Jamie Archer

Just changed the theme again before preparing write my first Habari Theme. I'm going to take advantage of the K2 port and rework it to make it my own. Hopefully I'll be able to use this as my writing platform and in future I'll use the Wordpress install as a sort of family archive for the Archers.

In the meantime I'm trying to keep busy and finish all my current contracts before Christmas but I thought I'd post something.

Intelligence Squared launched recently and the GoodWebGuide guide called its new site "superb"! It has been a lot of hard work and I'm finally pleased to see it launched. The videos and interactive content are a resounding success with over 8000 people watching the live streams and then even more wathing the archived footage after the events. In fact its looking like we may need to upgrade to a CDN faster than we thought!

I haven't really talked about the project before because the site re-design was under wraps while it was being developed. I handled the scoping and research before the project started and then went to Squiz.net and Garvin Hirt at FLOK Design to get the thing built. Project managing such a large build was very new to me at the time and I'm happy to have ahd the opportunity to have worked on such a great project.

I think the chances of the site making money are high due to the fact that IQ2 is really an events company in the same way that the TED website is funded mainly by sponsorship and paying visitors to the events. I think in time and with the addition of mobile versions of the site we should be able to see some really distinct content providers supplying IQ2 with the intellectual content that its owners and users crave.

I want to thank John Gordon and Nick Pisani for placing their faith and trust in my skills and also to Ted Maxwell and Tara Cranswick for crossing the t's and dotting the i's that I missed along the way. Ted is now running the site as the Editor and doing a superb job and I wish him luck with the site's development over time.

My next project is Notting Hill Editions - working again with Garvin Hirt to create a really unique publishing website coming soon... well as soon as the authors have finished their copy!