DragonDrop Adventures T-Shirt Shot I've not counted recently, but I think the DD T Shirt adventure club gallery is close to 100 now. Here's the latest installment; me standing near the foot of the worlds tallest…
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DragonDrop Adventure T-Shirt Club: Dubai- Not @WalmartLabs any more
Yesterday, after 2 and a bit years, I left Asda / Walmart. My notice period was complete. Whilst I'm looking forward to the new challenge that lies ahead, leaving there was sad. My job was initially under the banner…
- I'm moving to Dubai next week.
That's the theory anyway, pending my visa application processing going to plan. I've had a while to get used to it now but I forget that the rest of the world isn't used to the idea yet and I'm bumping into people who…
UAE Visa hatching hitchingI've never had to sign a document with my thumb print before. It's a requirement of the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation as part of my visa application process. low tech Biometric…
- I've resigned from the Samaritans
Because I've got a new job in Dubai starting soon, I've resigned from Sams. For the last 4 year or so, at least once a week (apart from when I've been away) I've been 'a listener'. A volunteer Samaritan. A bloke at the…
NUX 6 reviewYesterday, 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…
New Kitteh, Meningitis, Moving to DubaiThis 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…
Tiny Town of LeedsI 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…
Summer 2017Since 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…
Felix up the Eiffel Tower then and now.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…
BMW Smart KeyIs 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…
Marske-by-the-SeaWhat 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)…
Intense two weeksThis 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…
- UX Conversion Camp, Manchester next Thursday.
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…
Jessica... 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…