Summer, summer summertime! SLT reading management books to unwind… Run for cover!
Read MoreBuilding Trust, like a Muppet
Ready Player Two
How can we learn about different user types and building for users outside your core audience? In the words of Lana Del Rey, "go play a video game"
Read MoreGimme Empathy
Why is empathy important? This is why. It also includes a video from Sesame Street, it's that important.
Read MoreIt's the User EXPERIENCE, stupid!
Why is user experience paramount in today's digital world?
What can we learn from the failure of some companies and the success of others?
Can we turn our products and services into rituals for our users? We sure can, let's take a closer look at a thriving business to find out their tricks.
Read MoreGo Go Product Rangers: Teams with Attitude
The best product development teams come at you diverse, multicoloured suits and attitude! What can the Power Rangers teach us about agile development teams? Let's find out! Go Go Product Rangers!
Read MoreSun Tzu, the Art of War and Getting Shit Done
What can The Art of War teach us about product development? Quite a bit, just try not to turn evil.
Read MoreThe Curious Cycle of Onboarding, Accessibility and the Royal Rumble
What in the hell has this got to do with usability, accessibility and onboarding you ask? Am I running out of pop-culture to apply to product development or do I simply wanting to barrage you with wrestling gifs? Well, not only does the Royal Rumble illustrate good onboarding, aim for user retention and aim to be as accessible to as wide an audience as possible, it does give me the chance to share some incredible gifs.
Read MoreResearch Sith - Embracing the Dark Side of User Research
What do the ancient order of the Sith have in common with User Researchers? Well, quite a lot really.
Read MoreTips for Public Speaking
Hello!
Today I thought I'd share some materials I put together to help friends and colleagues with public speaking. From my experience at A1 Speakers, Newcastle Toastmasters and listening to far far too many personal development podcasts I put the following tips together.
Read MorePutting the User in the Centre of the City
Bright light city gonna set your soul on fire with good user experience!
Viva Las Vegas UX!
Read MoreThe Worst UX Ever.
A deeply personal first hand experience of how upsetting poor user design can be. A very dark time made much more distressing by bad design and little empathy. May not be for everyone.
Read MoreHow to Handle your Hippo
HiPPOs are the most dangerous land mammal in the world and they’re everywhere! How are you going to handle the one in your office?
Read More3 Tips for User Research
The Power of Three!
Three tips I’ve learned to help get teams engaged with good user research practices! Here be gifs!
Conversations with myself - Geek Mental Help Week
Inspired by the stories of Geek Mental Help week I decided to share my own experiences with mental health, in particular anxiety. Anxiety, for those who haven’t experienced it is frustrating, exhausting and it sucks all the fun out of life. What I’m essentially getting at is anxiety is Scrappy Doo.
Read MoreAgile Timelord - 2016
Full deck from Agile North East Lightning Talk: Agile Timelord