Time to read: 2 minutesI have had a lovely day punctuated by utterly shit news: no internet for another two weeks at least. This is starting to impact my life a bit too much. Happily, today the weather was amazing. We had a proper summer day and so i decided to make greek salad. Here is how I made […] continue reading »
Time to read: 4 minutesThis week, a good friend of mine is releasing a new book. I am dying to read it, and he’s already got a copy for me, which is amazing. Thing is… I’ll never carry a hardcover around now that I have a kindle to read from. And I don’t want to pay double for books […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesPinterest is still sort of a new kid on the block for social media. And this week, I discovered yet another use for it: market and trend research. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesMost designers are perfectionists, and will continue working on something until it’s “just right”. This means we often use up all the time allocated and risk making something completely off the mark, to boot! Show them the post its, I say! Or, in this example, the labels… […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesThis past week I haven’t had time to blog because I’ve been running around and moving house. A photo story. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesSo I bought a camera. The first camera I ever bought. * anyone alive in the 80’s will get the joke. And if not: wikipedia it. it all started with a photo hunt A few weeks ago, some photographically-minded friends of The Man suggested a photo hunt. This differs from a scavenger hunt in that […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minuteshow often do you read a full blog post? If I’m honest with myself, I only read a full blog post about one out of ten times. I’ll start out faithfully taking in all the words, then I’ll get bored, or rushed, and I’ll skip a line, then two, then before I know it, I’ve […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesI wrote recently about time-boxing, and that got me to thinking that productivity isn’t just about shoving things into a calendar. It’s also about making the most of the time you’ve got, limiting context-switching, and remembering what needs to get done. After quite a bit of pondering, I concluded that my ideal todo list would […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minuteFive years ago, I moved into a small one bedroom flat. And even before moving in, I took measurements, created a floorplan, and tried to arrange the furniture, see how I could make it fit. The amusing thing is I conjured up 19 ways of placing them, starting with 0, the layout they were in […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesWant to build a good brand? These are my top five suggestions for getting it right. If you know there will be an outage in service, warn your affected users, tell them when service will resume. And apologise. It sets expectations, demonstrates you are in control (even if that’s not true), and makes them feel […] continue reading »