As Autumn and winter settle down in the North East I took the opportunity to take a wander with a friend through the University of Aberdeen’s gorgeous campus, a place I called home for 4 years. This is the first time I’d been back since my graduation nearly a year and a half ago. And …
Day 3 started off bright and early, having to pack up our tent and go find the nearest garage / shop to get more oil for my car, and breakfast for me and my dad. We found oil, coffee, and breakfast at the tiny town of Kinlochewe. The next step was the absolutely gorgeous Inverewe …
Day 2 was one of the most anticipated days for me, visiting the Isle of Skye has been on my bucket list for a wee while at this point so even a very early wake up wasn’t enough to dampen my spirits. We started off by driving to Kyle of Lochalsh to get breakfast and …
I recently had the joy of doing the NC500 with my dad, we had been planning to do this for a few years, but finally all the stars aligned and we managed to organise things, I was meant to take the car with all our stuff, with my dad taking his bike from Germany, riding …
I’m writing this blog just as I’m about to head out for another driving lesson, having spent a lovely morning wandering around the Sunny ‘deen visiting shops new and old. Started my morning with a visit to the as ever fabulous Mr. Dun’s Barbers for a quick beard trim and my first coffee of the …
Decided to finally get a proper logo. So no more clip art logo for me. I’ll have more updates soon, just been very busy with work, driving lessons, and moving across the country, again. Thanks to my wonderful partner Eva for it. If you want to hire her for a logo you can find her …
With the passing of the Queen at Balmoral recently, she has now gone on her ‘Last Great Journey’ through Aberdeenshire, down to Edinburgh, and eventually down to London. Her procession passed close to where I’m now living so I decided to make a morning of it and go see her Majesty. The first stop was …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/intro-section-with-dropdown/Check out the source code: https://github.com/nikmaxott/intro-section-with-dropdown Desktop Design This challenge had a few key steps. I started with the basic Desktop Layout and perfecting that. This required extensive use of the CSS Grid, something that I’m not overly familiar with, in combination with Flexbox, a tool I have a lot …
Update and TLDR at bottom. I find myself yet again in the Red Lion Wetherspoons in Gatwick Airport waiting on a heavily delayed EasyJet flight, I have 4+ hours until my flight leaves at point of writing. Many ups and downs have occurred in the last 2/3 months, but I am finally back on my …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/sunnyside-agency-landing-page/Check out the GitHub repo: https://github.com/nikmaxott/sunnyside-agency-landing-page A larger scale project. Using both CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid to achieve this amazing final result! This meant a lot of media queries to enable the webpage to be mobile friendly. Again, a no framework build, just pure CSS, HTML and JavaScript. The …
As of this week I have given in my notice at Superbase and DKAVS, it’s been an amazing 4 years, working on so many amazing projects and meeting so many amazing people. The ability to work from anywhere, be that Hong Kong, Germany, or Scotland has been truly special, and so freeing. Sadly my time …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/interactive-rating-component/Check out the GitHub repo: https://github.com/nikmaxott/interactive-rating-component My first proper interactive challenge. The challenge here was state management, featuring a very simple layout, with very little changing between mobile and desktop versions. I set myself the additional challenge to build this entire project in pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No frameworks …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/ProductPreview/Check out the GitHub repo: https://github.com/nikmaxott/ProductPreview Responsive Mobile Design is the name of the game with this challenge. Although very similar to last weeks challenge, this one had the added complexity of layout changes when switching between Mobile and Desktop view. Using the magic of flexbox this is no problem, …
As part of my new found freedom with being done from University I’ve decided to refresh my knowledge, starting with HTML, CSS and ES6 JavaScript, using https://www.frontendmentor.io/ as a source for inspiration. Have a look at the final result hereAnd the GitHub repository here It’s very very simple, but it’s a start, and I’ll try …
As of the 5th July I am a fully qualified engineer, with a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Aberdeen, graduation with an upper second! The next chapter of my life has already begun, I started full-time work in early June, and am getting acquainted with the current company. I am very …
As Autumn and winter settle down in the North East I took the opportunity to take a wander with a friend through the University of Aberdeen’s gorgeous campus, a place I called home for 4 years. This is the first time I’d been back since my graduation nearly a year and a half ago. And …
Decided to finally get a proper logo. So no more clip art logo for me. I’ll have more updates soon, just been very busy with work, driving lessons, and moving across the country, again. Thanks to my wonderful partner Eva for it. If you want to hire her for a logo you can find her …
With the passing of the Queen at Balmoral recently, she has now gone on her ‘Last Great Journey’ through Aberdeenshire, down to Edinburgh, and eventually down to London. Her procession passed close to where I’m now living so I decided to make a morning of it and go see her Majesty. The first stop was …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/intro-section-with-dropdown/Check out the source code: https://github.com/nikmaxott/intro-section-with-dropdown Desktop Design This challenge had a few key steps. I started with the basic Desktop Layout and perfecting that. This required extensive use of the CSS Grid, something that I’m not overly familiar with, in combination with Flexbox, a tool I have a lot …
Update and TLDR at bottom. I find myself yet again in the Red Lion Wetherspoons in Gatwick Airport waiting on a heavily delayed EasyJet flight, I have 4+ hours until my flight leaves at point of writing. Many ups and downs have occurred in the last 2/3 months, but I am finally back on my …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/sunnyside-agency-landing-page/Check out the GitHub repo: https://github.com/nikmaxott/sunnyside-agency-landing-page A larger scale project. Using both CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid to achieve this amazing final result! This meant a lot of media queries to enable the webpage to be mobile friendly. Again, a no framework build, just pure CSS, HTML and JavaScript. The …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/interactive-rating-component/Check out the GitHub repo: https://github.com/nikmaxott/interactive-rating-component My first proper interactive challenge. The challenge here was state management, featuring a very simple layout, with very little changing between mobile and desktop versions. I set myself the additional challenge to build this entire project in pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No frameworks …
Check out the final result: https://nikmaxott.github.io/ProductPreview/Check out the GitHub repo: https://github.com/nikmaxott/ProductPreview Responsive Mobile Design is the name of the game with this challenge. Although very similar to last weeks challenge, this one had the added complexity of layout changes when switching between Mobile and Desktop view. Using the magic of flexbox this is no problem, …
As part of my new found freedom with being done from University I’ve decided to refresh my knowledge, starting with HTML, CSS and ES6 JavaScript, using https://www.frontendmentor.io/ as a source for inspiration. Have a look at the final result hereAnd the GitHub repository here It’s very very simple, but it’s a start, and I’ll try …
As of the 5th July I am a fully qualified engineer, with a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Aberdeen, graduation with an upper second! The next chapter of my life has already begun, I started full-time work in early June, and am getting acquainted with the current company. I am very …
