Nov 09

Practical design tips for web sites

Design Tips presentation

Some slides based on various presentations and templates I have used with customers to help guide their designs for intranets, extranets and collaborative web sites…


Oct 05

Why design means compromise

Building Plans

Good design means the appearance of an object is created with consideration to, or in conjunction with, function and purpose. The goal should be more than being admired for looks…


Apr 13

Simple usability

Message to attach a file in Gmail

I clicked Send on an email to a client this morning, and up cropped the above message. Yes, I had indeed talked about attaching a file and not actually attached it. Hardly the first time for me :-) But that’s the first time an email client has stepped in to help.


Nov 25

World Usability Day

World Usability Day was held during November and this year’s theme was Healthcare. Microsoft took part and hosted a day of sessions that were recorded on their Live Meeting virtual conferencing service. You can access the presentations (available for download, at the time of writing) here – Best Practices for Creating “People-Ready” Solutions To find [...]


Dec 04

How buildings learn

I had come across several recommendations to read ‘How Buildings Learn‘, by Stewart Brand, during the past year and finally picked up a copy of the book. Here are some snippets to (hopefully) help explain the valuable lessons this book can teach the IT industry, particularly the newer architect-style roles that are cropping up (enterprise-, [...]


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