Category Archives: software
Do computers cause dead parrots?
At a train station a few weeks ago I hit a wall of bureaucracy that enraged me beyond my usual breaking point. I had booked a ticket on the web, and at the collection machines, I was issued only half … Continue reading
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Apple’s Keynote… needs more testing?
At the end of last week, Steve Jobs (RIP) made me look like an idiot. In front of a large group of people. OK, I’m exaggerating (I knew a bunch of them personally!), but Steve had a close hand in Keynote’s … Continue reading
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Apps…. extinction ahead?
A couple of weeks ago I had the good fortune to attend the first designpush - working with some designers and some developer folks from chrome+mozilla. Our chosen topic was the emerging standard for webintents (follow that link for a better summary … Continue reading
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The delicate balance between design and build
There are some projects where significant design input is not required in the early stages. Perhaps the project is at such an early stage that you don’t even know whether the idea will fly. Perhaps you’re trying to save money and … Continue reading
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When sitting around waiting produces better UX
Recently, I’ve been conducting some research for a medium-sized organisation that asked me to help them develop the next phase of their website. As I sat waiting for a meeting in reception, I got to overhear some of the phonecalls … Continue reading
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UX screenshot posts
Hello readers, Just a short post to say that I’ll be posting screenshots from the most excellent skitch.com mac screengrab software from now on, in an effort to comment more frequently on UX and also enliven this blog! B
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The Jerry Seinfeld Productivity Hack, using Google Calendar
A while back I heard about how Seinfeld managed to write a joke every day: he plotted it on a large wall calendar. In essence, it became a game of ‘don’t break the chain’: make sure there’s a mark on … Continue reading
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A Buyer’s Dilemma
Dave Stone recently recommended that I try Action Method Online, as a way of managing tasks/projects. The suggestion was timely: its been on my mind to try things other than basecamp, and another project tool I was trying got lost … Continue reading
Posted in economics, productivity, software
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My work featured on wireframes magazine
Jakub has just posted an item over at wireframes magazine about some html wireframes I developed using polypage. Say for example you want to show your wireframes to your client in the “logged out” and “first time visit” states, Polypage … Continue reading
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Selling software online? Make it cheaper.
Back in September I attended clearleft’s dconstruct conference. One presentation in the day really stuck out, and reviewing the slides again today I felt inspired to comment/echo one particular point. Joshua Porter used some psychology principles to examine how to … Continue reading