After weeks of keen anticipation, not to mention many long nights of preparation for my own session, SPA 2011 has now been and gone.Overall it was an excellent conference with a great group of attendees. The numerous inter-session conversations I ...Read More
SPA 2011
Along with some other friends from Caplin, I went to the SPA2011 conference at the beginning of this week. JavaScript turned out to be very popular this year and the first session I ...Read More
Office noise or music at work?
Loud colleagues are annoying, but office noise really does cause problems.At its loudest it may induce hearing damage but at even moderate levels it can cause distraction, stress and high blood pressure. Someone ...Read More
Insights from Web Directions Conference
A few weeks ago, two members of our UX team (Rafael and myself) had the privilege of attending the Web Directions @Media 2011 conference for two days of talks on all things web. The range of speakers ...Read More
Picking a web server language
There is nothing better than starting a new Web App. I am constantly getting ideas about how to create the next big thing. It is going to use Canvas, CSS3 and bleeding edge JavaScript and be unlike anything that the world ...Read More
Financial Times chooses HTML5 over Native app
The Financial Times has become the first major news application to switch from a native app to an HTML5 web app. They explain their reasons here and experiences - http://aboutus.ft.com/2011/06/07/ft-web-app-technical-qa/ ...Read More
The Psychology of UX: Part 1
Welcome back to this series on the psychology of UX! Today's lesson is: Firstly, I don’t think many people are going to debate this point if they are really honest with ...Read More
Google detail browser support plan
I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but maybe this is more specific details, but Google have decided to only support the latest two versions of any browser. As soon as a new version is released, an older one will ...Read More
Windows 8 with HTML5/JavaScript apps
Microsoft have previewed Windows 8 at the D9 conference, including a video showing it off. It seems like a slightly crazy mix of backwards compatibility and some quite cool new ideas that are meant to be suitable for ...Read More
Teamwork and Social Processes in Design: the Design Jam Events
Sketch of concepts at Design Jam LondonBelow are some thoughts on the experience of Design Jams, I've been to three events so far, two in London and one in Oxford. Design Jams are ...Read More