Central Coast Web Design

The title of this post isn’t really very descriptive but I just wanted to give and overview of Central Coast web design and the quality of work that is being output by the web design companies that are based there. The standard of web design on the Central Coast is higher now that it ever has been. The web design companies who are based on the Central Coast have taken their quality of work to the next level and are growing and improving at a phenomenal rate. A few years ago Central Coast web design seemed to be behind other areas and the quality just wasn’t as high as the likes...read more

9 Web Designs that Represent Sydney

Sydney is the greatest city in the world and rather than right a blog about why it’s the greatest city, I thought I would create a list of 9 Sydney web designs that represent  the city of Sydney that tell you what’s on, where to go, where to eat and define Sydney. 1. City of Sydney This website is has just about everything to know about Sydney from upcoming events to car parking to graffiti removal.  Anybody living in Sydney or thinking of visiting the city should have a look at this website. 2. The Sydney Festival The Sydney Festival is a a day where the city shuts down to...read more

A Google interface design glitch

Anybody who uses the internet in any shape of form knows that Google are the internet gods. They are the masters of web searching, Google Earth, G-Mail, Adwords, AdSence and many other wonderful inventions that have shaped the Web to be what it is today. There is one very minuscule details that has bugged me for quite some time about the Google search results interface. Being a search engine optimiser and web designer I tend to look further into the search results that most people and also analyse the interface usability of the sites I visit. When im searching through pages and pages of results...read more

Broaden Your Design Experience

Recently I went through the process of leaving my full-time job to take up part-time work. One of the main reasons for doing so was to broaden my skills and gather more experience in the Graphic and Web Design industry. In the industry of graphic design and web design our past experience and work variety is everything. When going for a job, it’s your portfolio and having a broad range of design styles that makes you stand out as a unique designer. You must have a good variety of portfolio samples and have worked on many different jobs to really be experienced. The reason I left my full-time...read more

Do Websites Have Personality?

Everybody who uses the internet has come across hundreds if not thousands of websites, all with their own unique design, functionality and essentially an individual personality. Each one of those websites have been designed to reflect a certain image and generate an initial feeling when a user visits. The website could be bright and friendly, dark and moody or clean and trendy. Personality can be defined as a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various situations (Ryckman, 2004). The word...read more

Who is Justin Roberts?

So you have stumbled across my blog and now you thinking … who is this guy Justin Roberts? Well, I’m Justin Roberts and I’d like to say a big hello and thanks for visiting my blog. I’m a web designer and budding entrepreneur and have recently given myself a personal goal to make my name known in the web design and development industry in Australia within five years. I intend to do this through my new company Big Click Studios. Big Click Studios is currently a business partnership between myself and Dean Collins. My role is Creative Director and Dean’s is Technical...read more