Devign Devign

Tom explores what it actually means to have a successful project, and how there are different ways to define this. Nick runs through some of his biggest project failures and the learnings from them. Could they have been avoided?

Tom and Nick chat about the different modes of learning. Tom has been through a wide gamut of modes from a university degree all the way to free online short courses. Is a degree needed or preferred in the development and design industries?

How can you get ahead and become a powerful self-learner in this industry? How do you stay motivated? Is it all worth it?

Tom explains how as he has developed his business there is less time doing, and more time thinking. Trying to discouple the idea that your value is your output.

Tom tries to answer the question “should I work for myself” and gets to the heart of the differences between running a business and working in an agency.

Nick runs through what an average day looks like for him and how it has evolved over time. But is there even such a thing as an average day anymore? He currently lives in a van while traveling around Australia - is this lifestyle sustainable in this line of work?

Is it best practise to develop websites mobile first? Should we always design websites mobile first? What does mobile first actually mean anyway?

We come back to one of the founding ideas of devign - the more we learn about each other’s profession, the better we become at our own.

How can we create websites that are more inclusive with limited resources? What is step one if I am just starting to become aware of the need for website accessibility? We can begin by understanding our biases and putting ourselves in the shoes of other people visiting websites.

Do you know what focus indicators are used for? Tom didn’t up until a few weeks ago, but realised he was deleting some important base styles and in doing so excluding people from accessing the website.