Indoor navigation – it’s the way forward (and backward, and left and right)
Location based services have been appearing on ‘next big thing’ lists for half a decade. But, as the years come and go, only a smattering of dedicated diehards still actually use them. We’re looking at you, Peter.F, Mayor of the Tesco Express in…
Oct 22 21October 22, 2021
Article at Stuff
Hall of Fame: Sony PlayStation, the games console that changed everything
No one can pretend that the original PlayStation was pretty. It was an ugly grey slab, like a paving stone with a pan lid on top. But opening that pan lid was the gateway to worlds we’d never seen before. You could immerse yourself in the waterways…
Sep 13 21September 13, 2021
Article at Stuff
16 classic game remakes you have to play
Do you remember the first time? The moment you realised you could go off grid in GTA and do whatever your twisted id desired? The day you stumbled across the Lightning Gun in Quake and gibbed a room full of fiends with electric death? That time you…
Sep 13 21September 13, 2021
Article at Stuff
Stuff Hall of Fame: Psion Series 5
It was the beginning of the space year 1999 and, as a travelling hack, I was in need of an ultra mobile computer. Already delivering work by email and keeping in touch with editors online, I required a device that was portable enough to slip into a…
Aug 31 21August 31, 2021
Article at Stuff
Stuff Hall of Fame: Acorn Archimedes, the original ARM computer
It was lunchtime at end of the 1980s. Outside the science classroom there was the usual cacophony of dinner money embezzlement, girls perfecting Madonna’s moves and lads giving each other Chinese burns. But inside the lab there was focused silence.…
Aug 31 21August 31, 2021
Article at Stuff
Three days with the Oculus Quest
When Facebook — because Facebook owns everything now — announced the Oculus Quest I made the bold and probably improbable prediction that it would be the headset that finally made VR mainstream. That was before the price was announced. Facebook’s…
Jul 15 19July 15, 2019
Article at AR/VR Journey
How to turn 'free work' into paid work
There's an old Yorkshire saying: 'If tha ever does owt for nowt, do it for thi sen'. For those who don't speak fluent Tyke, it translates like this: 'If you ever do something for nothing, do it for yourself.' These are words that all creatives should…
Feb 01 19February 01, 2019
Article at Creative Bloq
What time should designers get up in the morning?
Are you a morning person, who leaps out of bed and gets on with work after the briefest sniff of coffee – only to find you slump and slow down come early afternoon? Or do you get all your tasks done while working from home in the wee small hours,…
Aug 27 18August 27, 2018
Article at Creative Bloq
8 celebrities you never knew were designers
Design students – next time you drag yourself out of bed for an early-morning lecture, dive into yet another Photoshop tutorial or dedicate an afternoon to learning how to draw, remember this: you're in good company. Before they were famous, some of…
Jul 27 18July 27, 2018
Article at Creative Bloq
11 unwritten rules of design
From grid theory to the Golden Ratio, there are a set of fundamental principles that are passed down from generation to generation of designers. Every good designer should know them, and any decent design course or instructional book will cover…
Jun 04 18June 04, 2018
Article at Creative Bloq
How to upgrade the graphics card in a Mac
In this tutorial we discuss the small number of cases in which you can upgrade the graphics card in a Mac. Macs - and Apple itself - are famously resistant to many forms of user upgrade. But can you upgrade the graphics card in a Mac, and give your…
Mar 05 18March 05, 2018
Article at Macworld UK
The best free WordPress themes 2019
WordPress is the world’s most popular platform for building your own customizable website. First released in 2003, today it supports more than 60 million websites and is totally free to use. WordPress provides a ton of free advice and instructions on…
Aug 05 17August 05, 2017
Article at TechRadar
The 20 best album covers from the 70s
In the past, every album you bought came with 12 square inches of artwork. Artwork that seemed every bit as important as the music contained inside. Here, we celebrate a decade of amazing album covers from the split-personality 1970s. It was a decade…
Jun 09 17June 09, 2017
Article at Creative Bloq
How to get free music on your Mac
Listen legally to streaming music on your Mac for free. With so many options for free, legal music available for your Mac, it’s a wonder to torrents and piracy still exist. Of course, it depends to an extent on your tolerance for advertising. We’re…
Jun 05 17June 05, 2017
Article at Macworld UK
8 tips for coping when you hate your job
We've all been there. The morning alarm that wakes you like a tolling bell. The grey trudge across the car park. The avalanche of emails that starts to arrive at 8.59am. The colleague who mutters darkly behind you, expletives occasionally audible.…
Nov 18 16November 18, 2016
Article at Creative Bloq
Review: Neil Young at Leeds Direct Arena
by Karl Hodge FCK LDN is dedicated to hidden corners of culture outside London, documenting the up and coming. Then someone like Neil Young comes to town; the eternal workman, clad in plaid and we roll over like obedient puppies. Hello, Mr. Soul – we…
Jun 11 16June 11, 2016
Article at fckldn.com
Review: Explosions in the Sky, Manchester
by Karl Hodge There was supposed to be an Explosions in the Sky review here – but I didn’t go. No one was paying me to review Explosions in the Sky, fortunately. If they had been it would have been a matter of professional courtesy for me to go. In…
Apr 27 16April 27, 2016
Article at fckldn.com
Which personality types make the best designers?
"It takes all sorts to make a world" the old saying goes. It's never more true than when it's applied to the workplace. From gregarious creative directors to gruff and blunt accountants, the stereotypes are there for a reason. Our personalities…
Apr 01 16April 01, 2016
Article at Creative Bloq