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Paul Stanton
designer, developer, creative
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Smarter images in Jadu CMS

An exploration into low impact development within a CMS, building lightweight functionality to improve how we use imagery within web pages that can be replaced as and when the platform evolves.

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Coursefinder 2010 report

I’ve quietly been collecting search data on the University of Leeds’ Coursefinder for a while now, and always wanted to pick out some interesting facts and figures, the following is a combination of search and analytics data from the entirety of 2010.

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Building a ‘killer coursefinder’

The video from the presentation I delivered at the CISG and Online Information conferences covering the University of Leeds’ Course Finder, how and why it was developed, and ultimately, what I think we should be doing to make it truly a ‘killer’ service.

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Working to a structured development process

You might work on small projects or large scale developments, you might be the only person involved or you might work with many others, regardless of your situation, having a structured development process is essential.
I work for the University of Leeds as a generalist designer/developer, a recent project of mine has been upgrading our institutional [...]

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My year in moblogs

As you may know, I run a small niche social site called homeofmuppets, the main feature of the site is the moblog which has been around since 2005 or so. This site has, over the years, become a photo record of my life, as it’s built around the friends that I know and love in [...]

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