Quick note: I’m on the lookout for work in the writing, editing, content and communications areas. If you have a need for concise, human language, or technical things made simple, give me a shout. My Nintendo friend code is: SW-5245-7255-2617 (or you can email me at james@ravn.digital). Thanks!
Measured has a new LinkedIn newsletter called Routes to Successful UI. The first issue is: Don’t build a design system — build what you actually need. If you’re on LinkedIn and at all interested in UI, I can recommend subscribing.
Getting Vouchsafe onto G-Cloud was a great achievement by my Ravn co-founder Judy Watkins. She’s also doing brilliant things helping startups with ISO 27001. Can feel the nichification of Ravn happening. Might be time to put my stuff into a different shop window.
Big moment for Vouchsafe.
Saving for posterity, as I’ve fished it out anyway today:
That was a good day at the office.
State of the Browser provided much mind-fodder. Predictably, this meant revisiting the Ravn website’s content and messaging.
Have a few seeds of blog posts in the works now. Also need: case studies, and portfolio-esque matter.
Side note: Site CSS here (not Ravn) updated because I’d missed permalink post headers. Now fixed.
For posterity, here are some archive.org entries for the iterations of the Vouchsafe website I was most involved with.
This capture from May 2024: shows the first version of the website to go live following their pivot and rebrand from Interrobang to Vouchsafe.
The development and design of the website and rebrand was done by Macu with me in a lightweight project manager-meets-creative director role. Vouchsafe’s founders were also directly involved.
This capture from August 2024 shows a first iteration where I had a chance to revisit the messaging and copy which had been first developed by Macu.
Unfortunately the site styling is missing from that capture — possibly to do with the website platform being switched from Webflow to Wordpress, hence sharing both captures.
The site has since been redesigned.
Chipping away at the Ravn website in spare moments. Works better than the alpha version. Messaging still a work in progress. Need to get blogging.
Having great fun working with Measured on some comms bits and pieces. Good things happening on the Measured blog.