Archive for ‘design’
April 20, 2009
Have you ever tried to do something online, which you thought would be simple, to discover the task becomes unnecessarily hard? I’ve been trying to change my address on some emails I subscribe to and its mission impossible. continue reading
Tags: disasters, email, marketing, usability
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February 13, 2009
How easy is it to design a door? If I gave you a pen and paper you could sketch one out now, right? So, if you had studied 7 years for a degree in architecture you’d have no problem creating the perfect door? Wrong. continue reading
Tags: affordance, architectural design, usability design
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January 22, 2009
For my first post of 2009 I thought I’d sit by a roaring fire, pour myself a glass of wine and mull over what looks likely to be one of the big web talking points of the year – designing for accessibility. continue reading
Tags: accessibility, design
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November 13, 2008
In a week where the EU has changed the much derided and misquoted legislation on shapes and sizes of fruit and vegetables, it made me think of the French influence on apples. Being the unashamed geek I am, my apple thoughts are more of the Mac type than the Golden Delicious variety. continue reading
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