Well made machines are invisible
I came across this quote at uni, but only just saw it in connection with interfaces and gadgets: Introspective psychology and analytical philosophy of the self, of perception and of will, do not seem to take into account that in any well-made machine one is ignorant of the working of most of the parts – […]
What Happened to the Brontosaurus?
Paleontologists snarled it right up when trying to build a Brontosaurus out of bits they found, causing a big row about whether they actually existed or not, and what they were called. Here is that conflict, acted out by dinosaurs*. The UnMuseum – What Happened to the Brontosaurus? * No dinosaurs actually died during the […]
New website for Vauxmoore | FCS Websites
Vauxmoore, the Nottingham Vauxhall specialists, have just had a new site from FCS Websites. The new site uses some jQuery trickery for the internal tab navigation, and Jamie’s awesome FormLord jQuery plugin for the contact form 🙂 Click the image to visit their new website.
New alloys and leather interior for the car
Got a leather interior off eBay for £60, it’s not in brilliant condition but I will use the subframes off the original seats and give it a good clean up before it goes in. Also got a bargain set of 18″ KEI Force 10 alloys off Migweb and bunged them on. It is sitting too […]
Designing websites for the end user, not the site owner.
When designing websites for clients, there is often a tug of war between what I think looks good, what the client thinks and what the projected users will think. There is no right and wrong to what makes a site appeal to certain people, but recent research suggests there might be gender differences. Press Releases […]
Project Management – Six months in…
I have been managing projects full time for six months now, and it’s time to reflect on what I have learned. I got the official books, but reading them did not help much. The method is complex, and over the top for smaller projects. I did the Prince2 Foundation course, which helped immensely as I […]