Frederick O'Brien
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Writings
With music streaming remuneration reform on hiatus, is it the government’s cue to step in?
Audioxide
, 2024-10-08
The web is decadent and depraved: a case for gonzo engineering
Weblog
, 2024-09-30
The timeless power of spreadsheets
Smashing Magazine
, 2024-09-23
Cooking up recipe data for the Feast app
The Guardian
, 2024-09-23
MDX or: how I learned to stop worrying and love multimedia writing
Smashing Magazine
, 2024-06-21
‘In the sixth-richest country in the world, how can you build a welfare state on food banks?’ The stats that reveal just how widespread food poverty is in the UK
Byline Times
, 2024-06-18
Zen and the art of pet project maintainence
Weblog
, 2024-05-12
Growing like a weed
Bluedot Living
, 2024-04-19
Designing web design documentation
Smashing Magazine
, 2023-11-13
The gods will offer you chances
Weblog
, 2023-11-05
What Leonardo da Vinci can teach us about web design
Smashing Magazine
, 2023-03-15
Galaxies of the Guardian: the formation of an irregular org chart
The Guardian
, 2023-02-03
Web design done well: delightful data visualisation examples
Smashing Magazine
, 2022-06-16
Web design done well: perfectly pointless
Smashing Magazine
, 2022-02-11
Rock Against Racism: the concert in Victoria Park that united a nation
Roman Road LDN
, 2021-11-05
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