links for 2011-05-25 iPad Usability: Year One (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) iPad apps are much improved, but new usability problems have emerged, such as swipe ambiguity and navigation overload. (tags: usability tablet ipad) brand new: How to think and make small sensible stuff More
links for 2011-05-13 BBC News – Are your travel habits making journeys more expensive? Probably (tags: oyster technology confusing usability overcharging) ro.me/film (tags: web chrome google html5 webgl) aside magazine Trailer on Vimeo No App Store required (all HTML5) (tags: html5 ipad aside magazine) The Shift Index (tags: deloitte trends change) The Passionate Worker (tags: work) SŌ Percussion... More
There’s something about the South Bank There’s something about London’s South Bank. Is it the people? The continuous flow of folk along the riverside pathways. Perhaps it’s the river… the Tidal Thames. Living, breathing, flowing, carrying, reflecting. Or the trains, as they rattle across Hungerford Bridge in and out of Charing Cross Station. Maybe it’s the art, the music, the theatre,... More
Content connections How does a piece of content relate to other content? Learning, conversations, people, places, events, news, policy and procedure… Not an exhaustive list, and deliberately format-agnostic, but a helpful start when planning and thinking about web and intranet content. Let there be no cul-de-sacs. More
links for 2011-04-27 Transport for London – Urban Design – Index (tags: design principles guidelines London wayfinding) More
links for 2011-04-15 The impact of “undesigned” service experiences (tags: service-design experience-design customerexperience) What service design can learn from Gehry Partners Useful set of reflections and questions. (tags: service-design architecture) More
links for 2011-04-13 Alan Penn on Shop Floor Plan Design, Ikea, and Dark Patterns. (tags: design retail servicedesign research) More
Araucaria crossword Araucaria crossword I was lucky enough to get my very own Araucaria crossword for a significant birthday last year. A brilliant present from my parents. And here it is… many – though not all – the clues are connected with me and my life. More
Ten toes running diary – Day one I recently bought a pair of Vibram Five Fingers running “shoes” after reading about barefoot running on the Britmilfit website. I’m not currently doing Britmilfit, but have done over the last ten years and can thoroughly recommend it. Today I was able to put a last minute client rescheduling to good use, and finally had... More