Bouncing back from a bully
Back in March 2019… Hold on, was it really that long ago? Well, none of 2020 counts as *actually real* so that’s only a few months [...]
#PersonasSuck: a presentation for UX Camp Brighton
I mentioned in my previous blog post that I was making a conscious effort to get out there and do things. Well, I did it. My first [...]
UX for U12s
I am currently making a conscious effort to get out a bit more. That's a depressing thing to say, isn't it? But there's two parts to [...]
An interview with… me!
I recently did an interview with digital recruitment agency Futureheads as part of their Futureheads Five Stories (or FFS for short!), where they "speak to people who have [...]
Help! I’ve become one of those people with a silly title
You ever have one of those moments where you realise you've become the kind of person you mock? Here I am, sitting on a beach in [...]
Designing for content editors
Think of this less as a blog post, and more as a public service announcement. If this was an advert, sad music would be playing as [...]
Excluding men isn’t doing us any favours
I saw a news story the other day about President Trump signing two congressional bills to get more women into STEM subjects, by forcing NASA and the National [...]
The user isn’t always right
Right, do me a favour. Go on - it’ll only take a second. Look at your hand. Either one, doesn’t matter which. Now, I want you [...]
Why UX portfolios are a nightmare
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I had a PDF portfolio. It was alright; it had summary pages for the different things I [...]
Are freelancers people too?
I always thought I was a person. A normal(ish), human person who thought and felt much in the same way as other human people. But sometimes, as [...]
How much wireframing is enough?
I recently worked in a contract where, during the interview, I was told that they do not create wireframe documents. Their preferred approach was that the [...]
Retrospectives – more than just a bitch fest?
This is a pretty controversial thing to discuss in a climate where Agile is the go-to methodology for most prolific design and development agencies, but I figured this [...]