Alexander Rehm on April 22nd, 2009

When working freelance, some of the time when you are working on a client’s website or print material you are being given some sort of branding guidelines to adhere to. Some of the time these branding guidelines exist somewhere in a drawer in someone’s desk, but no one knows where. This is even worse when [...]

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Alexander Rehm on March 5th, 2009

Usability is a serious concern for many websites – what does the customer want when he arrives on your website? Does the user know where to go, what to do and how to ask questions or enquire / purchase? Knowing the usability heuristics is already a very good start, but how can you make sure [...]

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Alexander Rehm on February 22nd, 2009

Those of you following me on twitter know I tend to spend a bit of time every couple of days in finding new extensions for FireFox (and sometimes Thunderbird) which are making my life as an Information Architect, Web Designer or Project Development Manager easier. These extensions may be some all of us have been [...]

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Alexander Rehm on February 16th, 2009

The new website of Rising Star Games, the Japanese publisher with European roots, has just been put live. The website features a lot of new content, from news, game profiles and blogs over to forums, user profiles, members exclusive content and more! Plus, the sushi bar concept is working really nicely and displays latest information [...]

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Alexander Rehm on February 10th, 2009

Working in a busy office is one of the best parts of being a designer or information architect – you can bounce off ideas, discuss projects with others and get their input, and you can generally have a good laugh. That is until the time comes where a new project is being started or requirements [...]

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Alexander Rehm on January 17th, 2009

Whatwasithinking.co.uk has been around for almost a year, and in time for its first birthday I thought I’d take the opportunity and rethink what I actually want to do with it. So I chose to make two drastic changes: Add SEO as a category – because I am now working a lot more with SEO [...]

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Alexander Rehm on December 11th, 2008

I upgraded to WordPress 2.7 via a remote connection successfully! Good times! To read more about WordPress 2.7, please check out the changelog, download 2.7 here and read more about upgrading your WordPress installation here.

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Alexander Rehm on December 2nd, 2008

I am happy to announce that the new site of Melon Design & Marketing has gone live today!! Melon Design & Marketing is a creative communication agency based near Milton Keynes, between Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, specialising in a number of sectors such as branding & corporate identity, graphic design, website design & development, advertising [...]

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