I love this as an example of great product design – inexpensive, durable, brilliantly thought out to fit a common pain point. The little magnet clips them to your toaster so they’re alway within reach, the tongs feel nice to grip, and perfect for fising out those smaller toasts that dont poke out far enough, or larger items that are a bit stuck.
I’ve used them pretty much everyday since I bought them (actually my kids did whilst on a random shopping spree in Canterbury).
One morning as I sat working on my laptop, suddenly there was a loud thud from the kitchen.
Continue reading “The Magpie”
Was reading this article about UX Designers in Grafia (a Finnish Graphic Design magazine), and I had to laugh at this because so far in my experience it rings really true. The definition and reality of what your role as a UX Designer can vary a great deal.
The best thing in “The Irishman” was, without a doubt, the frames worn by Joe Pesci. So damn stylish.
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.
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”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”
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?”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”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.
