Yesterday, I attended NUX (Northern User Experience) annual conference in Manchester. 1 word summary? Superb. 1691 word summary?… Great curation. The balance of speakers went from someone telling us about GDPR and the impact it’ll have on us as UX practitioners, through to one of the most passionate speakers I’ve ever seen who literally had me in tears of laughter…. Read more →
I’ve just attended Reasons.to. An “Award winning, international 3 day conference with a festival vibe” mostly single track conference set in the wonderful city of Brighton. Although I’m still processing the huge amount of info, I’m already feeling like it’s done me, and my near future exploits, the world of good. I’ve acquired a stack of thinking upgrades from some… Read more →
Day 2 for me, day 3 for the conference (I nearly called it a festival then) and I was fully switched into learning mode. After the afore mentioned ‘Full English’ breakfast (sans black pudding) I used the UX chair lift up mount future, to hit the UX slopes for some black run practice, and some off piste methodology. Abbey Covert… Read more →
Seb Lee-Delisle joked last night, in the day two closing event (where he turned the whole audience into a band using glow-sticks, after we’d all played a game of giant laser drawn flappy bird where we, the crowd, controlled the bird through the medium of clapping) ‘didn’t you all used to be called UI designers?’ I last saw him at… Read more →
I thought I would write a list of my tried and tested things to do in Harrogate with a toddler. All the activities take place in term time unless otherwise stated (not restricted to term time NRTTT). Most take place in the morning as my soon to be two year old still naps (long may it last). Monday morning and… Read more →
Today was world book day. Sophie went to school dressed as one of goldilocks’s three bears or as she secretly knew, in her pyjamas. Unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of her but I did get a picture of Annie-Mo and her friend playing with rice and lavender at the kitchen table. They happily sat, quietly engrossed, pouring and scooping… Read more →
How different from one night to the next. Tonight I am sat in Rift bar drinking my complimentary cocktail from their new menu. The music is funky and the bar isn’t too busy yet. The new menu is filled with sweet options but tonight I settled for a long Island ice tea… Matt’s favourite. Let’s get the weekend off to… Read more →
On Saturday we visited the Museum Of Film and Photography in Bradford. Matt had heard of an exhibition by Joan Fotcuberta called Stranger then Fiction. We were treated to wierd and wonderful creatures created by blending different animals together then photographed. Joan would then invent a Latin name and history for the animal. The viewer was left in state of… Read more →
Swan on the Stray hosted the relaunch party for Harrogate Alternative radio. The broadcasting Internet child of Andy Backhouse, a gentleman fizzing with ideas and enthusiasm, HAR is filled with the kind of music, red tape radio could only hope to broadcast, once a week and at an inhospitable time.Dj slots run for an hour, punk following chilled out trance… Read more →
Tonight was the opening of our new local,10Devonshire Place. Matt and I bobbed by in between scouts drop off and pick up to check out what was on offer. The bar is the first thing that you come across when you enter. To the left are shelves containing bottles of beer and to the right a bay window seating area… Read more →
A lot of our holiday centred around food. Breakfast started at 7 until 11, then there were snacks at the bars dotted around the resort. Lunch ran from 12 till 3 then icecream and sandwiches were available from the bars until dinner which was served from 630 until 1030. From 11 and through out the night snacks could be found… Read more →
I am sat in bed, the rain is lashing down outside and I can hear the sloosh as the cars zoom by my window, their lights strobing on my ceiling. I am drinking a hot cup of chai that is warming not only my tummy but my hands. I find it hard to believe that this time last week I… Read more →
Sophie has had a poem she wrote published in an anthology of poems by children from her school. I am so proud of her. I love the images she evokes of the animals in their different habitats and the way she moves from the fast exciting section with polar bears and crocodiles to finishing off with the sleepy hippo.
Annie and her friend Ozzie had a wonderful time at Harrogate and Knaresborough Toy Library’s outdoor play session. At £3 a session they really are very good value. The sun shone and it was the perfect day to spend some time outside playing in mud and water and generally having a fantastic time. Annie and Ozzie borrowed waterproofs and wellies… Read more →
When I was a child my mother and I used to frequent the theatre often. I saw many of the classics, Gypsy,Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, before I even knew what a classic was. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to keep up the tradition with my children being as I have so many and theatre tickets are really expensive…. Read more →
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