Category Archives: Newcastle upon Tyne
Gourmet 2 Go, Newcastle takeaway
Living in a fairly student-y area of Newcastle, we get a lot of takeaway leaflets through the door. Largely, these are a fairly predictable split between pizzas, curry and Chinese, so when I saw the menu for Gourmet 2 Go … Continue reading
‘CMS design/integration’ – notes from my SuperMondays talk
I’ve included my (hastily written-up) notes from the SuperMondays talk I did last week (Slideshare link), entitled ‘CMS design/integration’ (original, I know!). Introduction Creative Director at Peacock Carter Ltd, a Newcastle-based web design agency Author of 4 books in theming: … Continue reading
Speaking at SuperMondays – 25 July 2011
I’ll be speaking at the next SuperMondays event on the 25th July, in the Beehive building in Newcastle University on the theme (geddit?) of CMS/design integration, theming and skinning: “As frontend developers, it’s often our job to integrate (X)HTML and … Continue reading
New Wetherspoons pub in Newcastle – The Five Swans
As I said when The Town Wall opened, it’s an exciting moment for those of us who like a pint when a new pub opens in Newcastle, so when I spotted The Five Swans, a new Wetherspoons pub, opening near … Continue reading
Young Entrepreneurs Trust
I’ve been involved with something called the Young Entrepreneurs Trust in the last few months. The idea behind it is Will Ryles’, who noticed that there is very little peer-to-peer support for younger entrepreneurs. One of the most obvious things … Continue reading