I recently read the excellent book on collaborative space design Make Space. In the book the author lists d.school's "mindsets" - design attitudes that they try and centre all design activities around. I thought I might see if I can come up with a … [Read more...]
Recruiting UX designers: Non-reductionist view
19 February, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Reading Smashing Magazine's recent article How to recruit a UX designer provoked me to share a problem I've come across as I'm sure many who brand themselves as a "UX designer" do. We do ourselves a disservice by labelling ourselves under such a … [Read more...]
McLean Falls panorama
12 January, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Taken standing in the middle of the river at the foot of the Falls. There are several more tiers which you cannot see here. Not a terribly exciting panorama - just wanted you show some of the surrounding forest and put the Falls in context. … [Read more...]
Creative work can be measured! Just not like that
11 January, 2012 By 5 Comments
The other day I was reflecting on previous employment experiences and during that reflection I let loose on Twitter with some rather harshly-worded criticisms. I stand by those statements but I did feel to expand upon the topic and incorporate into … [Read more...]
Holiday in The Catlins & Fiordland
8 January, 2012 By 5 Comments
Over Christmas and New Years 2011 we went on a roadtrip of the south-east and south-west regions of New Zealand's South Island. My first time down past Dunedin and to Fiordland. We camped most of the time with a hotel every few days for shower and a … [Read more...]
Seal Island, West Coast
25 November, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Seal Island on the West Coast of New Zealand off Kaipakiti Point north of Punakaiki. This set of photos was taken while my dad visited us in New Zealand. See more photos taken while he was here. Whilst processing this panorama I discovered that … [Read more...]
Ryde Falls panorama
14 November, 2011 By 1 Comment
Went back to Ryde Falls in Oxford Forest with my dad today and took a 7-frame panorama at the top of the lower tier of the Falls. … [Read more...]
Banks Peninsula Southern Bays
8 November, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We've been to Akaroa and the eastern side half a dozen times but we decided to check out the south-west corner of the Banks Peninsula including the Southern Bays. Out along a ridge on Bossu Road looking back east across Lake Forsyth towards Little … [Read more...]
Mt Cook in spring
7 November, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After struggling to get around Mt Cook in winter we went back late October with all the roads open and walking tracks accessible. Unfortunately the Hooker Valley track is closed for work on all the swing bridges and for turning the trail into a … [Read more...]
User experience encroaching on visual design
12 October, 2011 By 6 Comments
There is no such concept of a homogeneous user experience designer. Identifying as a "user experience designer" is more or less useless to peers, clients or employers and only loosely associates you with the underlying principles of evidence-based … [Read more...]
