Release is a painting I produced in late 2011 that I was inspired to paint after having a vivid dream. In the dream I was somewhere hot, the sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky and I remember walking along a street passing by what looked like a type of mall, located close to a beach…the shops were all constructed out of wood and painted white with an open arcade street through the middle of the mall with the sun beating down on a cobbled floor. Continue “Release : Acrylic on Canvas – 2011”

You may have noticed that sometimes ( actually…probably quite often!) that my blog posts can have grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Sometimes I only realize after I have read what I have wrote three or four times and it can be quite frustrating to say the least. The odd thing is, as a child, I won a trophy for creative writing, I completed all of my school qualifications with good grades and I managed to see through two of the most difficult degrees possible in Architecture & Teaching. Okay Architecture may be more practical but we still have to write about Architectural History & the technology as well as read how things are built and how famous architects have conceived their ideas. It was only when I had to take QTS ( Qualified Teacher Status ) tests that I realized I may have a problem in this area. I passed my IT and Maths test with ease it was the english test that caused me problemos! Continue “Finding out you are dyslexic”

I was asked by one of my blog readers how to add social media icons to your email signature. ( See post, how to create an email signature in MS Outlook ) So I have created this quick blog post in order to help you guys out with how it is done. Continue “Add social media icons to your email signature”

There is one important thing about websites that could be said to be more important than the graphics, the user interface, the programming language or the usability and that thing… is speed! Continue “Speed up your website , what to do first?”

So many plugins, which ones to choose? It can be difficult at times knowing which ones to choose, it seems that the options are endless and installing testing and seeing if they are any good can be difficult if not tiresome, so I have decided to include what I believe to be some of the best SEO Plug-ins for all WordPress users. One being an absolute gem! I will add similar posts to this in future but these are the 3 I believe are a must have. Continue “SEO Plug-ins you should definitely install on your wordpress site”

What is a RSS feed anyway?

RSS is an abbreviation of  Really Simple Syndication. What is it used for? It allows fans of your website content to subscribe to regular updates so that they don’t have to visit your site to know if you have added a new article or not. A really beneficial tool for your audience if they like what you have to say!

A RSS feed is written in XML coding language based, but don’t let this trick you into thinking ” its going to be reeeeeaaaaally difficult to add a RSS feed to my website “, it couldn’t be further from the truth! Continue “How to add a RSS feed to my website ( wordpress )”

One evening when I was fast asleep in bed dreaming whatever it is we creative types dream I disturbed my then, partners sleep by sitting bolt upright in bed and saying “1000 year old tree” and then laying back down in bed again, unaware that I had said anything at all, my partner was obviously quite freaked out ( as you would be ) and made me aware of what I had said in the night to which I just chuckled. I felt I had to find this tree and visit it at some time in the future. Continue “Soul Tree – Enlightenment Conceptual Meaning”

Last week my colleagues and I ventured to Norwich City the home of Norwich Cathedral ( and Norwich Football Club of course, but we all know Liverpool FC are the only english football team to support 😉 ) for our christmas meal..yes, you may have realised that last week it was 25th January and Christmas day is 25th December. Regardless, we all had a fantastic time ( and yes I got a little drunk ) and it was great getting to meet the team from the other sector of the business. Continue “Norwich Cathedral Photography”

As promised here is the 2nd tutorial on how to create an email signature but this time in Thunderbird ( a freeware email client program from Mozilla. ). So lets cut to the chase and get with how to create it. If you need some tips and tricks on how to design an email signature then please feel free to look at this previous post I have written.

To download Thunderbird email freeware click here. Continue “Create an email signature in Mozilla Thunderbird ( Windows )”

 Email Signatures, as you may have already discovered, are very important if you want your clients (or potential customers) to perceive you as a professional. In my previous post I discussed what a good signature should look like and what to include as well as what to avoid. In this blog post I will show you how to create a signature in MS Outlook for Mac. Continue “Create a proper email signature in MS Outlook ( MAC )”