# Notes

Source: https://jonleverrier.com/notes

Thoughts and inspiration from a British product designer living in Bordeaux, France.

- [Introducing Showboard](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/introducing-showboard): A free bespoke creative tool that turns your screenshots into an angled presentation shot for case studies, pitch decks and landing pages. (2026-09-29)
- [Introducing a free Homepage Analysis](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/introducing-homepage-segmentation-analysis): Homepage decisions often get made on opinions. Someone wants the hero bigger. Someone else wants testimonials higher. The loudest voice usually wins. (2026-09-24)
- [Weeknote #11](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-11): Weeknote #11 for the week ending 5th July 2020. (2020-07-05)
- [Weeknote #10](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-10): Weeknote #10 for the week ending 28th June 2020. (2020-06-28)
- [Weeknote #9](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-9): Weeknote #9 for the week ending 21st June 2020. (2020-06-21)
- [Weeknote #8](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-8): Weeknote #8 for the week ending 14th June 2020. (2020-06-14)
- [Weeknote #7](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-7): Weeknote #7 for the week ending 7th June 2020. (2020-06-07)
- [Weeknote #6](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-6): Weeknote #6 for the week ending 31st May 2020. (2020-05-30)
- [Weeknote #5](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-5): Weeknote #5 for the week ending 24th May 2020. (2020-05-24)
- [Introducing GetAsset for Craft CMS](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/introducing-getasset-for-craft-cms): This utility plugin looks inside a folder for a file that was last modified and returns the value in Twig. (2020-05-18)
- [Weeknote #4](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-4): Weeknote #4 for the week ending 17th May 2020. (2020-05-17)
- [Bioluminescent Friends by AMU](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/bioluminescent-friends-by-amu): Old friend Martyn Harvey has just released his first ever EP on Hoi Polloi Records. (2020-05-15)
- [Introducing GetFiles for Craft CMS](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/introducing-getfiles-for-craft-cms): A utility plugin that retrieves a list of files from a specified folder for Craft CMS. (2020-05-11)
- [Weeknote #3](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-3): Weeknote #3 for the week ending 10th May 2020. (2020-05-09)
- [Introducing Breadcrumb for Craft CMS](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/introducing-breadcrumb-for-craft-cms): A free plugin generates a simple breadcrumb trail for your Craft CMS projects. (2020-05-04)
- [Weeknote #2](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-2): Weeknote #2 for the week ending 3rd May 2020. (2020-05-02)
- [A beginners guide to Git for Web Designers](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/a-beginners-guide-to-git-for-web-designers): This guide explains the basic commands that got me up and running when I was learning Git. (2020-04-27)
- [Weeknote #1](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/weeknote-1): My first weeknotes for the week ending 26th April 2020. (2020-04-25)
- [Dealing with low resolution images on the web](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/dealing-with-low-resolution-images-on-the-web): I've recently migrated content from my old Tumblr blog and inherited a bunch of small images without easy access to the originals. (2020-04-19)
- [Welcome back](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/welcome-back): What better way to break my 10 year silence than to mark a special milestone. (2020-04-15)
- [Last stop Parvati](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/last-stop-parvati): Yet another magical over night bus journey from Rishikesh took us up the mountain range, guided so it seemed by the gazing full moon, towards the valley of Parvati. (2010-05-30)
- [Air Asia logotype by Rob Clarke](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/air-asia-logotype-by-rob-clarke): I've been using Air Asia to fly to destinations around South East Asia on the cheap. (2010-04-17)
- [Visiting the Taj Mahal, Agra](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/visiting-the-taj-mahal-agra): The Taj certainly lived up to my expectation. (2010-04-12)
- [The beating heart of the Hindu universe, Varanasi](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/the-beating-heart-of-the-hindu-universe-varanasi): When I crossed the bridge that spans across the Ganges River, the old city looked rather tranquil and sleepy. (2010-04-06)
- [The quest for the perfect roti and dal continues](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/the-quest-for-the-perfect-roti-and-dal-continues): I'm hooked on this roti and dal combination that seems very popular in Bodgaya. (2010-04-03)
- [Searching for enlightenment, Bodhgaya](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/searching-for-enlightenment-bodhgaya): We arrived at Gaya Junction train station at 6:30am after 10 hours on the train from Kolkata. (2010-03-30)
- [Imagining the view, Darjeeling](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/imagining-the-view-darjeeling): It took 10 hours on a train from Kolkata to New Jalpaiguri and a 4 hour jeep ride up a mountain before we arrived in Darjeeling. (2010-03-30)
- [One chapati, two chapati in Kolkata, India](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/one-chapati-two-chapati-in-kolkata-india): I really like what I’ve seen of Kolkata so far. (2010-03-27)
- [Goodbye Kuala Lumpur](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/goodbye-kuala-lumpur): I was excited to arrive back in Kuala Lumpur. It’s a city with some amazing culinary delights and diversity. (2010-03-14)
- [Destination Kuala Lumpor via Taipei](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/destination-kuala-lumpor-via-taipei): If you are trying to get back to Kuala Lumpor from Osaka, consider stopping over in Taipei. (2010-03-08)
- [Lost in conversation, Kyoto](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/lost-in-conversation-kyoto): After a year of traveling around South East Asia and traveling solo through Japan, I started to experience "sight seeing malaise". (2010-03-05)
- [Geneto Architects, Kyoto and Tokyo](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/geneto-architects-kyoto-and-tokyo): I recently had the pleasure of spending some time with furniture designer Asako Yamashita and architect Ko-ji Yamanaka at their studio in Kyoto, Japan. (2010-02-14)
- [Keibunsha Books, Gifts and Gallery, Kyoto](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/keibunsha-books-gifts-and-gallery-kyoto): After browsing Keibunsha's website, I was looking forward to visiting the store in person. (2010-02-11)
- [Printing Museum, Tokyo](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/printing-museum-tokyo): I set off for Edogawabashi this morning in search for the amazing Toppan building, which is home to the Printing Museum of Tokyo. (2010-02-06)
- [Making friends in Tokyo](https://jonleverrier.com/notes/making-friends-in-tokyo): Well, it's been a good 21 days since I left the warm depths of South East Asia for Japan. (2010-02-04)
