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Old interfaces die hard
One thing bothers me about Bill Gates’s assertion that touch interfaces will be all the rage over the next few years. Namely that I’m convinced he’s wrong. Of course, it’s not hard to disagree with a lot of what Bill says, but I really can’t see this major shift on the horizon.
Let’s start at the [...]
Comics and personas
Inspired by Rebekah Sedaca’s Boxes and Arrows post, some workmates and I took a social day out learn the art of comic drawing. I can barely remember the last time I attempted to draw anything ‘for real’ - it’s long been something I’ve decided I couldn’t (and therefore shouldn’t) do.
And, well, I’m still not hugely [...]
How to avoid the UX dark side
Slides from my short presentation at BarCamp Brighton:
May not make much sense without the audio (but then if your slides don’t need a speaker why are you bothering to present?). Also please forgive typographic quirks introduced by SlideShare.
Been a fascinating weekend so far, and I’ve finally lost my Werewolf virginity. My theory that all unfamiliar [...]
Why become an Information Architect?
I can’t remember where I heard it, but I was surprised it came from someone in the field. The sarcastic tone surprised me even more than the chuckles of agreement.
Hang on, I thought with astonishment, surely we’ve not reached the stage where we reduce ourselves to hackneyed self-criticism? In my experience, passion for their craft [...]
Spring miscellany
1. It’s definitely spring today. Happy happy joy joy.
2. It’s also Pi Day - go forth and multiply (by 3.14159)!
3. The most interesting eyetracking finding ever: men stare at crotches.
Even animals’ crotches too, apparently. Take that, F-shaped content! More on BoingBoing.
Sony announce "Home"
Well well. The console wars just got a lot more interesting. Sony have announced “Home”, a Second Life-esque virtual world to meet other gamers, download extra content (presumably via micropayments), and generally immerse oneself into the world of PS3. It looks extremely nifty and is probably the first genuinely exciting thing Sony have done in [...]
Relocation, relocation, relocation
Well, it’s been a while, and finally I have some news. From April I will be moving to London to take up an IA position with uSwitch.com.
Obviously I’m delighted - it seems like a great company with a good understanding of UCD and some big plans for the future. I’m also looking forward to being [...]
Installation consternation
Here’s one for This Is Broken: installing the trial version of Axure, only to be warned that I should close it before I install it.
Very busy. Working on a few quite big things, one of which is to read Don Quixote. When the pace slows down perhaps I’ll share my plans.
iPhone: lovely, but get over it
Delegates “screamed”. Twitter ground to a halt. The shockwaves of a simultaneous nerdgasm shook the very core of the internet.
Yes, it is a lovely phone.
My first thoughts are that it looks extremely promising, although like Dan Saffer at Adaptive Path I will reserve judgement until I see exactly how they’ve implemented the OS and touch-screen [...]