Tumblr (3.0; @ryanfoster)http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/<script src="http://speakerdeck.com/embed/4f4d7087f120e9001f005e10.js"></script><br/><br/>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/19986077735http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/19986077735Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:29:19 -0400<a href="http://ryanfoster.myshopify.com/blogs/blog/4861072-so-that-was-2011">So That Was 2011...</a>: <p>It was a busy 2011, here are some edited highlights. Roll on 2012.</p> <ul><li>Launched a new version of <a href="http://www.dodocase.com">DODOcase</a> including <a href="http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodocase-for-ipad2">custom monogramming functionality</a> </li> <li>Two clients where acquired - <a href="http://www.gamesthatgive.net">GamesThatGive</a> by </li></ul>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/14065905911http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/14065905911Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:14:27 -0500<a href="http://ryanfoster.myshopify.com/blogs/blog/3694532-vitrue-and-gamesthatgive">Vitrue and GamesThatGive</a>: <p>According to Nielsen, games have surpassed email and are the second most frequent Internet activity for Americans after social networks themselves. Americans spend an estimated 407 million hours…</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/8109628889http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/8109628889Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:39:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmsaqu223P1qzw61jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://idsgn.org/posts/keep-calm-and-read-on/">Keep Calm And Carry On</a> and <a href="http://blogc.barterbooks.co.uk/news.php?id=22">Barter Books</a> in Alnwick, Northumberland</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/6521345847http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/6521345847Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:25:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll9d13EK2w1qzw61jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5524882035http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5524882035Sun, 15 May 2011 18:27:00 -0400<a href="http://ryanfoster.myshopify.com/blogs/blog/3164592-changes">Changes?</a>: <p><img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0001/2134/files/drum-1.png?68"/><br/></p> <p><a href="http://www.thedrum.co.uk/">The Drum</a> ran a piece this month about freelancers (Recommended Freelancers: Ringing The Changes) and yours truly made there recomended list, which was nice.</p> <p><b>From the Drum:</b></p> <p><i>“As the…</i></p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5279561671http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5279561671Sat, 07 May 2011 18:44:27 -0400<a href="http://blog.twileshare.com/post/4965585703/some-visual-improvements-to-twileshare">Twileshare Updates</a>: <p><strong>Beta Invites:</strong> <a href="http://twileshare.com/invite/99c759c79af486e3e9536c47ac2966ea5ac62c35"><a href="http://twileshare.com/invite/99c759c79af486e3e9536c47ac2966ea5ac62c35">http://twileshare.com/invite/99c759c79af486e3e9536c47ac2966ea5ac62c35</a></a> (After clicking the above link just give TwileShare access to your Twitter account and you’re good to go.)</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5066249304http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5066249304Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:11:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkgmftSSHj1qzw61jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stockholm</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5066131131http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/5066131131Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:59:54 -0400<a href="http://ryanfoster.myshopify.com/blogs/blog/3034202-supporting-charity-never-tasted-so-good">Supporting Charity Never Tasted So Good!</a>: <p>Introducing Dominos new memory game powered by GamesThatGive. 10 cents is donated to St Jude Childrens Research Hospital for every minute you play. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Dominos?sk=app_198791073482690">Go play!</a></p> <p><img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0001/2134/files/dominos.jpg?46"/></p> <p>Mmmmmm…Pizza</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0001/2134/files/dominos-2.jpg?48"/></p> <p>Dial Soap are…</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/4653473287http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/4653473287Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:13:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhakg84P3f1qzw61jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jetpac</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3549155791http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3549155791Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:50:32 -0500<a href="http://ryanfoster.myshopify.com/blogs/blog/2767132-freelance-romance">Freelance Romance</a>: <p><img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0001/2134/files/freeromance.jpg?2"/></p> <p>Last week, we helped organise Freelance Romance, a networking event for Freelancers in Northeast England. As well as free drinks and nachos, the aim behind the event is to find a format through…</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3529117258http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3529117258Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:27:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgryt64Yjj1qzw61jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://toucoul.com/">Coulvue</a> by Toucoul<br/>Backseat entertainment</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3347432246http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3347432246Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:46:18 -0500<a href="http://ryanfoster.myshopify.com/blogs/blog/2649262-design-workflow">Design Workflow</a>: <p>Have started using <a href="http://37signals.com/draft">Draft for iPad</a> to quickly create (digital) UI sketches and share ideas with clients before wireframing in Photoshop (eventually this will become a theme for the Shopify…</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3085342374http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3085342374Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:18:30 -0500<a href="http://ryanfoster.myshopify.com/blogs/blog/2625372-using-motion-graphic-idents-to-brand-video-content">Using Motion Graphic Idents To Brand Video Content</a>: <p>Following on from an earlier post that explained how <a href="http://www.ryanfosterdesign.com/blogs/blog/2109702-create-video-content-and-improve-your-conversion-rates">video content can increase conversions</a>, here are some examples of motion graphic idents that could be used to brand your YouTube video…</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3028364782http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/3028364782Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:50:59 -0500<p>Looking to grow the team. Are you a freelance UI/UX designer? Know #Shopify, HTML/CSS, jQuery? Please @ me if you do! (via @RyanFosterDsg)</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2908174714http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2908174714Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:38:48 -0500“File-Sharing On Twitter The Way It Ought To Be”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/01/07/twileshare-makes-file-sharing-on-twitter-super-easy/">Techcrunched</a></em>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2901456141http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2901456141Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:21:03 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leasrtE2p71qzw61jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.twileshare.com">Twileshare</a> is now in Beta.</strong>  </p> <p>TwileShare is a free service that allows you to share files on Twitter. Upload and share anything from images, documents, PDFs, ebooks and more. Easy peasy. <a href="mailto:hello@twileshare.com?Subject=Send%20me%20a%20beta%20invite">Request a beta invite</a></p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2542355362http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2542355362Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:09:29 -0500<object width="400" height="292"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/JasonFried_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JasonFried-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1014&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work;year=2010;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxMidwest;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/JasonFried_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JasonFried-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1014&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work;year=2010;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxMidwest;"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><strong>Jason Fried:</strong> Why work doesn’t happen at work</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2375011086http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2375011086Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:54:59 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcx9tmG1Il1qzw61jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2094687729http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/2094687729Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:17:46 -0500 <object id="doc_81371852122947" name="doc_81371852122947" height="600" width="100%" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" style="outline:none;"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" /><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=37809164&access_key=key-2m6cdddj51fnuhspmn04&page=1&viewMode=slideshow" /><embed id="doc_81371852122947" name="doc_81371852122947" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=37809164&access_key=key-2m6cdddj51fnuhspmn04&page=1&viewMode=slideshow" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p><strong>Hyper Island eCommerce Manager</strong>, eCommerce Store Dev Module Slides</p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/1157502843http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/1157502843Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:01:00 -0400