Back in Newcastle after a weekend retreat practicing Soto Zen at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey http://j.mp/rszPHZ
I have only read about and experienced a Chan (Chinese meditation from which Zen originates) retreat, so this was my first exposure to Soto Zen and monastic life. Based on this experience Soto Zen does not use tools [...]
MOST
The MOST technique is an internal analysis. It contains four attributes that are defined by the business analyst to ensure the project you are working on is aligned and on track. These attributes are as follows:
Mission – where the business intends to go Objectives – the key goals that will help achieve mission [...]
It has been some time since I made any photos…
Once I began photography for its own sake and not just holiday snaps I initially began photographing derelict environments. These empty, sterile environments, free of any other persons perspective still hold an appeal for me. There is a solitude about photographing the remnants of people’s activities, their discarded context for happenings unknown to me [...]
“By understanding progressive enhancement and how to apply it properly, web practitioners can craft experiences that serve users (rather than browsers), giving them access to content without technological restrictions.” – Adaptive web design
There is a growing movement by web developers towards presenting content in the best possible way for the users device/browser of choice. [...]
A collection of interface design principles.
Jakob Nielsen Visibility of system status (FEEDBACK) Match between system and the real world (METAPHOR) User control and freedom (NAVIGATION) Consistency and standards (CONSISTENCY) Error prevention (PREVENTION) Recognition rather than recall (MEMORY) Designing Web Interfaces
Designing Web Interfaces; By: Bill Scott; Theresa Neil; Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc
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Here is a collection of questions I ask myself/team when sketching an interface. These questions then form the design criteria for each component/flow/view/page.
Where is the user in the flow? Where has the user come from? What does the user want to do next? Why is the user on this view? What information does the [...]
A TEDxNorth event in brought to Newcastle by Codeworks that mixed screenings of presentations from TED with guest speakers – Mike Stenhouse, Chris Stainthorpe and Andy Budd. Mike and Andy both talked around user experience. Chris raised questions about privacy which he termed – ‘take control over your [...]
In the past I found user stories provided some background context but nothing tangible I could use. Once I started to research Agile practices I realised that user stories are useful but they need a clear structure. User stories are a description of desired functionality from the perspective of the user or customer.
Agile describes [...]
Here’s a question I asked of a copy writer and the response I got back.
Do you have any ideas how I can facilitate a session to help the project team and the client come up with copy for navigation?”
Always think of your audience – if a client is pushing a title that [...]
