October 2011
1 post
Links: 30th Oct 2011
http://www.ui-transitions.com/
Meaningful Transitions - Motion Graphics in the User Interface« deals with the use of animations in the user interface. It documents transitions in a clustered way to show at which place transitions can be a helpful extension to the static user interface, because of cognitive benefits to enhance the user experience.
http://lecontainer.blogspot.com/
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September 2011
1 post
Build/Windows Keynote Day 1 →
My notes from the Build Windows conference Day One keynote
The question I have in my head is - What i want to know… Will the UX work? I know we’re going to get lots of information about Tools and…
July 2010
1 post
So long, and thanks for all the fish. →
Having seen a few of these posts over the last couple of years as people have moved on from established roles, I thought I’d have a bash myself. It seems a good way to draw a line under…
March 2010
3 posts
MIX10 Recap →
A somewhat overdue post, due to a very busy week catching up on work, sleep and feeding back on everything that I learnt during my time in Las Vegas. In looking back at the few days spent…
The obligatory pre-MIX post →
Tomorrow morning at 5.30 AM, I begin the now annual trek from Birmingham, UK to Las Vegas, Nevada for Microsoft’s MIX conference, now in its 5th year. They describe it as being…
… for…
Next Birmingham Tumblr Meetup is 1st of April,...
birminghammeetup:
The Victoria is an awesome pub with a great selection of cocktails and fancy beers. It’s a 2 minute walk from Birmingham New Street / City Centre. It’s a pretty small and relaxed place, we’ll probably have a table and have lots of Tumblr stickers to hand out.
Where? The Victoria, John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BN. When? Thursday 1st April at 6:30pm
To RSVP please...
February 2010
8 posts
UX, Design & Silverlight links : 26th Feb 2010
Layer Tennis Coin-Flip archive - ahead of today’s 2nd friendly match
http://coudal.com/flip/
Time running out to see Dieter Rams exhibition
http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/2009-dieter-rams
and a Panel Discussion in London on his work next Tuesday
http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/kue/en5144565v.htm
Smashing Mag: Designing interfaces for Business oriented web...
UX, Design & Silverlight links : 25th Feb 2010
Launch48 comes to Birmingham in March
http://birmingham.launch48.com/about/
Experience Maps – combining persona with abstracted stories / journey
http://nform.ca/blog/2010/02/experience-maps-cross-channel-experiences-deliverable-for-gamers
It’s funny (or sad) because it’s true… “Why You Can’t Work at Work” by Jason Fried
http://bigthink.com/ideas/18522
Very cool HTML5 canvas Cloth...
UX & Design links 24th Feb 2010
Office Design Group UX design in SharePoint 2010
http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/11/16/ux-design-tools-techniques.aspx
Age old (tired) debate on web designers and coding skills
http://clagnut.com/blog/2315/
BBC Series on the Technological Revolution
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qn37q/The_Virtual_Revolution_The_Great_Levelling/
LEGO...
UX & Design links 23rd Feb 2010
What Personality types are designers?
http://www.michaelroller.com/?p=996
Office, Bing and Windows Live on the iPad?
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/office-bing-and-windows-live-on-the-ipad-naturally.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
Adobe Developer on why no Flash on the...
UX & Design links 22nd Feb 2010
“Explain IA” competition – winning definitions
http://www.flickr.com/groups/explainia/discuss/72157623166940628/
HOW Interactive design award winners
http://www.nerdstalker.com/2010/02/how-design-names-2010-international.html
Gestural Icon set
http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/michaelwolf?entry=gesturecons_visual_language_for_mult
Everyone Ever in the World data...
UX and Design links : 19th Feb 2010
Happy Birthday AJAX
http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2010/02/18/ajax-is-5-years-old-today/
UI Fundamentals for Programmers
http://www.vimeo.com/6702766
Size and Shape of the UK design industry
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/About-Design/Research/The-Business-of-Design2/Size-and-shape-of-the-design-industry/
Flash on the iPad – 1.5 hours battery...
UX & Design links 18th Feb 2010
More Windows Phone commentary & insight
Windows Phone Designer Seeks the Right Balance
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2010/feb10/02-16Shum.mspx
Engadget Editorial
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/editorial-engadget-on-windows-phone-7-series/?s=t5
Gizmodo Interface review
http://gizmodo.com/5472010/windows-phone-7-interface-microsoft-has-out+appled-apple
Bill Gates on the iPad...
UX links 17th Feb 2010
HTML5 & CSS3 Showcase, Best Practices and Tutorial
http://devsnippets.com/article/designing-with-html5-css3.html
Brain-Computer Interface technology
http://www.emotiv.com/
Silverlight the Native Platform for Windows Mobile
http://www.crn.com/software/222900433
And further commentary:
http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/2010/02/silverlight-in-windows-phone-7-and.html
Morphosis Architects...
January 2010
2 posts
BETT 2010 in review →
I travelled back from London yesterday after a great couple of days at the BETT show. Last year was the first time we’d really shown off any of our applications, demonstrating our…
What I want to see at #BETT2010
Heading down to BETT at Olympia on Friday for an annual research trip, see what everyone else is up to and get some perspective on the general state of play in Educational Technology especially from a software and applications point of view
So I’ve begun a list of what I’d particularly like to see…
Capita SIMS Discover and their prototype ‘concept car’ silverlight...
October 2009
3 posts
iPhone 3Gs + Tweetie 2 + Twitter = Win →
Compelled to write this after having had an unexpectedly good user experience with all of the above last night. The main thing is that it wasn’t each one in isolation, but the combination and how…
The future of Silverlight and HTML5 ? →
After speaking at Saturday’s Multipack event and catching Bruce Lawson’s HTML 5 talk for the second time in a couple of weeks, I had some time to ponder on my walk home through the city.
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Multipack Presents Talk : Rapid App Development →
Or “Getting R.A.D. with Silverlight and Expression Blend”!
The idea behind this set of talks was to take a look at the options currently available, or on their way for creating Rich Internet…
August 2009
1 post
Conclusion of the week - 28/08/09
Having forked out another shedload this week to put car through MOT and sort a couple of other problems - the conclusion I have reached is that:
running a car costs money - deal with it
…or get a closer job/hobby/partner and ride a bike.
You either spend a lot of money for not a lot of car, or not a lot of money for a lot of car. The former saves in maintenance and running, but costs in...
June 2009
1 post
Expression Blend 3 Nuggets - Pt. 1 →
This is the first of a series of short blogs documenting some of the little features and improvements that have been making me smile since starting our latest Silverlight project at Synetrix,…
May 2009
2 posts
Links for 18th May 09
Silverlight 2 hits 300m installs
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/microsoft-says-silverlight-installed-more-than-firefox-safari-and-chrome-combined/
Nintendo more profitable than banks and Google
http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/nintendo-makes-more-per-employee-than-google-goldman-sachs/?biz=1
100 most creative business people
http://www.fastcompany.com/100/
Visual Studio 2010...
How did the race go..? Ae Forest Avalanche Enduro...
Race was good on the whole… Weather was grim on the Saturday - pissing with rain/hail/sleet, got soaked and muddy as hell just practicing the course. Highlight was having to repair a gash in tyre and puncture with no feeling in fingers, shoes full of water, unable to feel toes, sheltering behind a tree. Not fun.
Qualifying went badly. Was a run down a route that would normally be a...
April 2009
1 post
