There are a few ways of setting up a local server on OS X, but I think the best way is to do it manually without any applications like MAMP running. They are fantastic applications, but why run an application when the features are built into the operating system anyway? Follow these simple instructions to get a local server environment running on your Mac!

I’m a web designer and do some front-end development. I understand that Terminal is a scary environment, but it’s much easier than it looks! If you follow this tutorial step-by-step and don’t panic or take shortcuts, you’ll be fine!

The art of running a hospital is notoriously difficult. People who work within public health systems like the NHS know that the hospitals struggle on a day-to-day basis. It’s not as easy as shooting a mouse when there’s an infestation, hiring more caretakers if people are complaining about the rubbish or firing a doctor because he’s consistently giving bad treatment to patients – it’s much deeper than that. With constant spending cuts things are only getting harder, and trivialising this in a game is just…

In an effort to improve the user experience and the standard of articles on this site I’ve given it a complete overhaul. The site has been re-designed and re-coded as a WordPress template and is self-hosted, so no more downtime or missing images because of Tumblr’s odd cloud hosting.

This redesign comes at a time when something huge is changing in my life – I’m not longer going to be actively working as a freelancer. Instead I’m going to be working solely on personal projects (more information coming soon about this) so it’s easier for me to maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Beautiful packaging and identity design by “Visual Storytellers” Hovard Design, a New York-based company who look as though they blow every design they produce to pieces – in a good way. Take a look at their website to see what else they’re capable of.