Havoc Inspired

Things have changed a bit around here. I’ve revisited Havoc Inspired and made what feels like hundreds of little changes mainly to improve the usability of the site.

You’ll notice that my homepage boasts a completely different layout. When I first designed Havoc Inspired v3.0 I wasn’t producing “Please start from the beginning…” and as a result had not accounted for it in my layout. Therefore the episodes were previously clumped together with the rest of my posts, this was one of the main reasons for the realignment of the design. My Blog and Please start from the beginning… are now separated into their own sections so you can see at a glance the current and previous two episode of the series.

I wanted new area to be able to display relatively temporary pieces of information about what I’m up to, for example that I’m one of the judge for the Webvanta Design Contest in Janurary 2010 were the first prize is a Macbook Pro. So I’ve built a billboard type gallery that transitions every 10 seconds (a time period I‘m hoping is long enough to not be distracting to visitors).

I was also previously listing the boagworld show I’ve been vocally involved with, however this was starting to become a very long list (as Paul keeps taking holidays) so now I’m only showing the most recent.

I’ve made tweaks to my typography, copy and calls to action as well as going over my markup with a fine tooth come and cleaning things up a bit.

I’m a lot happier with the layout, but hey I’m a designer, that won’t last long. :-P

I hope you guys like it too, I’d love to hear your feedback!