Andy Clarke

Moore was excellent today.

Not the fairytale result today, but a promising start for Wrexham. The championship is a different level altogether.

Yes!!! First goal at this level for 43 years!

First Wrexham game in the Championship today against Southampton. Exciting!

How I set up a fake web design company to test an idea

👉 How I set up a fake web design company to test an idea

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I noticed a drop-off in enquiries coming through Google. So I tried an experiment. A year ago, I set up a fake web design company.

Practical layout workshop for designers and creative teams

👉 For my international friends: Practical layout workshop for designers and creative teams

Let's be honest: Website layouts have become a bit boring. This session is where I share what I've learned, with examples, demos, and practical takeaways you can actually use.

@jesseyuen.bsky.social Don’t you look at your LinkedIn messages? 😘

Practical layout workshop for designers and creative teams

👉 Practical layout workshop for designers and creative teams

Let's be honest: Website layouts have become a bit boring. This session is where I share what I've learned, with examples, demos, and practical takeaways you can actually use.

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

It’s time to boycott Microsoft. Their complicity in genocide in Gaza cannot be tolerated. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Woke up to two emails from two of my main contacts at two separate clients, letting me know they'd been let go. I hate it when that happens.

Fire is raging 40km away.

I remember that too! :)

👉 Comic book layouts as web design inspiration

Yours truly over at the Envato blog: "What if we thought of web design more like a comic book?

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👉 Comic book layouts as web design inspiration

Yours truly over at the Envato blog: "What if we thought of web design more like a comic book?

El Kabong. CSS or GSAP?

👉 El Kabong. CSS or GSAP?

I've been pondering where the sweet spot is between CSS and GSAP for animations

So fucking proud of my Aussie friends today:

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There should be a single day where people all over the world protest the Israeli genocide and war crimes in Palestine.

ToysRUs?

How I built custom post designs into my blog

👉 How I built custom post designs into my blog

I've always loved it when designers take the time to give their blog posts a little extra polish. With my recent code overhaul, I thought—why not do the same?

One of my holiday projects.

I boosted my website’s mobile performance from 80 to 96

👉 I boosted my website's mobile performance from 80 to 96

Before the refresh, my mobile performance score was stuck at 80. Not terrible, but not where I wanted it to be. Here's how I pushed it up to 96, step by step.

Articles for industry magazines Articles about art direction, web design and development for industry magazines.

With me writing for CSS Tricks, Envato, and Smashing Magazine, I've added a magazine articles page.

Rocking the clear, dark look.

Right. Two articles in the bag for CSS Tricks, one for Envato, and two for Smashing. Two client designs almost finished. Looking forward to holidays starting Monday.

What a game!

Extra time again. An equaliser with one minute to go. Can my nerves take it?

Watching England vs Italy in a German Irish pub.

Who do I know who works for a VC company?

Heading to Chermany. 🤠

At my brother Lee's wedding.

Getting Creative With Versal Letters | CSS-Tricks A versal letters is a typographic flourish found in illuminated manuscripts and traditional book design, where it adds visual interest and helps guide a reader’s eye to where they should begin.

"Getting Creative With Versal Letters" by @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social

I had to look up "versal" when I saw it in Andy's draft. 🤓

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