Google wave

Posted by Tommy on June 5, 2009 Comments Off

Google wave is going to transform the way we communicate, check out a preview here: wave.google.com

Crowded tube

Posted by Tommy on May 22, 2009 1 comments

I know it gets busy on the underground but I think this sign maybe a joke!

Funny london underground sign

Website upgrade

Posted by Tommy on December 31, 2008 Comments Off

I have just upgraded to wordpress 2.7, hats off to the wordpress community again as it went very smoothly. Loving the new features, also hopefully you the user should see an improved service.

I’ve also added a Mobile plug-in which should mean the site renders properly from a mobile now.

When a buttons is not a button!

Posted by Tommy on December 10, 2008 Comments Off

I was recently working on a minor flash teaser trailer for some e-learning.

While playing with the flash I didn’t have sound on my machine so assumed the buttons at the bottom of the trailer were sound controls. As it wasn’t clear what they were for, I asked the supplier what they did and advised that a label along the lines of ‘sound controls:’ would be required.

I received the immortal reply:

‘Not all the buttons are functional, some are purely graphical’

It beggars belief – this trailer was actually provided by a design agency!

My bed…

Posted by Tommy on June 2, 2008 Comments Off

I’ve just discovered this site: User centered, which “studies the design of every day things”, and it got me thinking:

Is it possible for a bed to suffer from poor usability? I ask, because I think mine does. Not in the truest sense, in that it is perfectly comfortable and I don’t particularly suffer from poor sleep, however, I do seem to be stubbing my toe on its out-turned legs with worryingly regularity.  My wife said that if I was a monkey I would have learnt by now! Maybe its just my big feet.

Photo to follow.