Blog « Brand Identity Designer Mark McCorkell

30 May

The Tweet Moods aggregator

Recently I had this idea for a little pet project – to create a tweet aggregator site with a novelty theme. One of my main motivations for wanting to build this site was to have a chance to experiment with some CSS3 sorcery. When you make a website for yourself you have more freedom to be bold and experiment further than you would on a website for someone else. Read the rest of this entry »

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10 May

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Misconceptions about Web Designers

Misconceptions

When I’m asked what I do, I wouldn’t always say the same thing to everyone. Often because I’m often not sure how to best describe it myself to those that are asking. I have always maintained I am a bit like Chandler Bing from Friends… my friends don’t fully understand what I can do. But there are reasons why I wouldn’t always just say “Web Designer”. This article will explain some of my thoughts. Read the rest of this entry »

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02 May

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Ommwriter for writing inspiration

Have you ever wanted to just write something and not have to worry about being distracted by new email notifications? Or have you ever just got frustrated typing out that article in the restrictive little “compose” window? Until I discovered Ommwriter, writing articles was not always a pleasant task, and often I found myself battling to control interfaces, and generally getting distracted from the sole objective of my task, which was writing a good article. Read the rest of this entry »

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25 Apr

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New website launched

Minimal
This has been a long time coming! I have been planning to re-design my website for months (since the start of the new year). But, being so busy it is hard to do everything, and especially hard to find time to work on your own website. In general, there wasn’t anything wrong with my previous site… but being the extreme perfectionist that I am, I was never really happy with it. I wanted to design something that better reflected who I am as a Designer.
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05 Apr

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Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?

University Education VS Self-Learning and Experience

This is something I have been thinking about a lot lately. This article is not just specific to Designers – it also applies to Developers (I just shortened the title for the sake of the article promotion). If you asked me this same question a few years ago, my answer may have been very different to now. Read the rest of this entry »

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