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Yesterday as we were having a slow morning together as a family for our youngest’s birthday, our eldest showed me a drawing she’d started to make. She was going to put on a show for her figures and had them all lined up on the floor in her bedroom “but”
The best books aren’t always the newest ones. Or the ones with the fanciest cover. Some of the best books are the ones that are older, worn, where the pages have been turned a hundred times, and where the cover, well it could be better. Each of us has a
That was one of the quotes I wrote down this lunchtime as I listened to an episode of the Mel Robbins podcast about imposter syndrome. There was another really good one which was “You can diffuse the imposter syndrome if you just accept where you’re at” which really struck a
Back in February 2011 I left Dare and began freelancing. At the same time we started building a loft conversion in our flat, and doing a head to toe renovation of it. Terrible timing in hindsight as there were so many decision to be made on a daily basis, most
Over the past month and a bit many of us have returned to work after the summer and the feelings might be mixed. Whether you’ve had a short or a longer break over the summer, now is a good time to do a retro of the first 9 months of
With my ‘Storytelling in Design’ book about to be sent to production and our baby girl being 7 months old, I’m kicking off running workshops again and will give a new one related to my book in London, Copenhagen and Stockholm this spring.
I’ve done a little experiment that I’d love your feedback on. It’s a series of unedited, no thrills audio recordings and what I’d love your input on is if I should turn them and the idea behind them into a no thrills podcast.
The other day I stood in the self-check out queue in Tesco watching the woman in front of me struggle to pay for her 6 pack of Pepsi.
I fell into running workshops after visiting General Assembly (GA) in NYC to look at their co-working space. A chat led to a dinner in London as GA was about to open here and shortly thereafter I taught my first class with them. Fast forward five years and I’ve taught
When Steve Krug wrote his book ‘Don’t make me think’ his intent was to help people to learn to think like a usability expert. Over the last few years as I’ve helped other startups with the UX for their websites and apps, I’ve seen a great gap and I wanted
We’ll admit that push notifications are a great way to keep up with new content when it arrives. However, those messages quickly become annoying when they relate to things that you really don’t give a shit about. – Engadget
Today I’ve been head and knee deep into our financial forecast for the next 18 months. That brings us to July 2017. Quite a long time away and yet, not really that far away at all.
I’ve always had a particular liking for symbolic new beginnings. The end of summer holidays and the start of “autumn” is one of them. It fills me with excitement of what’s to come. And this year I’m a bit more excited than usual.
Earlier this week I met with a small company to discuss UX training for their whole team. The founder expressed how he didn’t want UX to be owned and so to speak “carried out” by one person only, but that UX should be something everyone was involved in and a
In 2014 I’m combining my love for fika, cafes and UX into practical, hands on learning sessions in inspiring places.
Over the soon to be three years I’ve been freelancing I’ve come across places where UX and collaborative working has been an integral part of the process and value that a company provides, and other places where it’s still been in its early infancy.
Looking back at my years doing what I do there is one thing that stands out more than anything in terms of what I’ve found the most valuable and rewarding. And that’s having a good mentor to learn from and bounce work with.
The second time I did my ‘Designing for everyone, anywhere, at any time’ talk I told the story of project flat and why one size fits all just ends up with a fair few misfits.
You don’t differentiate through your product’s feature set, its battery life or any other spec. The difference is emotional: Don’t just do something for me, but make me happy while doing it. From the Mashable post With iOS 7, Apple Leads by Following Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/4354438814
Simple is terrific but simplistic is not. Don’t lose important complexity. Complexity gives our lives and interfaces texture. People don’t want dumbed down interfaces. They want uncomplicated experiences. Josh Clark via Luke W