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Catrin Orr
7th September 2017
I got my job at Big Lemon with no design degree and little experience – here’s how I did it I chose to do an illustration degree at the Cardiff School of Art and Design, because it’s what I enjoyed and what I was good at. I love illustration and I loved my degree, but it’s not the kind of course that gives you the pick of jobs. After attempting the freelance illustrator life – [Continue reading...]
I love a bit of automation.
Owen Richards
18th August 2017
I love a bit of automation. Whether it’s my lights, music, shopping or news, I’m on a mission to automate everything in my home. I can turn on my lamps, turn up The Darkness and order the essentials from Amazon all with the touch of a button. But what about automation at work? We're currently working on a data automation project for a client, and it’s something I’ve been imp [Continue reading...]
Friendships can be the basis of great business relationships, but there are a few things you need to remember
Owen Richards
4th August 2017
Before we started Big Lemon, we were friends. We went to school together, got drunk together and grew up together – university, dogs, babies, the whole adulthood thing. After almost three years of running a business together we’ve had our fair share of disagreements, awkward moments and straightforward developer vs designer arguments but we’ve got through them all. To mark Na [Continue reading...]
Also known as, how to go from zero to awards in 500 tweets.
Owen Richards
20th July 2017
We're super excited to have been shortlisted for Creative Start-Up of the Year at the second annual Wales Start Up Awards. Almost as good as being nominated, our tweet to announce that we’d been shortlisted was our 500th! We’re shortlisted alongside Tramshed Tech a co-working and events space in Cardiff, BrandContent, a content marketing agency, and Cowshed, a PR and comms age [Continue reading...]
We’ve built a cool new tool to keep clients in the loop.
Owen Richards
14th July 2017
I have a confession to make; I’m totally addicted to apps (cue Basshunter). Specifically, organizational apps. Trello, Slack, Wunderlist, Asana, I’ve tried them all and there isn’t one I met that I haven’t liked. If I want to check where I’m at with a piece of development I’ll pop to Trello, with its many delightfully colour-coded labels. If I want to nag Kieran about where a p [Continue reading...]