UXBri blogs

1. Ineffable

   The angst of the user experience designer

   My work is used by millions.
   When the thought first struck the numbers were lower, but I was stunned. I quickly surmised the only way I could retain objectivity and impartiality was to bury this thought, but it wouldn’t leave me alone. I’m hoping that I can now make sense of it by voicing it.
   Of course [...]

   Cennydd Bowles on 8th July

2. Ineffable

   Blank canvas

   We’ve been busy. Not only have we taken on ‘leftie number nine, but we’ve also moved into larger studio. Obviously this means higher overheads, which takes careful thought in the middle of a recession, but it also means (amongst other things) we finally have wall space.
   A blank wall is an invitation to a designer. As [...]

   Cennydd Bowles on 8th July

3. 90 Percent of Everything

   Jeff Atwood on Spit and Polish, Usability and Stack Overflow

   Jeff Atwood is one of those rare developers who has a real passion for UI design and User Experience. In his most recent post regarding Stack Overflow he says some interesting things about usability. The post has an incendiary title (”Code: it’s trivial”) but that’s not the interesting bit. Here a quote:
   “Developers think cloning [...]

   Harry Brignull on 8th July

4. Ineffable

   UXCampLondon – ticket details

   Well, it’s all falling into place. We’re putting UXCampLondon tickets on general release on Wed 15 July at 11am. To read more about the event, see my earlier post.
   The inevitable questions
   Q: How are you allocating the tickets?
   A: First come, first served.
   Q: What if I can’t make that time?
   A: Ask a friend to grab a ticket [...]

   Cennydd Bowles on 7th July

5. Ineffable

   UXCampLondon – ticket details

   Well, it’s all falling into place. We’re putting UXCampLondon tickets on general release on Wed 15 July at 11am. To read more about the event, see my earlier post.
   The inevitable questions
   Q: How are you allocating the tickets?
   A: First come, first served.
   Q: What if I can’t make that time?
   A: Ask a friend to grab a ticket [...]

   Cennydd Bowles on 7th July

6. 90 Percent of Everything

   Method vs Methodology.

   The word “methodology” has a bit more gravitas than “method” doesn’t it. Sounds more sciency. Packs more punch in a research document.
   Well, that’s sort of true, if you don’t mind completely misusing the term. “Method” and “Methodology” mean completely different things. This is what dictionary.com has to say about the matter:
   “[...] In recent [...]

   Harry Brignull on 7th July

7. 90 Percent of Everything

   Marti A Hearst’s “Search User Interfaces” book – available free online

   This is great! The full text of Marti A Hearst’s Search User Interfaces book is available entirely for free online. The RRP is £30 and the book isn’t even due to be publicly available until September 30, 2009.
   Caution: actual thought may be required when reading this book. It is an academic text, somewhat reminiscent of [...]

   Harry Brignull on 1st July

8. 90 Percent of Everything

   Marti A Hearst’s “Search User Interfaces” book – available free online

   This is great! The full text of Marti A Hearst’s Search User Interfaces book is available entirely for free online. The RRP is £30 and the book isn’t even due to be publicly available until September 30, 2009.
   Caution: actual thought may be required when reading this book. It is an academic text, somewhat reminiscent of [...]

   Harry Brignull on 1st July

9. 90 Percent of Everything

   A quick look at Shaun Inman’s Fever

   Fever is a new feed-reader from Shaun Inman, the guy who created Mint (The self-hosted analytics app, not the finance site). The concept of Fever is pretty clever – it parses your RSS feeds and works out which articles are the most popular. The UI uses a heat metaphor extensively, and as far as I [...]

   Harry Brignull on 24th June

10. Ineffable

    UX London in review

    What a week. Turning thirty is an event on its own, without the hard work of running and speaking at a major conference. However, either despite or because of the stress, UX London was a fantastic experience and one I can’t wait to repeat. Due to hurried tweaking of my slides I missed several workshops, [...]

    Cennydd Bowles on 23rd June