TwitterAs with most things in my life if I don’t get excited about using it constantly and don’t feel like I can control every aspect I lose focus. This blog in particular has suffered as a result of my choice of CMS and I feel like I need so I’m going to redesign my online [...]
NHS colour swatch
I’m currently working on a #nhssm Infographics Kit that should help NHS staff to create awesome Infographics without a complete knowledge of illustrator. As part of this I’ve created a simple colour swatch based on the NHS Identity colour guidelines. You can find it here: http://colinwren.com/projects/nhs/NHSColours.ai
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
The mouse revolutionised the way we interact with computers. Being able to see your physical movements interact with elements on screen brings a greater depth of control and precision. This is why the modern personal computer is set up with the mouse being the primary method of interaction, it allows users to feel like they [...]
A tool to help with creating gdal_translate commands
The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) is an awesome library for all kinds of map and geospatial based transformations and calculations. I’m currently using it to add a custom overlay on the map in an iPhone app I’m making. When making a custom overlay you use the GDAL’s gdal_translate function to create an image file [...]
Creating healthcare apps on a NHS computer
I’m hoping that in publishing this post I’m able to illustrate the options that NHS staff have open to them to create healthcare apps on their work computers. Due to the limitations (understandably) put in place by IT departments the notion of developing apps in house can seem impossible but this post seeks to empower [...]
NHS Apps, Clinical Governance and Mobile Phone Service Providers
The app I’ve been working on for work is finally at a point where we’re happy for it to go to launch. It’s that time where rigorous testing and everyone tries to flat out break the app to make me look a bit silly. So far it’s holding up well but there was one issue that although [...]
NHS App branding: a thought
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of work with iPhone and Android apps for work, one aspect that I overlooked was the branding of apps. The NHS brand brings with it a lot of authority and credibility that will help your app rise up the rankings but how does one apply the branding when the [...]
My new recording kit
Recently I was a bit naughty a shelled out around £210 for some kit that would help me with my music project. I had just installed Logic 8 onto my Mac Pro and found that my PS Eye, which I had used for recording purposes before hand was no longer usable so I decided to [...]
iPhone SDK, NSXMLParser and multiple child nodes into an array – Getting rid of whitespace
I’m currently making my first iPhone app for work, it’s designed to be an enhanced version of the leaflet given out to patients when they first arrive at the hospital. My idea was to take the information within and make it into something more iPhone friendly. On my journey through the magical world of iPhone [...]
Have some fun with the new ‘timeline’ Facebook Layout using GIMP/Photoshop
I’ve activated the new ‘timeline’ Facebook layout on my profile and decided to have some fun using GIMP to make a funny picture. I’m a massive Katamari fan and I love internet humour so I decided to add the running girl to a Katamari scene. Here’s a short tutorial on what to do. Grab a [...]