Simon is this incredibly rare combination of insightful and curious developer, broad and extensive knowledge of front-end development techniques, and a real motivation to me in his ability to inject energy into a community. Simon would be a huge asset to any team and I'm a bit jealous of the one lucky enough to scoop him up.
Paul Irish, Google Chrome Dev Team
First Manchester WordPress User Group of the year. Mike talks about the latest WordPress news and is joined by Rhys who gives us an incite into some useful SEO tips for your WordPress site.
I was in a LEGO store the other week when I saw a monitor enticing me to pick up a LEGO box and bring it to the monitor.
Earlier today I tweeted @jonathanstark regarding what mobile devices he tests on and if he has a 'blanket list' of devices to test on.
https://twitter.com/s10wen/status/420984623653728256
His response was great.
At the start of the year I decided to update my online presence from 'simonowendesign' to 's10wen'.
I found that more and more I'm using a username for many services and increasingly so on devices that aren't using a keyboard in the traditional sense.
For the second Manchester FRED instalment of the year, I'm happy to welcome Sass, Compass and Responsive extraordinaire Ben Frain.
Videos from the ninth McrFRED where we look into the exciting world of freelance.
Today is my last day at Absolute Media.
Over the past 2 years I've had a great time working with the talented folks at Absolute.