Duncan

Head of UX
My background is in service design and I enjoy seeing insights emerge as we synthesize design solutions from our user research. When I'm not explaining (to anyone that will listen) that Graphic Design is not User Experience Design - I can be found with a handful of hot metal held in my inky fingers.
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Duncan's Posts

Agile, Events, UX
1 Feb 2012
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Caplin to host an Agile UX Safari!

The Agile UX Meetup Group is heading to Caplin! Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:30 PM Caplin will be hosting an “Agile UX Safari” in a couple of weeks. It will be a little different to the last one at MindCandy (we don’t have a tree house in our boardroom!) but…

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UX, Work/Life
30 Jul 2010
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One step closer to a ‘web/work/space UI’…

One step closer to a ‘web/work/space UI’…

Does Tab Candy signal the slow death of the tab? It’s a strange turn of phrase, but as we do more and more online keeping tabs on everything and segregating areas of interest is becoming a more and more frustrating and complicated task when using the tabs within a web…

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UX
13 Jul 2010
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With design agility must come design ability

With design agility must come design ability

Why Agile UX is Meaningless without an Agile Attitude This is an interesting post by Anders Ramsay. I definitely think design agility is an important skill, I think it goes without saying that if you do not have agility then you are not agile, but I also think that design…

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Events, UX
4 Jun 2010
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SPA2010 conference redux

SPA2010 conference redux

SPA2010 I missed the start of SPA2010 on Sunday, I knew it was going to be a heavy week and I needed some time for the family Sorry Phil/Adam. Monday started with the opening plenary, I think it was good, I’m sure it was… it’s just that I was a…

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Events, UX
30 Apr 2010
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EEK! Three Weeks to SPA2010

EEK! Three Weeks to SPA2010

So… We’re all set for our ‘Persona Driven Development Workshop’ at SPA2010, right? OK – well… nearly. Sarah has done a really nice presentation. But… the workshop materials are not entirely done done. I’m not panicking too much yet – after all there are four three weeks to go! SPA…

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UX
7 Apr 2010
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Duncan: On The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover

Duncan: On The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover

Check out this great article from Dominique Leca over at UX Magazine: The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover It includes some concepts from IDEO who submitted a redesign proposal back in 2007… The comments are also interesting and focus on the fact that to an outsider Bloomberg might ‘look’ ugly, but to the actual ‘Bloomberg…

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UX
4 Mar 2010
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Narrative Journey Maps

Narrative Journey Maps

Introducing Narrative Journey Maps The UX team at Caplin are always looking for ways to enhance our Usage Centered Design (UCD) process and tools because we realise the importance of UCD in helping us to uncover the pain points of our users. When designing/refining application ‘flow’ one of the tools we use…

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UX
20 Jan 2010
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Livescribe – as tool for Contextual Inquiry

Livescribe – as tool for Contextual Inquiry

Livescribe is a tool I’ve been using for a year or so now within the UX team here at Caplin, to capture notes from design meetings and ongoing UCD contextual inquiries. It’s a great tool and is also discreet – useful in contextual scenarios where setting up a video recorder…

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