Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

iPhone Apps (2)

iPhone Home Screen 12.04.12

Since my previous post I have added a few more apps and settled on an arrangement for my home screen. Alongside Tweetbot, Instapaper, Reeder, Kindle and Notesy which I added almost immediately, I have now added the following apps: Evernote – I have been using Evernote to manage and organise my M.Ed studies. It is [...]

iPhone Apps

I have had a shiny new iPhone 4S (32GB) for less than 24 hours. I am installing apps as I feel that I need them, here is what I have installed so far, with a few thoughts: TweetBot - This was the first app I downloaded and installed. Partly because Twitter is number one reason I [...]

Cultivating a brand (caring for your digital self)

Home Page

Since part way through last year, I have been working on leveraging control over both my digital identity and digital self. This has included closing a number of accounts, redesigning my home page, this blog, and leaving Facebook again. It has entailed making some tough decisions about which social networks I will invest time into; [...]

Housekeeping: The Value of Less

While my digital-self has been quiet over the last few months, I have not been entirely inactive. Having instigated a cleanup of my web footprint (I shared the initial stages in this post), I have continued this process alongside a number of subtle design/structural changes to jamesmichie.com and jamesmichie.com/blog. Also, I have made some changes [...]

An edited life…

Less equals more.