Largely older posts, mini blog entries and memes from the past… a vault of dusty nonsense.
Reading time: < 1 min Blimey. So much has happened since I started this blog it’s mind-boggling to consider it all. So I won’t. Just thought I’d mark the occasion, eight years since my first proper blog post (10 since my first “personal homepage”). So, just to reiterate, blimey.
Reading time: < 1 min The next fortnight is a little hectic for me, all work related, as it’s “release week” this week and “retrospective week” next week. I won’t have much free time so this is your advanced warning that: I haven’t died. I am not lying in a hospital after a freak tea related accident. I have not…
Reading time: 2 mins Almost halfway through the year and I’m still finding new technical communications blogs. If you have recently started blogging about this wonderous profession of ours do let me know. On with the last findings. Web 2.0 and Truth Sarah O’Keefe presented at the recent X-Pubs conference on Web 2.0 and Truth. It’s an interesting read,…
Reading time: 2 mins Blimey, yer a strange bunch. In fact I’m also a little insulted. I spend hours crafting blog posts, considering the weighty issues of the day, or trying to capture the elusive quality of a moment, carefully choosing my words to be thought-provokingly poetic. Despite all that, what are the topics that really get you going?…
Reading time: 2 mins Everything happens at once. It’s always the way of these things, the calendar remains empty until, all of a sudden you realise you have a concert and a leaving do to attend one evening, and a day/evening session in the pub the next day. Such is the case this coming Friday, Radiohead gig at Glasgow…
Reading time: 2 mins I’m utterly failing in my attempt to make this a weekly feature on this site. Maybe I should cut it down a little, thoughts and comments are appreciated. Writing an Interface Style Guide Some handy tips for what to include in any user interface guidelines document: Interface style guides are extremely useful to define best…