Time to read: 3 minutes So I’ve decided to finally write about where to I find good coffee in London. My first ever caffeine-inspired post is about the top three (four since 2012) coffee chains. I used to hate coffee, down to the smell of it, due to parental associations with cigarettes, wasted time, late nights, and general bad health. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes One of the strongest features of powerpoint is also one of its weaknesses. Slide masters. The ability to set up a consistent layout and format goes to pot when that format cannot be edited from its context of use. Ever tried fixing alignment on a slide when you can’t see the content? Then you haven’t […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute This isn’t a rant… It’s a design observation. The BBC news site has a lovely section with “future” posts. I clicked on the heading to read one of them, because it was interesting… Only to be told that it wasn’t accessible from the country I was in – the UK… Given that cookies are used […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute I’m sure you’ve heard of Prezi. If you hadn’t until this week, then perhaps this lovely one about the US elections will have caught your eye. Election Results Prezi on Prezi What makes prezi cool Nice flow to items shown, making it incredibly refreshing compared to slide decks, a legacy of the sixties Easy to […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute So I’ve decided that I like writing quite a lot, and i should have a platform for storing said writings. My confabulations and findings will henceforth reside on exintaris.com, with varied amounts of verbosity and pedantic prose. You aren’t, by any means, requested or expected to read any of these meanderings. If you do, however, […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute While learning more about my discipline (user experience architecture), I discovered that I may have been mislabeling myself. There is a taxonomy matrix of skills / roles that has been developed by MethodBrain, and it doesn’t quite agree with what I thought was applicable. It is worth marking out the items on it that I […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute Was looking for interesting twitter statistics, and found this. I would like to suggest an amendment to the top 100 tweets. There is definitely room for “rants about bad transport”… […] continue reading »