Category Archives: Ideas

My thoughts and views on the principles, processes and practices for making products for people using interactive technologies.

Dumping the manager headspace

Tonight I read this from  Groupware Bad in which Jamie Zawinski tells the story of when he convinced his friend not to try and make an Open Source Groupware product: If you want to do something that’s going to change … Continue reading

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The HTML5 and Adobe Flash debate resolved: use the right tool for the job

I’ve been reading every opinion in my feeds following the fallout of the iPad launch. I think it’s fascinating to see how quickly people are polarised. There are a lot of angry Flash developers out there, and a lot of … Continue reading

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my delicious.com tags rerefreshed

I recently decided to change the way I use the social bookmarking service delicious.com to how I have been using it for the last five years or so. I have starting to see it less as a big bucket to … Continue reading

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A good week for a geek

Mashing up the Universe at the Science Museum on Saturday, ActionScript frameworks and Design Patterns at the London Flash Platform User Group at the Cosmo Bar in Clerkenwell on Thursday, and Playful09, ‘a day of cross disciplinary frolicking’ on Friday.

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Playful09

Last Friday I took the day off work to go to Playful 09 at Conway Hall in London – and had a fun and inspiring time.

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we have a contract Drupal developer

We recently needed to hire a developer for a new project. Finding a good one wasn’t that easy. Continue reading

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Microsoft Project, I will defeat you!

Let me start by saying I am not a Project Manager. I have a some practical knowledge of how projects work, and I have read a few books about Project Management (I think it’s important to know), but I am … Continue reading

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Selecting a framework for JavaScript and Ajax development

A dilemma vexes me at the I start of almost every new project: Which JavaScript library should I use this time? Which one will give me a little more help to get the job done faster and make my job … Continue reading

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How I try to organise the designers

Just over 6 months ago there were redundancies at my work. In the shake up I was dealt the responsibilities of the axed Studio Manager. Here are a few of the things I have done.

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we don’t need another process

I was clearing out some notes the other day and I came across this bit of wisdom and clarity… My rejection of the concept of a process for our team creative output that I blurted out into a text editor … Continue reading

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