Tumblr (3.0; @ryanfoster)http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/<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://30.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://29.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://30.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://26.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://28.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<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8nai8Son41qzw61jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Hello <a href="http://www.twileshare.com">Twileshare</a>. A new web app to share files on Twitter:</strong></p> <p>TwileShare is a new free service that allows you to share files on Twitter. Upload and share anything from images, documents, PDFs, ebooks and more. As well as sharing files you get download statistics and a healthy upload limit.</p> <p>A collaboration between <a href="http://twitter.com/dannybull">Danny Bull</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/itsryan">Ryan Foster</a></p>http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/1110282780http://www.ryanfoster.co.uk/post/1110282780Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:42:00 -0400