This week has been one of them weeks we’ll all remember. It’s been off the hook as far as big things go. I’ll get the horrible one out of the way first – Jaygo had / has meningitis. He’s on the mend now though – resting up at home. At about 3am Friday morning he came into our bedroom saying… Read more →
I recently got challenged by a dear old friend to take a b/w photo of my life for 7 days with no explanation and no people. (It was a thing doing the rounds on facebook). I decided to have some fun on one of the days and visit a place that I’d previously thought would be a good spot for… Read more →
Since 2002 I’ve blogged on average over 10 times a month, however, apart from one quick post about Felix’s re visit to Paris I haven’t blogged a jot. This doesn’t equate to the lack of stuff I’ve done or we’ve done as a family. DragonDrop.org is a great thing for us to look back on, so perhaps as much for… Read more →
In 2003 Felix went on a school trip and went up the Eiffel tower. He had a word famous DragonDrop Adventure Club T Shirt on. Earlier this month, he went off on his own (well, with 3 friends) and re created the shot. He made sure to point out that as well as it being the same t-shirt (washed between),… Read more →
Is the new key from BMW an amazing inflection point in everyday object design; something that will be the Godfather of all future car key design, or has it just started the countdown to us not needing car keys at all? I mean, it’s an object not too dissimilar from the object you are (according to this websites analytical data)… Read more →
What a great spot Marsk-by-the-Sea beach is. It’s an overlooked stretch of beach – the maddening crowds head for the Rock Stars of that area – Whitby, Scarborough and the like (which I’m not knocking, very nice.. but) we were after something a bit more as nature intended. Marske doesn’t boast amusement arcades, stick o rock shops – even so… Read more →
This last two weeks have been amongst the most intense two weeks of my life. I’ve either been busy, drinking or asleep. Here’s a checklist of what I’ve done. • Delivered a talk in front of 100+ mostly strangers on my specialist subject of User Experience at Manchester’s User Experience and Conversion Conference. • Had 3 coaching sessions from a… Read more →
After dropping Sophie off to code club Matt asked Annie what she would like to do. Later when I phoned, I discovered them to to be in the pub. Matt was most pleased. He explained to me later. “I asked her what she would like to do and she said pub, I thought brilliant.” Whilst Matt pottered off to buy… Read more →
I’ve been invited to talk at ‘UX Conversion Camp‘ next Thursday. I attended last year, it was ace. A mix of UX, Business, Psychology, Usability, Accessibility, Ethnographics and cats. Weirdly, I didn’t blog about it (rare). I think I was going through an off the grid phase. Anyway – this year I’m there. Talking. My talk’s about stuff I’ve learned… Read more →
… Jess for short. Postman Pat has a red van. His cat’s called Jess. Obviously. We got her last weekend from Corby, just around the corner from the Wheetabix factory. She’s a beauty. A 1993 Renault Trafic Romance Autosleeper. The guy who had her before us is a mechanic and really looked after her. Engine re build and full re-spray… Read more →
40 days and 40 nights without Sugar. I’ve just discovered it’s actually 46. Eirene suggested it just before pancake day and I thought – yea, why not? My daughter Sophie was also in for the ride (albeit encouraged by the £20 she could spend on Easter swag incentive we offered) I could do with loosing a few lb’s and cutting… Read more →
Film is ace. You drop it off, you wait a bit and then the joy of opening the results for the first time are way better than seeing the results instantly on a digital back. Mostly. As well as that, the results are often somehow warmer. Like the valve radio vs the transistor. Like the vinyl vs the CD. I… Read more →
The littlest of the little people in or house is 4. So that’s 4 years to the day since I delivered her in our hallway and hit the local headlines as a result. A wonderful 4 years. She’s such a precious wee thing. Here she is with her big sis, playing with some of her new prezzies. Beyala toys are… Read more →
We did London last week. Our first trip away from the boys – they stayed at home whilst the girls and I (sans Elsie dog) went to London. I’ll have more on that via the medium of film photography with a bit of luck. In summary, we did London Zoo, London Eye, Horniman Museum, Crystal Palace Dinosaur Park, the Science… Read more →
So, in my last post I waxed lyrical about how I’d got my LOMO LCA fixed. I’d missed it. I’ve just run a film through it and I’m quite pleased with the results. Mostly photos form around Leeds, some of Harrogate. Here’s an album of the results. I noticed how much I enjoy curating things in flickr. I could spend… Read more →
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