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Instants Tissés, my sister’s business, has now launched!

March 3, 13 //
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Several months in the making to sort out all the details and go around the inevitable changes of mind that my sister always goes through, her business online store, Instants Tissés, is now open!

Instants Tissés

Instants Tissés

“Instants Tissés” is French for “Woven instants”, and her business is all about special occasion cards and paper supports with a twist: fabric! Marrying high quality printed paper and light fabrics should bring an extra personal touch to your special occasions. At the moment she has an extensive collection of wedding invitations, menus, dinner table plans and cards, but a birth section is coming as well.

And if you don’t find anything that really tickles your fancy in the large existing collection, there is also a “custom” service that should let you get a quote on your ideal, personalised support for your special occasions.

Do pay her store a visit, use google translate if you don’t understand French, and do buy some of her stuff! She’s getting started and needs all the support she can get!

For the techies of you who read this, her site has been done using the excellent Shopify with a completely custom theme.

The web has evolved… Get used to it

September 13, 12 //
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A year back, I created a nice and simple website for my triathlon club: http://d3triathlon.com. I’m used to WordPress, and I know it has an easy interface to create content. So it’s what I chose to create the site: simple stuff, simple theme with a couple of simple pages.

At the time, I requested feedback and inputs from club members about features they wanted to see. I implemented most of them (safely ignoring the “I want to see a little guy, swim bike and run across the screen” request…) to produce what I feel is a decent job for what it’s supposed to do. A year later, after only one member dared trying to create a new article (successfully though!), I got an email asking me what I thought about using another platform, on which editing “looks just like word”… Here’s some thoughts.

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Latest website: D3 triathlon

January 16, 12 //
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After a successful but simple first version of their site, D3 triathlon needed something a little more refined and working across different devices. Augmented with new features for accessing race details quickly, this new version hopefully will bring D3 triathlon the audience they deserve!

D3 triathlon

D3 triathlon

Pay them a visit online, and if you’re in Ealing, go check them out directly! If you’re lookin to do some small and fun races, visit their site in a while when the new races are available. There should be for kids and adults!

Latest website: Propryo.com

January 6, 12 //
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Propryo is a slight twist of the French word “proprio”, which means “home owner”. My sister is trying to explore a few business ideas and we built together this little website where home owners advertise their properties for sale. Propryo is nothing close to a trading platform, it’s only there to advertise properties in a simple way.

The latest addition to the properties for sale is the Villa in Calvi which is a great addition as a featured property!

Propryo

Propryo

For the techies, it should work on mobile browsers as well as desktops, having used a little bit of fluid and responsive design and built as a sinatra pure ruby application hosted on heroku, using yaml configuration files and photos hosted on flickr.

Any feedback appreciated!

I’m a front-end dev!!

July 29, 11 //
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This post could also be entitled/summarised with “rant, rant, rant”, but for my own sake, I’ll make the effort of explaining what’s behind it.

My full time job title is “Front-end developer”. To anyone outside the web industry, it either means “err…. no idea”, or “a dude that makes websites”. To the initiated and (most) of my coworkers and industry pals, it means a whole lot more: I’m an expert in HTML, CSS, javascript (front-end technologies)… (more…)

Orange

May 6, 11 //
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A while back I posted about frustration I had about a project not being released. I posted it with a blurred screenshot of a site that will not get released. I’ve re-read the terms of my contract with Orange and it’s clearly accepted in it that I have the right to produce static assets for portfolio matters. Here they are!

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Sweet success!

March 29, 11 //
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In between bad news from client #1 and client #2, There is a bit of bright news. Not all is bad for ekynoxe!

Through international DJ Shur-I-Kan, whith whom I work at Orange, I came to meet Steve Maud of Cloud Nine Media, who was at the time looking to create a new website to showcase his videos, while providing him with the ability to do it all himself from a CMS.

Cloud Nine Media

Cloud Nine Media

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The one who stopped replying

March 26, 11 //
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When I initially registered ekynoxe as my freelance practice, I already had a potential client, there was going to be quite some work to do, short term future was looking exciting, albeit a little bit unknown.

Afriq Consulting

Afriq Consulting

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Frustration

March 21, 11 //
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There are many things that a designer/developer has to go through, with varying degrees of complexity and annoyance. We’ve all been there, all endured the pain of a browser not liking your latest CSS wizardry, servers crashing and a few late payments. It’s annoying, but except sometimes for this last one, we live!

However, for me, there is one thing that tops it all. (more…)

The art of keeping calm

February 22, 11 //
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I delivered last week the website for a big client, and after a few months of very tight schedules, technical explications on the solutions chosen and the limitations of web browsers, debates and frank disagreements, I can’t say it’s been a smooth ride.

However, most of the problems that come up along the way can boil down to some important points that I may not have highlighted enough as being critical for the delivery, and the client’s inability to have things done and agreed in a timely manner: (more…)

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