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Practice & Fear 24 Jul 2013 | 01:39 pm
There’s a fundamental flaw in the phrase “Practice makes Perfect”, particularly when it comes to the web. “Practice” implies too much subjectivity. It also implies a static target. The fact is, on the...
Whim & Aim 11 Jul 2013 | 12:16 am
Great design is, more often than not, a delicate balancing act. On one side of the scale, we must strive to fulfil the needs of the task at hand; design something appropriate, usable, resilient, and c...
Occlusion 20 May 2013 | 06:06 pm
Our minds make the world a considerably more beautiful place. Consider a long drive through the country. If you’re anything like me, you’ll find yourself staring out of the window at the rolling hills...
Unfinished Business 25 Apr 2013 | 03:52 pm
There’s no better motivator for work than passion. Looming deadlines give you a motivational boost driven by panic, but it’s a different kind of motivation. It’s messy, and more often than not, it sho...
Responsive Experiences 17 Apr 2013 | 04:50 am
Responsive design has brought with it a whole new world of design challenges. How can we design content containers that work at different widths? How do we decide what content a user needs to access, ...
“User Experience” 20 Mar 2013 | 09:16 pm
Digital goods have been around for some time now. Graphical user interfaces haven’t really evolved all that much since the first ones popped up – we still have windows, desktops, icons, and cursors. C...
You’re Good. Get Better. 13 Feb 2013 | 02:01 am
Profanity warning: I don’t normally swear this much. Fuck convention. Young designers and those new to the game; I’m going to let you in on a secret. Maybe a few secrets. The sort of things that you f...
Communication Breakdown 31 Jan 2013 | 07:54 pm
I’m going to take a minute to address something that’s been bothering me. You might have noticed that recently I’m maybe not as communicative on Twitter (or elsewhere) as I used to be. I just want to ...
New Adventures 28 Jan 2013 | 10:33 pm
It’s exactly one year since my first conference, NAconf 2012, and last week I had the great pleasure of attending the final instalment of the New Adventures trilogy. Armed with much greater confidence...
Realigning 9 Jan 2013 | 01:03 am
It’s a new year, and an exciting one at that. I’ll (finally) be graduating this Spring and looking for a job I love in a place I love. There are a few things I’ve promised to do this year, as well. I ...
