Snippets
Small, sage, interesting, useful.
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v5.wesort.co.uk
The fifth and current version of wesort.co.uk which updates the dev and authoring experience. Sept 2025 - present
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Good to Great, by Jim Collins
This book articulates many of the fundamental characteristics and values of what makes for great organisations.
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v4.wesort.co.uk
The fourth version of wesort.co.uk was built with a CMS and expanded greatly on the content. November 2017 to September 2025
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2000 Miles of Harvest
A film about making hay while the sun shines. Except they’re cutting wheat and making straw.
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Speak to yours customers to see if you have customers
Being in direct contact with your customers is key to understanding what your business is.
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Using Airtable for data management
Airtable is an online database that I think is hugely underrated for data management in small businesses.
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Never waste a crisis
Take advantage of the situation and see what you can learn.
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Be specific in your criticism. It is to your benefit
Being specific when you criticise is empathetic and helpful.
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Don't do lists
Every todo list needs a parallel for the things we shouldn’t be doing. These are the bad practices, the procrastinations, the habits we regret.
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Printworks Wedge
A communal office space on Union Row, Margate.
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Strike while the iron is cold
Come back to a heated topic later on. Revisit once emotions have settled.
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Who's opinion would you rather have?
In the context of project budgets and cost estimating, be aware of who might be unrealistically optimistic.
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Interview: Chris Sowersby, Klim Type Foundry
Two hours of candid conversation between two creative professionals.
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The problem with 'mates rates'
I want the livelihoods of my friends to be successful.
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Hofstadter's law
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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Optimising your working day
Processes and workflows bring structure to our working lives and this structure brings efficiency and stability.
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Converting files and images on the web
A few ways to edit images online
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Focus is a decision
"Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do." – John Carmack
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v3.wesort.co.uk
The third version of wesort.co.uk had multiple pages, was designed with intent with colour & type, and was responsive. March 2012 to November 2017
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Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games
An analogy of carnival games and entrepreneurship as explained through the class system.
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Keeping track of 'things'
Keeping track of things to do. Be that by paper or online.
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ROI on websites
The website paid for itself within a couple days. – A client
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The responsive web design issue
RWD solves the difficulty of placing images next to text on the web, adapting varying image and text heights for any screen size.
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Test a website practically
Visit your site on a bus, in bright sunlight, with a coffee in your dominant hand.
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Responsive logos as favicons
Gets right to the point of how logos need to scale for context.
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'The Web's Grain', by Frank Chimero
Companion essay to What Screens Want.
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'What Screens Want', by Frank Chimero
A seminal piece of writing that has been fundamental to how I approach building websites.
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v2.wesort.co.uk
The second iteration of wesort.co.uk had a bit more text and had a bit of deliberate style. February 2011 to March 2012
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v1.wesort.co.uk
First iteration of wesort.co.uk was supremely basic and live for about 7 months. June 2010 to February 2011