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The industry standard for speccing mobile app UI appears to be attempt to precisely spec a full design through visuals, using a tool like Zeplin, and as far as possible describe th…

I was into techno, house and electro DJing for a long time. I'd say the best advice for enjoying djing is not to dwell on the technical aspects any more than they interest you. I'm…

Interesting. I built a website a few years back called LampNote, which was based around the idea of "virtual noticeboards" approx every 100m apart from each other. In an earlier in…

I've been to a few hackathons over recent years. On occasion I've found them very useful. Forcing yourself to come up with a good idea that you or a small team can build quickly is…

>> "SEO and social media bullshit" This stuff does seem like bullshit when you're working on it, but it's unfortunately crucial these days. It takes so long to build up the brand a…

In my experience of being a developer and building my own idea I actually found there were occasions when my inbuilt technical idealism caused me to make some wrong decisions on my…

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Some fair points. I didn't necessarily feel that I was dependent on the local media and tech scene, it was a more the case that they I felt they weren't doing their job. Even if th…

Yes, it's a reference to notices posted onto lampposts. A lot of people said they loved the name. I did wonder how well it would travel, whether or not people from outside the UK s…

Things I would do differently... I think my product is too clearly the work of an idealistic technical person, and is slightly dated in the way it just expects people to join in be…