About me

By day I work in Technical Communications designing, planning, and writing software documentation. I write about various aspects of that, and much more, on my blog at www.onemanwrites.co.uk.

By night I design, plan and build websites, and can help you maintain a brand both online and in print. All that happens at www.onemandesigns.co.uk.

And, in the odd spare minute, aside from reading, running, and listening to music, I have been blogging for a few years at www.onemanblogs.co.uk.

Enough about me though, tell me about you...

ONEMANDESIGNS

Which is where you can see examples of my design work.

In my spare time I design and build websites, and can also help create an entire identity for you and your business, from web to print. I strongly believe that content is king, and my designs tend towards the minimalist.

I believe that web standards and web design go hand in hand, that a website doesn't need a lot of gizmos and I believe that by matching the design of your site to the message you want to deliver I can make your site more appealing, more usable and deliver a better experience for anyone who visits.

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ONEMANWRITES

By day I lead a Technical Publications team and this is where I write about any technical communication and web design issues that pique my interest.

Writing software documentation requires a diverse range of skills, and I try and get involved in most areas of software product design, from the early discussions on features and functionality, through screen design and usability, to the design and product of the documentation itself.

As a member of both the ISTC and the IAI, I enjoy finding the areas of overlap between technical communications, information architecture and how they are evolving on the web.

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ONEMANBLOGS

aka Informationally Overloaded

My personal blog where I dump some of the myriad of thoughts and events that fire across my synapses on a regular basis.

Started in mid-1999, it has been through a few name changes since then (not to mention umpteen designs). It covers everything and anything that I find interesting which, needless to say, means that it covers a lot of topics on an (almost) daily basis.

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SCOTTISH BLOGS

I created and maintain the Scottish Blogs directory. Originally a webring, it soon became apparent that there was a need for a central directory listing bloggers in Scotland, or those ex-pats of Scottish descent.

In addition I've also organised several blogmeets in Glasgow and Edinburgh, giving a new perspective to blogging.

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