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Being a digital human – a fear to break the magic
I’ve been meaning to recommend the BBC Digital Human radio show and podcast since my wife found it a few weeks ago and it’s one of those programs that I wish I’d found sooner. Thankfully the BBC have a full podcast archive and a tumblr blog so you don’t miss out. The program looks at how at how… Read more
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Don’t just show your audience the highlights; put them in the story.
Red Bull is not a typical company. Most people think it’s a company which makes an energy drink and sponsors lots of adventure sports, and they’re half right. What Red Bull excel at is marketing. They don’t sponsor lots of sports, they own lots of sports. They don’t sponsor an F1 team, they own an F1… Read more
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App gives you healthy options of supermarket food
It’s been around for a while now, but I discovered a new app at the weekend which tell you about healthy alternatives to food you’d find at the supermaket. Scan an item from your supermarket (it has info on more than 90 products) using the built in barcode scanner and it looks up the total fat,… Read more
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Annoying nuisance noisy neighbours
I’ve been working on a working on a project recently which helps people report noisy antisocial behaviour so was interested to read the results of a recent survey that 25% of people have had a problem with nuisance neighbours in the past year, and the report highlights that 64% didn’t know how to get help and advice… Read more
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Business jargon shows what people would be rather be doing
Liz Ryan has written a piece at forbes.com titled “What Business Jargon Says About Us“. I found two things particularly interesting. Firstly the fact that most jargon relates to sport, war and cars: Over time it occurred to me that these activities — playing or watching sports, fighting enemies and driving cars as fast as… Read more
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A guide to getting responsive – a site for all sizes
I’ve been spending some time recently researching the evolving world of responsive design and want to collect here some of the information, guides and tools in one place. For starters, here’s a general overview of responsive design including tips and examples: Responsive Web Layouts For Mobile Screens: Intro, Tips And Examples – www.hongkiat.com/blog/responsive-for-mobile-screens/ Now for some more technical articles which… Read more
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Great lines don’t come automatically
A cartoon by XKCD. From XKCD: iOS Keyboard Read more
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Telling a story over time.
Firstly, lets get this out the way: I don’t condone grafitti, but do enjoy street art, and think there can be a happy medium. In London’s E1, a street artist has been telling a story, line by line on the wall of Jerome Street. Each time the grafitti is removed, the next line of the story is… Read more
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Use Facebook advertising to need facebook advertising
If you’ve been tempted by Facebook advertising to boost the views of your content, think again. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag[/youtube] While the views of your boosted content are certain to increase, your other content has been proven to suffer. This video is from earlier this year, but the issues have actually been around a for few years now,… Read more
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Mobile web: Design it fast and for thumbs
I used to be impatient, but now I just don’t have the time Google have released some new guidance on designing fast mobile websites, which can load a page on a mobile within a second. The one second rule come from research by the Nielsen Norman Group that 1 second is: “about the limit for the… Read more