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Welcome to my web design blog – a space shaped by my own thoughts, curiosities, and the things I genuinely care about in UX, accessibility and design. Everything you’ll find here comes straight from me: lighthearted takes, personal reflections, and a bit of passion behind every post. Have a read while you should be at your desk.

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The First Five Seconds – What Your Homepage Is Actually Saying

31/08/2026

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Process & Expertise, UX/Accessibility Deep Dive

Your homepage is your elevator pitch, not a welcome mat. Visitors nowadays scan websites; they don't read them from top to bottom.…

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I Hired A Career Coach, Here’s What Actually Surprised Me

19/08/2026

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Career & Personal

I didn't know what I wanted next. Turns out that was exactly the right reason to get help. A few months ago,…

Posted by Joe Winfield

Content Design Is Part Of The Job (Even If You’re Not A Writer)

Content Design Is Part Of The Job (Even If You’re Not A Writer)

11/08/2026

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UX/Accessibility Deep Dive

No one's reading all that, so make sure they don't have to! One client wrote what I can only describe as essays.…

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What Proper Website Testing Actually Looks Like

30/07/2026

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Process & Expertise

Proper website testing isn't refreshing the homepage and calling it done. The most rigorous testing I've ever done was on Fáilte Ireland's…

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Anatomy Of A Project: Brief To Launch

20/07/2026

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Process & Expertise

Three ways, because the process was never really one thing. I've been asked "what's your process?" a hundred times over the years…

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Staying Focused Between Jobs

09/07/2026

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Career & Personal

The To-Do List You Actually Want Between Jobs There's a specific kind of anxiety that comes with leaving a job. It's not…

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Turns Out I Needed A Second Brain, Not A Second Monitor

25/06/2026

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Process & Expertise

For years I assumed more screen space was the answer. Turns out I was solving the wrong problem. I've had the same…

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Claude Isn’t Just A Chatbot. I’ve Been Using It To Build Things.

11/06/2026

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Process & Expertise

I'm a consultant and designer really, coding isn't my strong suit. I've been doing this job for over 14 years and I'm…

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I Judge Every Website I Visit (And Here’s What I’m Looking For)

29/05/2026

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Process & Expertise

Bless me father for I have sinned, I've judged every website I've been on for over 14 years and these are my…

Posted by Joe Winfield

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Things Designers Say And What They Mean

19/05/2026

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Industry Culture

Note: This is the designer's side of a conversation I started in my last post. If you haven't read "Things Clients Say…

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Things Clients Say And What They Mean

14/05/2026

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Industry Culture

Note: This is just a guide to some common phrases every designer has heard and how we action them. If you've used…

Posted by Joe Winfield

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More People Are Affected By Inaccessible Websites Than You’d Think

05/05/2026

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UX/Accessibility Deep Dive

When you think about web accessibility, who do you picture? Someone using a screen reader? Well yes you're not wrong, but you're…

Posted by Joe Winfield

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I’m Still Working On My Portfolio…

16/04/2026

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Career & Personal

The phrase that haunts every designer's LinkedIn, inbox and inner monologue... If you've worked in design for more than five minutes, you've…

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Why Your Next Web Project Needs A Design Consultant (…Me)

01/04/2026

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Process & Expertise

Have you ever launched a website and felt like something was… off? Perhaps the layout looked confusing, users struggled to find what…

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UX / User Experience Design In Real Life

26/03/2026

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UX/Accessibility Deep Dive

Why UX Design Actually Matters in Real Life In simple language, user experience (UX) design is about making things like apps, websites,…

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Making Websites That Everyone Can Actually Use (Yes, Everyone)

18/03/2026

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UX/Accessibility Deep Dive

Because The Internet Shouldn’t Be Behind A Barrier Imagine walking into a shop where the door is too heavy to open, the…

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How I Let AI Take Some Work Off My Plate

12/03/2026

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Process & Expertise

AI is here to help you, not replace you There’s a certain tone that creeps into any conversation about AI and the…

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If You Built Your House Like Your Website

03/03/2026

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UX/Accessibility Deep Dive

The house that code built Let's say you’ve just built your dream house. You invite friends over and are proud to show…

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My Web Project Workflow

24/02/2026

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Process & Expertise

Websites, More Than Just A Pretty (Inter)Face Over the years, my workflow as a web consultant, designer and developer (jack of all…

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