Category Archives: Design

dConstruct 2008: part five

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Tim

(This is turning into a marathon: parts one, two, three and four precede this one. I can’t guarantee your sanity should you choose to read that lot.) Joshua Porter: Leveraging Cognitive Bias in Social Design “Rationality be damned…” We (humans) … Continue reading →

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dConstruct 2008: part four

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Tim

(Parts one, two and three precede this…) After the workshop ended, a few of us decamped to Komedia Bar for an ale; at 7pm it was time for the emerging tradition that is the Pre-Pre-Party Burgers, next door at Gourmet … Continue reading →

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dConstruct 2008: part three

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Tim

(See part one for some fascinating travel and eating anecdotes, and part two for the first half of Joshua Porter’s workshop) Designing for sign-up Contrary to what I (and presumably others) thought, this isn’t about the sign-up form! It’s more … Continue reading →

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dConstruct 2008: part two

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Tim

(If you’re short on things to do, part one contains fascinating details of my journey and dinner) Thursday morning brought a slight respite from the high winds and torrential rain of the previous night. Breakfast in the hotel was really, … Continue reading →

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Can no-one write English any more?

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Tim

At Bristol Temple Meads railway station the travel centre has been renamed “Advanced Ticket Sales”. Shouldn’t that be “Advance Ticket Sales”, or are these tickets in possession of a higher-than-average IQ? I should have taken a photo with my phonecam.

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Mac Mini

Posted on January 13, 2005 by Tim

Apple have released the most affordable Mac ever: the Mac Mini. Starting at £339 (G4 1.25 GHz, 40GB HD, 256MB RAM, Combo drive; no monitor, keyboard or mouse), it represents a bit of a bargain. Yes you can trick it … Continue reading →

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Continental Urinals

Posted on October 13, 2004 by Tim

One of the things that I noticed during our recent tour was that urinals in European toilets are, on the whole, so much more technologically advanced than our own British ones. Mind you, I’ve never had to manually flush urinals … Continue reading →

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CrossRef.org: One Fat Site

Posted on August 11, 2004 by Tim

I’m currently doing some work that involves CrossRef, “a collaborative reference linking service that allows the user to click on a citation and be taken directly to the target content”. All well and good, except that CrossRef play fast and … Continue reading →

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Lift Text Transcoder

Posted on November 20, 2003 by Tim

I was recently faced with the prospect of LIFT Text Transcoder being considered for use where I work. Having seen what this new accessibility software from UsableNet can do does, and the cost, I had my reservations. Not being sure, … Continue reading →

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Richer Sounds, Poorer Website

Posted on July 22, 2003 by Tim

I received a late birthday present over the weekend: £30 of Richer Sounds vouchers. I would dearly love to spend them, but the web site’s navigation menu doesn’t work in Mozilla-based browsers. The menu expands, but nothing happens when you … Continue reading →

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