Every time I go into macOS settings, I think I have a notification about notifications. In general that little red dot has become a horrible, ubiquitous distraction.
Working in digital
Do you remember when people first started talking about this new kind of industry you could get into: ‘New Media’, ‘Digital’, ‘Web Design’?
I do!
Continue reading “Working in digital”An ode to information overload
I’ve just returned to work after 2 weeks of holiday. Before I left, I decided that I had had enough of being addicted to looking at the endless feed of information and hysteria on twitter. It’s one of many bad digital addictions, and it ruins my ability to concentrate.
Continue reading “An ode to information overload”Is this really happening?
Another morning, trying to fight down the sheer panic and disbelief.
It’s like this has come out of nowhere.
Continue reading “Is this really happening?”The Village and the Haters
Once there was a village and in it lived many types of people from all over the land, the Mayor, a few rich merchants and a small group called the Haters.
Continue reading “The Village and the Haters”ToDo Hack
Here’s my todo/pm hack – I use the stickies app on MacOS to list my current projects or tasks, and the length indicates the size or how much is left. Just for approximation.
Are you Agile?
I think that most companies that say they practice Agile are kidding themselves.
Continue reading “Are you Agile?”The Great Design Discourse
The digital design and UX design professions seem to be having a great moment of introspection lately, some of it raising important discussion, whilst a lot of it descends into pedantic shouting on social media.
Continue reading “The Great Design Discourse”Finland
Something I sketched in Paper awhile ago.
Pink slime
You know Ghostbusters 2, where there’s all that pink slime and it’s making people really angry and mean? Social media and most popular media is that pink slime.