Should all Church Websites look the same?

Oh look – BigAwesome Church has just launched a brand new website. It looks awesome – really modern and engaging, lots of personality. Let’s take a look at the homepage… A nice black or white panel at the top with the logo in it? Check. BIG full width image at the top? Check. How about …

A Third Path

There’s a great article over at GOOD talking about a ‘Third Path’ for school leavers, apart from school or university/college. I’ve been having similar thoughts recently – albeit along a slightly different track. Around Australia (and presumably the world) Universities, TAFEs and Colleges are pumping out design graduates. As a general rule, these graduates seem …

This is My Wollongong

I realised last night how long it has been since I went for a wander with my camera – so I decided to rectify the situation. 18 months into living in Wollongong, and I’ve now got a selection of favourite places to wander and hang out – so I thought I would share some of …

Wollongong – a 21st Century Renaissance?

The more time I spend in Wollongong, the more little pockets I discover where there are exciting things going on. I wrote about this a little while ago, but have been thinking more about it recently. There is so much great brewing in Wollongong at the moment. Artists, Designers, Startups and Entrepreneurs. A 21st century …

On speaking at WordCamp

Attending WordCamp Sydney the other weekend was a really great time – lots of inspiring and interesting people talking about stuff that changed the way I think about, and do, my work. The scariest part was that for the first time at a conference, I was one of the speakers. I’m not really a person …

WordCamp Sydney Recap

WordCamp Sydney was held over the weekend – with over 200 devs, designers, site owners and users swarming to the University of Sydney to share their love of WordPress, meet fellow devotees and hopefully learn a few new tricks. I had the pleasure of speaking on the Saturday presenting a few thoughts on how Responsive …

Responsive WordPress at WordCamp Sydney

I’ve been a long time fan of WordPress as a publishing system, and despite trying various other alternatives along the way, I have always ended up coming back to it as my first choice as a Content Management System for any website I build. I was so excited when I heard late last year that …