Archive for the ‘personal’ Category

This year – and I suppose this is my 2011 retrospective – I’ve visited five continents, and spent around a quarter of the year overseas.

Today I changed my signatures, my profiles, and my label to “digital product designer”.

Last year I strongly considered studying for an MBA. It turns out that self-employment is also pretty handy for plugging gaps in business knowledge.

After three terrific years, I’m leaving Clearleft next month.

At last, a moment to consider my time in the States.

UX London 2010, internships and some mildly terrifying news.

Since Saturday’s UXCampLondon I’ve been thinking about what I took from the experience. One The devil is in the details. With such a discerning audience, we had to offer something well run and as seamless as possible. We succeeded, thanks to accurate estimation of various factors including no shows, time between sessions, budgets, and the [...]

A curious seasonal habit of the web designer is the August Supplication, during which the internet reverberates with the sound of begging, back-scratching and unfettered harlotry. South By Southwest voting. I’m sure it’s a system that works excellently for the organisers. The pleas for votes market the conference, and those who plead well are likely [...]