http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news The life & times of one of them web designers Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:19:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've set up a Tumbl Blog as a tool for myself to collect inspiration. With hardly any text on the site hopefully the design will do the talking. http://moredesign.tumblr.com http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/09/less-words-more-design/ I've set up a tumbleblog http://thehumbl.tumblr.com I'm going to use this to fire up things i find, designs, ideas, videos & photos etc and leave this blog for any rants. I'm not much of a ranter so most stuff would probably appear on this new site. http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/04/my-tumbleblog/ [caption id="attachment_57" align="alignright" width="250" caption="My ghost photo in the Fortean Times"][/caption] Well, I made it into the Fortean Times! A column about how I made the photo etc A large version of the photo and a small thumbnail photo on the contents. See the large photo of the article here. Pretty chuffed! http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/04/my-photo-in-the-fortean-times/ Was asked to do a photo for April Fool’s on www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk. It was meant to be an alien crash site in Strathclyde Park. thought it worked out pretty well, photoshopped a crash scene with loads of guys in haz-mat suits and a couple of men in black off in the distance. http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-news/2009/04/01/fears-as-investigators-probe-mysterious-air-crash-51525-23278415/ Scott http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/04/ufo-crash-in-strathclyde-park/ I think I'm gonna try and do another hoax...only this time not do it under my own name or I will get sprung. Any ideas on what I could do? Scott http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/03/hoaxes-they-cometh/ A few years back, when I was visiting Aberdeen for a friend's wedding I was staying at my friends flat. After watching The Grudge I thought it would be laugh to venture up into his old attic. [caption id="attachment_43" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="My ghost photo"][/caption] I'm not lying, but it was pretty terrifying, ... http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/03/ghost-forgeries-how-to-get-on-the-discovery-channel-dvd-and-magazines/ Here's a news article about an award I recieved on behalf of S&UN Best Cross-platform Solution S&UN website wins top award. [caption id="attachment_39" align="alignright" width="284" caption="S&UN website wins top award"][/caption] SCOTTISH & Universal Newspapers digital team fantastic achievement has won a major award at the first time of entering. Find It, the local shopping ... http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/03/2007-scottish-weekly-press-advertising-commercial-awards/ The new site is almost done, at long last. Still got a few pieces to do for it, but I reckon they can be updated after the site launch. Currently working on a few flash movies that will appear throughout the site. They'll include my wee mascot, haven't got a name for ... http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/03/test-post/ You might have found this site because you were searching for a web designer,  wanting to look through my portfolio or you just plain know me and want to see what I'm up to. Well if you are any of those then you'll find what your looking for. This is the professional ... http://www.scottsandlan.co.uk/news/2009/02/the-new-portfolio/