Ryan Taylor
I'm a designer, developer, producer, occasional host, husband, father & chronic web addict
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The video series exploring the career paths and experiences of industry professionals
Roan Lavery Lead Designer
Roan Lavery is the Lead Designer and co-founder of FreeAgent, the best online accounting software out there (note: I do use the software so I am bias but it is pretty damn good). In this interview Roan takes me through how he made the transition from Creative Director for a web agency in Edinburgh to running FreeAgent as a full-time business. If you're building or run a web app yourself you're going to really enjoy this interview.
My Blog
Where I ramble about web stuff
Don’t use the word Web in your job titles…
... and the industry will be a much happier place. The titles of “Web Designer” and “Web Developer” should be binned, they’re too broad and misleading.
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My work in print
.net Issue 193
I wrote the "Create a fading nav effect" tutorial in the techniques section, pg 84
.net Issue 184
Boagworld won the podcast of the year 2008 award, pg48
.net Issue 181
The previous version of this site appeared in the readers sites section, pg 16
The Web Designers Idea Book
One of my designs appears in the modules section of Patrick McNeils book, pg 230
Boagworld
I'm producer & guest-host of the award winning podcast
Quick note: These are the most recent shows you can hear my northern accent on.
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190. Become a branding Ninja
On this show: Ryan and Stanton interview Alex Hunter about managing your brand. Meanwhile Paul and Marcus look at how to speed up your website.
182. North and South
On this show: Molly talks about the future of web standards. Paul explains the differences between print and the web, and Ryan asks if job titles matter.
180. Backend
On this show: The Northeners are joined by the Headscape duo Craig and Dave. We talk about why you should care about .NET MVC and answer your questions about managing your code and friendly URLs.
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