2008 – 2010 — A digital-and-print magazine about local culture and music — years before anyone bothered doing 'local'. We built the site, branded the lot, and never launched it.

2006 – 2008 — Before LinkedIn, before YouTube, before any of it, I kept a blog all the way through college. 79 posts of a much younger, much earnester me. → Read it on Blogspot

2008 – 2009 — Where I was lead designer for a year, 2008 to 2009 — a design agency in Huddersfield. My boss, Dave Pannell, is who I later roped into Novl Cuisine.

2008 — A business card with 'useful' tools on it, designed like a Swiss Army knife. Letterpressed by Blush Publishing, with an accurate scale rule and a cut-out SPORK® and CHOPSTICKS®. Made for Consumer. → Blush Publishing's blog → Photos on Flickr

2008 – 2010 — The creative partnership James Sheriff and I started in 2008 while we still had proper jobs. Wet behind the ears, a bit shit at it, but we made some cool stuff. → See it on the Wayback Machine

2007 — My 2007 review of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Assumptions aren't always right, and I was glad to be proven wrong.

2007 — My 2007 review of The Darkness, from my video-game-reviewing days. Five stars. A FGG, apparently.

2007 — My 2007 review of Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s, from my video-game-reviewing days. 2 stars.

2007 – 2008 — My first ever job. No portfolio, no experience — so I made some up, blagged the interview, and somehow got handed the keys to a company's design. Forever grateful for it.

2006 – 2008 — Where it all properly started — a Higher National Diploma in Interactive Media at Wakefield College. I blogged the whole thing, and got my first job halfway through. → Read the blog I kept — HND'ed