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Jobs I’ve had: Car auction driver

[Like many, I'm a firm believer that we learn by doing, and the benefit we gain from the variety of our experiences - both positive and negative - we bring to every new situation. So I thought I'd write about … Continue reading

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Arts spaces as workplaces – London’s Royal Festival Hall

Since I went freelance nearly four years ago, I’ve spent a lot of time working in – and a lot of time talking about – The Royal Festival Hall in London’s South Bank Centre. Today is the last day I’ll … Continue reading

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The Gnomes, Vaudeville Entertainers

The Gnomes, Vaudeville entertainers (photo on Flickr) Almost a hundred years ago, my great grandparents (my father’s father’s parents) were in The Gnomes, a group of London-based vaudeville entertainers. My great-grandfather, Edgar Sidney (standing on the right in this photograph), … Continue reading

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Infographic: growth in use of the term infographic

Infographic: instances of the term “infographic” over time. Source: Google Trends

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Why I think ASUS Padfone misses the point

I’ve just watched the shiny video promo for the new ASUS Padfone. It’s a tablet (think iPad, Galaxy) with a marsupial-style pouch for a mobile handset. No longer will you suffer eye-strain trying to read those tiny words on the … Continue reading

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Content connections

How does a piece of content relate to other content? Learning, conversations, people, places, events, news, policy and procedure… Not an exhaustive list, and deliberately format-agnostic, but a helpful start when planning and thinking about web and intranet content. Let … Continue reading

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Ten toes running diary – Day one

I recently bought a pair of Vibram Five Fingers running “shoes” after reading about barefoot running on the Britmilfit website. I’m not currently doing Britmilfit, but have done over the last ten years and can thoroughly recommend it. Today I … Continue reading

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The web – integration not destination

If we really want to help people connect with each other, get stuff done, solve problems and make things, then the web is not the destination. We need to work harder to integrate the web in to people’s lives, when and … Continue reading

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Find, Understand, Share, Extend

Today is World Usability Day. The theme this year is communication. I’ve chosen to write about something which I find helps teams I work with communicate and explore what we design and put on the web. Back in 2005, Yahoo! Search announced … Continue reading

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Running away with my thoughts

Just wondering if Twitter is changing the way I think. Even just thinking that sentence through as I type it, I wonder if I might tweet it, and subconsciously estimate the character count. (54 if you include the full stop, … Continue reading

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