Archive for December, 2009
Let it snow
Wintry scenes from in and around our garden. Taken by my daughter, Olivia. Even blasé teenagers get enthusiastic about snow! Our shared outhouse. Wintry night Our very own, very tall Christmas tree. Happy Christmas!
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Tags: Christmas, Life and work
A blizzard of books (2)
I hadn’t checked the Peachpit Press web site for months, but I’ve found more titles to tempt me. So, not just the new titles by Robin Williams, but new books too by Steve Krug and by Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice of the Nielsen Norman Group. Steve’s book, a “do-it-yourself guide to finding and fixing usability […]
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Tags: Books, Communicating, usability
A blizzard of books (1)
I don’t know whether to be delighted or dismayed. Peachpit Press has published new titles by Robin Williams. Dismayed, because I’m in the middle of a clear-out and decluttering exercise that involves tens if not hundreds of books that I’ve accumulated over many years. And I’ve just splashed out on cut-price books at Borders, so I […]
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Tags: Books, Communicating, design, Macs, Peachpit Press, Robin Williams, typography
The demise of Borders UK
I visited Borders UK’s Glasgow store a few days ago, feeling like a vulture as I filled my basket with cut-price books (TimeOut travel guides, IT (Mac) user-guides and English language reference books. Plus two novels by Elizabeth Jane Howard for my daughter).To my surprise I found myself feeling sad and nostalgic at the store’s […]
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Tags: Books, Border's Books, Communicating, Glasgow, Language, marketing, shops
Accessibility – why bother?
I’ve been focusing a lot this year on web design, content and usability. Mainly because I’ve been working on my new web site, with lots of help from the wonderful and infinitely patient Zoë Tucker of Rude Goose. I’ve also attended several usability workshops run by the Nielsen Norman Group (aka NN/g) – and if anything focuses […]
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Tags: accessibility, Communicating, quality, usability, Web, web content, web design