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Inspiring talks by Robbie Manson & Wilson Miner

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

This is a post for my Dad who fell over and hurt his shoulder last week. I found both videos inspiring and I’m sure he will too. Wilson Miner – When We Build We shape our tools and our tools shape us.” As more of the tools we live with every day become digital instead [...]

The Iconic Hangover

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

I remember having a conversation years ago when I worked on the DB Learning Manager and DB Primary project whereby we discussed at length the visual relevance of commonly used icons in interface design. These icons usually started life in common operating systems like Windows or Mac OS or within widely used software like Microsoft Windows and have then become the default choice since.

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My Journey to a Responsive Website

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Armed with a copy of Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski and Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke I set about making my site responsive.

Site on iPhone

Productivity Future Vision

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

I saw this video today and thought it had some great interface and interaction ideas. I also found this blog post by Bret Victor that looks at the ideas in the video in more detail. Great read.

Design Jam – What to expect

Monday, November 7th, 2011

On Saturday 5th November 2011 I attended Design Jam Brighton. It was my first time attending an event like this so I didn’t really know what to expect.

From the Design Jam Wiki page it explained that: “Design Jams are one-or-two-day design sessions, during which people team up to tackle engaging User Experience (UX) challenges.”