User Experience

How accessible are our applications?

POSTED IN Essays, Interaction Design, User Experience August 20, 2008

One of my research projects during my degree was to assess the accessibility of a commonly used public computer based interface. I decided to investigate the self service check-in counters used by British Airways at Heathrow airport:

POSTED IN IA & UX, IA and UX, Interaction Design, User Experience, Web Trends August 6, 2008

I recently had the honour of giving a talk at the DegreeArts student graduation. The night was a showcase of some of the most exciting young students graduating from leading design schools across London this year.

The speech was co written with our company director, Damian Kimmelman, and the main idea was to show that new ideas do not necessarily mean re-inventing the wheel: Read More »

Bridging the Digital Divide

POSTED IN Essays, IA & UX, IA and UX, User Experience, Web Trends May 5, 2008

It is estimated that in 2009, half the global population will have access to a mobile phone. What effect will the proliferation of new technologies and access to information have on social and cultural norms in previously disadvantaged communities? Read More »

How reliant are you on a framework?

POSTED IN Essays, IA and UX, Interaction Design, User Experience, Web Trends March 21, 2008

As we move towards a world of “plug and play” devices, are the frameworks within which we are designing these devices flexible enough to allow for a radical shift in attitude, should such a shift be required in the future? The danger of designing an entire world of self-maintained ubiquitous systems that in the end force us to accommodate their existence, as opposed to assisting our lifestyles, is a very real threat which needs to be addressed before we become caught up in such a scenario.
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