About
David Yates
Designer of many things from mountaineering gear to advertising, intranet applications to web interfaces. I am very into Wordpress these days which I do through the vehicle of Realitus WordPress Consultancy. And marketing and design consultant in the world of print. This happens through Creative Thing.
In the rest of my life I am a father, husband, musician, wine lover, Stoke City fan and cynic. I get incredibly frustrated at everything and anything. This I am told is not uncommon for a designer.
I have various aliases:
- Blind Woolly Jumper, King of the Trent delta blues scene.
- MalvernStokie, bar-room philosopher and one time poster on the Stoke City’s Oatcake fanzine board
- The Complications. My virtual band that never gets off the ground.
- Realitus, My web design persona
- Creative Thing, my graphic design persona
This blog is about anything and everything that I need to get off my chest. And all that conversely impresses the hell out of me.

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