditable

JavaScript/DHTML Tutorial

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:33:21 +0000

JavaScript/DHTML Tutorial

slowly dawning on me that nice twitter usernames are even harder to get hold of than nice domain...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:41:08 +0000

slowly dawning on me that nice twitter usernames are even harder to get hold of than nice domain names, because they cost nothing.

Nice try @RalliSolicitors, but I’ll only work with a Parker user. Ralli branded pens...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:41:08 +0000

Nice try @RalliSolicitors, but I’ll only work with a Parker user. Ralli branded pens don’t have ‘market traction’.

So fed up discussing platform choice with potential clients. It’s like selecting a solicitor...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:10:16 +0000

So fed up discussing platform choice with potential clients. It’s like selecting a solicitor based on their preferred brand of pen.

I’d really like to thank you @markjames for your persistent efforts on Twitter in portraying...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:10:16 +0000

I’d really like to thank you @markjames for your persistent efforts on Twitter in portraying me as some hellish David Brentalike.

Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:57:00 +0000

Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod:

nice layout.

Turns out you can’t fly direct from Birmingham to Warsaw. Fearing another midnight cruise to...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:11:35 +0000

Turns out you can’t fly direct from Birmingham to Warsaw. Fearing another midnight cruise to Heathrow…

Compare Systems » Welcome to Compare Systems

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:12:33 +0000

Compare Systems » Welcome to Compare Systems

"we’re breaking into small teams of three (two programmers, one designer). We’re keeping the teams..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:06:16 +0000

“we’re breaking into small teams of three (two programmers, one designer). We’re keeping the teams intact for two months at a time. During those two months, the teams will work on four separate iterations, two weeks each.”

- A New Way of Working: A Two-Month Recap - (37signals)

"Does the work you are being shown contain your favourite colour? This is important. You can never..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:58:29 +0000

“Does the work you are being shown contain your favourite colour? This is important. You can never truly love work that isn’t the right colour. Don’t worry about upsetting the creatives - they can just change colours.”

- I AM THE CLIENT!

open sword - pixen

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:26:44 +0000

open sword - pixen:

Free lightweight image editor, apparently quite good.