Archive for December, 2008

It is of course customary at this time of year to review the twelve months past in a lengthy and uninteresting blog post. So I’ll condense it to a paragraph. In 2008, I watched Cardiff City in a Cup Final, saw My Bloody Valentine live, met some marvellous people, was published in A List Apart, [...]

Thrilled to see my article Getting real about Agile design published on A List Apart today. Hopefully it’ll stimulate some lively discussion about a subject that I feel has often been treated rather shallowly. If you have any thoughts on the article I’d love to hear them in the “Join the discussion” section (but please [...]

Users hate redesigns, or so we’re told. To be fair, the evidence does seem to support the argument: the last year or so has given us some clear examples of user backlash. Facebook: Right now, the largest anti-redesign group has 1,656,258 members. I’m with them in spirit: I think the Facebook redesign is weak, although [...]