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 back, right? Anyway, in March 2019 I gave my first ever talk at a wonderful ‘unconference’ called UX Camp Brighton. I wrote a blog post about doing it, [...]
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 ever conference talk! [cue ribbons and balloons] This weekend I gave a talk at UX Camp Brighton called, "Personas Suck" or, if we're being professional about this: "Personas: [...]
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 this. The first is that I am a remote worker - which I absolutely adore - but I am currently required to stay in one place because I'm [...]
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 interesting stories to tell, to find out more about their career in the digital world, and the lessons they've learnt along the way". So here I am: talking [...]
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 Vietnam, wearing a bum bag, writing a blog and referring to myself as a “digital nomad”. Vomit. I had never heard the term “digital nomad” until very recently, [...]
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 Science Foundation (NSF) to boost recruitment efforts and encourage young women to get into these careers. Considering previous evidence we've seen of Trump’s attitude towards both women and [...]
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 a freelancer, you start to wonder if actually that's true. A while back I worked at a company I really loved. They'd made such a good impression on [...]