Category: Design

  • Choose boring technology

    Choose boring technology

    https://boringtechnology.club/ Slightly long presentation, but I like it. There are so many cool new tools around today, and although I wouldn’t entirely dismiss trying new ones, there is profound wisdom in the message here: Do you need new tech, or do you just need to keep your processes and software in better shape? Keep your…

  • A short tale about online banking service design

    A short tale about online banking service design

    Once upon a time, you went to your branch and ATMs to manage your affairs. You had your bank card, you had you, you had the person behind the counter, and they would do most of the work for you.

  • Disconnect to connect

    I think I try to cut back on social media at least once a year, but I always eventually fall back into the social media and news trap. But I’m giving it a go again. I’m doing it because those regular quick check ins and rants give an illusion of connection to other people and…

  • RSS

    RSS

    I made a conscious decision to pretty much stay off twitter earlier this year. It is a terrible time-suck, it is a firehose of all kinds of things that will rob you of your sanity and faith in humankind. It also did not help my state of anxiety at the time.

  • Good design is useful

    Good design is useful

    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,…

  • UX Designer wanted

    UX Designer wanted

    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.

  • Joe Pesci

    Joe Pesci

    The best thing in “The Irishman” was, without a doubt, the frames worn by Joe Pesci. So damn stylish.

  • Notifications

    Notifications

    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.

  • ToDo Hack

    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?

    Are you Agile?

    I think that most companies that say they practice Agile are kidding themselves.

  • The Great Design Discourse

    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.

  • The UX is in the bag

    The UX is in the bag

  • Computers and HTML

    Computers and HTML

    Growing up I got into computers around the age of 7. I started with a ZX Spectrum +, then a +2, then an Atari ST.

  • Designing VUIs

    Designing VUIs

    Chatbots are taking over! GUIs and NUIs are so last year! Artificial Intelligence is so darn good and freely available that you can just speak and make it so.

  • What the Internet of Things means for Interaction Design

    What the Internet of Things means for Interaction Design

    As someone who has spent most of my career designing and building websites, I tend to think of interaction design within the realm of explicit interactions.