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When just one Mat won’t do!
Aug
04
Introducing Mat Scholes
We are lucky enough to have ourselves more than one Mat in our office , and this month it was Mat Scholes who got nabbed (on his way back from the airfield!) to answer some deep and meaningful questions. We want you to know more about Mat, and when he’s not designing stuff and flying [...]
All for one and one for all
Aug
04
Intergrate your marketing and protect your brand
When approaching a new marketing campaign, it is vital to think holistically. A lot of my work involves online marketing, but I have to think much wider than this, I have to take into account any print marketing, logo design, PR – in effect I have, at all times, [...]
Slightly Funnier
Aug
04
This months slightly funnier musings..
Separated at Birth?
Ronnie O’Sullivan & Rob Suckley (Senior Designer at SD!)
We want to hear from you! Do you work with someone who looks uncannily like someone famous? Send us pictures of your Look-a-likes and we’ll put them up on our ever growing wall of fame!
Email me….. go on! saira@slightlydifferent.co.uk
Alan Becker rocks!:
Now [...]
A lesson in Web Typography
Aug
24
Gone are the days of the Blackboard
Fellow web-users, by the very fact that you are reading this article, I’m going to assume that you are savvy enough to understand what the web is and also what a typeface is. (For those of you who are a litte foggy, this should clear things up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface)
In [...]
Ten Top Tips for a Truly Fantastic Home Page
Aug
24
Our Senior Designer gives his expert insight
Here are a set of top tips to get the best from your web design.
Navigation
Clear navigation don’t over clutter, use a maximum over 7-8 top level links. Make the link names obvious, and above all don’t make me think.
Focus
Make the purpose of your site standout. What do you do? [...]
Deus Ex Programmo
Aug
24
Which came first – the machine or the word?
In the beginning there was a word and a machine. The word was the machine. And that machine was the word. On the first day, the machine evolved into a platform. On the second the word became a language. On the third – the first people learned [...]
Client Focus – Friends and Relations
Aug
24
Slightly Different have been working with Friends and Relations for several years.
The Friends and Relations website offers users the ability to create a lasting online memorial to a departed loved one, allowing others to leave comments and tributes. It also allows for users to link and donate to chosen charities.
We are also just about to [...]
Client Focus – Royal Naval Writers Association
Aug
24
The Royal Naval Writers’ Association is officially the oldest military association in the world, having been founded in 1887 as a Club and Benevolent Association for members of the profession. As with the profession itself, eligibility for membership is highly restrictive and the Association is only open to serving and ex-serving [...]
Slightly Funny III – the Rise of the Chortle
Aug
24
Here at Slightly Different we spend quite a lot of time online. On our virtual travels we stumble across lots of things to keep us amused. Here is a sprinkling of things that made us chuckle this month.
INCEPTION – the SD film club went to see this recently, and loved it. Then we came across [...]
Are you ready for the season of goodwill?
Aug
24
Prepare for Christmas now or pay later
It seems that Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year. I remember going into a local supermarket a few years ago when the mince pies had hit the shelves (yeah, I know a Northerner mentioning pies – quelle surprise!). The sell by date on them was mid November. I [...]
SD goes back to school
Aug
24
Quiet class, Andrew’s talking
Why is it that people are always harping on about how strange developers are, how they hang out in the dark in basements and can’t communicate if not in code? Well we must be really lucky then because our developers are nothing like that, and Andrew is no exception………..apart [...]