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Re-cycling difficulties in London
Serco staff struggle to cope with the overflow bike parking near Waterloo Station by London’s South Bank. They were having to free up some docking stations so people could check their bikes in. The surplus bikes are then loaded on … Continue reading
Don’t let distance get in the way of your user research
There’s an advertising campaign at the moment for Blackberry, the smartphone company, using the tag line “Closeness has nothing to do with distance.” These days we can all carry our loved ones around in our pocket or handbag using the … Continue reading
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Tagged closeness, design research, distance, intranet, remote usability testing, usability, User experience, work
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Traffic lights and inclusive design
Why are there three separate lights in the standard traffic light setup? Why are they vertically arranged? In a nutshell: don’t rely on colour alone to convey meaning in your information design. Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, color-blindness, colour-blindness, Design, inclusive design, information design, People Thinking, web design, work
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What is a hashtag?
[Encouraged by a friend after I wrote this explanation in Facebook, I'm posting it here and planning to start writing more than 140 characters again every so often] A hashtag is a type of label (or metadata) that you can … Continue reading
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Tagged #isthisahashtag, #thisisahashtag, #whatisahashtag, hashtags
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How would a butterfly inspire your next design?
That’s the question currently on the homepage of Ask Nature, a new web-based resource which catalogues the many ways we can learn from nature when we’re trying to solve problems. The project is run by the Biomimicry Institute. The site … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, ideas, innovation, inspiration, nature, problem_solving, TED
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Enterprising times – a case for search best bets
Reading the e-Consultancy interview with Lou Rosenfeld on the importance of site search analytics, I was reminded of when I was product manager of intranet (or enterprise) search at the BBC. It was back in 2002. People complained that search … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, best bets, enterprise search, findability, Gateway, IA, information architecture, intranet, intranets, search, search engines, User experience
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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 4 – Delicious RSS feeds
This series of short articles explains some simple and free ways to use the internet to keep tabs on the subjects you’re interested in. I’m using East Dulwich as the example subject. Previously: Part 1 – Google Alerts, Part 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged bookmarks, delicious, East Dulwich, favorites, guide, How things work, how to, internet, productivity, search, social bookmarking, subject-tracking, time-saving tips, tips, tracking, updates
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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 3 – Twitter tracking
In this series of short articles, I’m looking at different ways of subject-tracking on the internet. Previous articles covered Google Alerts and Technorati Watchlists. This article is about Twitter and its tracking feature, using East Dulwich as the example subject. … Continue reading
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Tagged East Dulwich, How things work, how to, internet, productivity, search, SMS, subject-tracking, text messaging, time-saving tips, tips, tracking, twitter, updates
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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 2 – Technorati Watchlists
How do you keep on top of everything everyone’s saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I’m going to run through a few things you can set up quickly and for free … Continue reading
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Tagged East Dulwich, How things work, how to, internet, PR, press office, productivity, search, technorati, time-saving tips, tips, updates, watchlists
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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 1 – Google Alerts
How do you keep on top of everything everyone’s saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I’m going to run through a few things you can set up quickly and for free … Continue reading
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Tagged alerts, East Dulwich, google, google alerts, How things work, how to, internet, PR, press office, productivity, search, time-saving tips, tips
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