Collected in one place, here are all my Instagram photos from #nottingham day on Twitter.
Nottingham Castle Gatehouse
Little door on Castle Road
The Flying Horse
Hurts Yard
Mapperley Park
Mortimer’s Hole
Norfolk Place
Severns House
The Bell, Market Square
Nottingham Castle
Ye Olde Salutation Inn
Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem
Market Square, Nottingham
A while ago I read about ‘Hobo Marks’, they are simple marks that tramps etc would chalk onto a gatepost or wall to warn other tramps of any local danger (overzealous police), or let them know of any local benefits (generous householder). There are some examples here.
Anyway, I thought a similar system would be useful for those of us who work at a different agency every week, and rarely know what to expect – so I very quickly did a set of Hobo Marks For Freelance Graphic Designers. I expect to see them chalked outside certain agencies very soon.
Let me know in the comments if you think I’ve left anything out.
I keep getting asked for this link, so I’ll post it here so I don’t have to go and find it every time.
DIY: The 2-minute Stylus
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57398322-285/diy-the-2-minute-stylus/
Top tip, if you tuck a little of the silver foil into the pen barrel before you poke the cotton-wool bud into it you get a more reliable stylus.
Here’s one I made earlier:
Here’s a logo I have just put together for LowCarbonUK.com, a project run by the University of Bath to gather and share information from various Low Carbon Network Fund projects.
I like the colours I used, but was pleasantly surprised when I made the mono version – it looks really striking.
Batchelor’s HQ. Web Department
Manager: “How’s the new website coming along Web Monkey?”
Web Monkey: “Nearly done Boss, we just need to test it to make sure it works in all the different browsers. Do you know anyone with an iPad?”
Manager: “Tish pish! Don’t bother testing for iPads – everyone knows those Apple nancy-boys prefer tofu to a nourishing bowl of Super Noodles. Just make sure it works on Internet Explorer, I’ve got a presentation in 15 minutes.”
Web Monkey: clickety-click.
Some time later
Manager: “So, tell me about the stats for our super soaraway fuel offer.”
Web Monkey: “It is great, we’ve had an astonishing response. The demographic of people who like to make food by pouring hot water onto it is very closely aligned to those who want free fuel. Who knew?”
Manager: “The stats?”
Web Monkey: “Oh yes, loads of people using Internet Explorer, some using Chrome, but absolutely nobody using Mobile Safari. Lots of visits, but nobody filled in their details and sent the form.”
Manager: “So even the fancy-pants iPhone users are too busy wiping humous off their shiny screens to enter our competition properly. Exactly as I predicted! Back to work Web Monkey…once you’ve finished your Cup-a-Soup, obviously.”
At this point, the camera cuts away to a graphic designer in Hoxton, looking at his iPad and scratching his expensively coiffed head…
And that folks, is why you should always test your website properly.
