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Experimenting at home

I have been spending a good deal of my free time experimenting with the latest in HTML5, CSS3 and returning to an old favourite, PHP. Over the last few months I have created a number of website with a mixture of WordPress and custom web apps. Yet I have neglected my own website after its’ last major redesign. I still like this design but it’s time to freshen it up and give the back end a throughout change, hence I am going to begin tweaking some design elements as I transition to WordPress.

I say transition but what is more accurate is “install WordPress and cause current site to go offline, then try to merge the code from two sites together.” Strangely enough this is not the best approach. Neither is starting the process at 10pm on a work-night.

In the meantime, check out a few of my own sites. Tappick is devoted discovering awesome apps for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Flixflip solved a problem I often have when I want to watch a movie and cannot decide what to watch; I flip for it and this little web app randomly selects a movie for me, from the iTunes Store (so I can rent the movie on demand). Just now it selected Muppet Treasure Island, how cool is that.

Posted by: Mike Barker on July 20, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
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Mike Barker is a Canadian, graphic designer, writer and trainer based in London, UK. He has worked for such companies as Adbusters, Umbra, Autodesk and Medusa magazine. His most recent editorial work include projects for The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and the 2008 redesign of the travel magazine The Guide. Mike has designed and redesign numerous magazines and newspaper over the past decade, along with designing numerous books, posters, branding campaigns, environmental installations and websites. Now living in London, Mike works as Creative Director for Quidco.com, and spends his free time developing for the iPhone and various web app projects.

Flixflip top movies in iTunes


Tower Heist
(View in iTunes)
Comedy

J. Edgar
(View in iTunes)
Drama

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
(View in iTunes)
Thriller

Moneyball
(View in iTunes)
Drama

The Rum Diary
(View in iTunes)
Comedy

Contact

Have a question or need to get in touch with me? The best way is by email mike at mike-barker dot com

I can also be reached via Twitter

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mike-barker.com is hand coded using TextMate for Mac. This site is now powered by Wordpress using the Simon WP Framework to ensure the use of a grid using CSS. The site is chalk full of web 2.0 goodness, utilizing PHP, CSS, RSS, Javascript, probably some jQuery and at least one social network feeds. Since web technologies are always evolving, tweaks happen often throughout this site as mini experiments.