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I had the privilege of meeting and listening to Bill Buxton last week at the MIX UK Conference down in Brighton. Bill is now Principal Researcher at Microsoft, and in his keynote, he talked about changing Microsoft from within. A good Register article on it is here. A few things he said resonated, and one came to mind when I saw Swype. This is a ...

A phrase I've used a few times to demonstrate less than thoughtful design. It sprang to mind here, but all may not be what it appears... Take a look at the drop down box on the right hand side. Now look at the balloon that appears on hover-over. It takes up space, covers up other list items and says exactly what it already says in the drop ...

Ok, I've been meaning to post this for a while, so sorry it's late... but I talk a lot about 'experience' and user-centred design, and occasionally, I stumble across someone who doesn't come from my universe and isn't as keenly aware of what some of this means. So here begins, hopefully, a small series of blogs on the basic principles of ...

A quickie to let you know that my MIX08 session has a time, date and place. The full Facebook event is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9215037357 - do go join up. It's always slightly encouraging, not to say scary, to see people who actually might turn up! Or for you FB resisters: March 6th, 4.15pm, Delfino 4005, The Venetian ...