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Cadence & Slang – first chapter 20 Aug 2013 | 12:49 pm
This is a priceless manifesto of sorts on design in general with examples relating to experience design (or ‘UX,’ as in UX it why don’t you). Visit the main product and pre-order page, where you’ll a...
Renata Jayne 19 Aug 2013 | 08:49 am
Earlier this year Renata approached me about moving her children’s entertainment business into a new phase. She knew where she wanted to be in ten years and had a rough plan on how to get there, and I...
Why I Love Design 6 Aug 2013 | 08:50 am
Design is powerful method to help manifest the potential in anything. Making things more of what they could be is naturally exciting and something I want to do more of. It’s a method because at it’s ...
cleverness is not a virtue. 5 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
It’s an enabling trait to be used as a tool. A talent. A means to an end. Embrace it, but don’t let it bog you down. Pick it up like a hammer when you need it. Know when that is. Don’t be a chemically...
Making Web Feedly Readable with the “User CSS” Safari Extension 4 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
Feedly is my preferred Google Reader replacement, because my needs are simple and unlike Raam Dev I’m not compiling blogs and sending them to my Kindle (!). Having give my iPad to a friend to use (!!...
Macbook Air 2013 Review 31 Jul 2013 | 09:46 pm
I buy an Apple laptop every year or two now, going for the breakthrough models. The 2013 Air is one of these. I’m using the 13″ basic model with 4gb RAM, a 1.3-2.6GHz dual core intel i5 and a 128gb S...
Institutionalised Racial Discrimination in Australia 10 Jul 2013 | 03:26 pm
Australia has institutionalised racial discrimination. When I am God of the World, it won’t. All Australians should be equal, with equal and non-discriminatory access to social services, and with equ...
Singapore 3 Jul 2013 | 10:08 pm
It’s very late and I haven’t had a small amount of coffee. How many blog posts start like that? I decided to leave my comfortable little life just like that. I detatched myself from a seven year marr...
After Earth 22 Jun 2013 | 06:41 pm
I watch basically every sci fi or blockbuster action that goes through the box office. Based on the negative talk around After Earth and the huge disappointment that was Shamylan’s last movie (The Las...
Styling and Altering the WordPress Comment Form 22 Jun 2013 | 05:26 pm
The comment form has got to be the worst thing about WordPress. Well, it’s quite powerful, I’m sure of that, but that comes at the expense of flexibility. Most of WordPress you can bend to your will ...
