User Experience Architects empathise with users to understand needs and expectations, and shape the best possible products and services to fit them.
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 »
Time to read: < 1 minute The London Life Drawing society runs some very special life drawing sessions with burlesque artists. It’s my favourite drawing subject, the female form, clad in beautiful stockings and sparkly bustiers. I’d definitely recommend it as the best thing to cheer you up on a dreary Tuesday. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 4 minutes If you have a problem with your bank, you call them! No? Well, I did. But first… I had a problem with HSBC, so I tried going into the branch to talk to someone. They sent me to the phones. After half an hour, I was told there was nothing they could do, and I […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes If I had a penny for the number of times I’ve heard “send me the link” or “I need to bookmark this”… I’d have a whole lot of coins the vending machines won’t accept! Jokes aside, we need to talk about search. Give me two minutes of your time today, and I’ll save you ten […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute Salad for Saturday’s dinner. rocket spinach avocado apple fresh mozzarella barbecue flavour peanuts smoked ham Dressing olive oil balsamic vinegar honey Came out delicious. Shame i took no photos. Apple may have been my favourite bit :) […] continue reading »