Momentarily I can be found! Occasionally I search for my name on the web in the vain hope that one day I will no longer be buried beneath hundreds of thousands of prices for network interface cards (NICs). And to my great astonishment that day has arrived (at least on Google anyway)! I had to capture this as no doubt... More
Dodgy information design Here’s something to mark World Usability Day. Boots does a thing called Meal Deal which means for a fixed price you can get a sandwich, drink and snack/dessert. There are two types of meal deal, one where the products are marked with a red circle and the slightly more expensive option which uses a green... More
Google base: another step towards global domination If you add in every small business in the world – and believe me, Google is thinking that way – you can sum up Google’s ambitions in the commercial world as this: the company would like to provide a platform that mediates supply and demand for pretty much the entire world economy. John Battelle in... More
links for 2005-11-01 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (tags: accessibility w3c guidelines) Web accessibility resources (tags: usability accessibility webcredible web testing guidelines resources) Interaction-Design.org – A site about HCI, Usability, UI Design, User Experience, Information Architecture and more.. Superb resource which I hope to contribute to at some point (tags: hci ia usability userexperience interactiondesign design web) More
links for 2005-10-31 World Usability Day | Making it Easy! Thursday 3rd November is World Usability Day. Check out the map to see what’s going on in your neck of the woods. (tags: usability wud events userexperience design) More
Public service remixing I’m with Euan on Annotatable Audio, it’s a stunning thing. And then this clever archive thingamijig comes along. And I’m reminded why I like working for the BBC. More
links for 2005-10-30 UXmatters :: Information Architecture 2.0 “Preview :: A New User Experience Design Web Magazine :: Coming Soon!” from Dan Brown (tags: ux userexperience ia informationarchitecture search navigation web design productdesign servicedesign) Intranet Blog :: Intranet ROI “Everyone talks about ROI. Almost all companies want and demand ROI, but when it comes down to measurement, most... More
The internet enters our living space This is my first post from “downstairs.” As of this weekend, we have wi-fi at home (thanks Pai!). Now if something springs to mind I can grab the laptop (for the first time in ages the “lap” bit counts) and check it out, or write it, or email someone. Up until now this has been... More
Priceless My three-year old son and I went on a walk to Lordship Lane yesterday afternoon to pick up something to cook for my parents for supper from William Rose the butcher. When we got back we sat on the ledge of the fence outside our house for a well-earned rest and looked up at the... More