Archive for the ‘personal’ Category

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 [...]

I know, I know, it’s still five weeks away, but these things take a lot of forethought. My travel arrangements to The Lizard are already made, but the main plans revolve around the parties. As well as the Clearleft bash (mercifully an afternoon thing), I’m going to the BBC Backstage party to catch up with [...]

The latest issue of .net magazine is out today, and it’s an important one for me because I wrote the cover article “The ultimate ways to test your site”. It’s my first printed article, and obviously I’m proud to do my bit to spread the word about user experience. It’s also pretty darn hefty and [...]

During the radio silence of the last few weeks, I’ve turned my attention to other tasks. The largest has been to write two substantial UX articles, which should be published shortly. More details will follow. I’ve also written a few songs, recorded one – Pilcrow (demo, mp3), kickstarted an intensive exercise program and slowly coaxed [...]

Quick personal post. dConstruct was, of course, marvellous, but I shan’t review it. My partisan stance and lack of liberty to pay too much attention mean that others have done it more justice than I could: viz. Twitter search, the BBC article, and Matt Balara’s review (although I disagree with his verdict on Jeremy’s closing [...]

I’ve decided to finally make the move to digital, so I’m selling all my CDs. Before I go down the eBay route, any of you lucky folks want to buy any? Full list here (pdf) – £3 each, £1 for EPs. First come, first served: leave a comment or hit me up at email [at] [...]

I enjoyed Lloyd Davis’s post Stick your five-year plan, in which he argues the futility of long-term planning when it comes to one’s own life. I think in some respects he’s absolutely right. While it’s useful to have some structure, some framework to life, anything beyond a couple of years is likely to be wildly [...]