The Cobble Monster 2017
Reading Time: 1 minute After a year away The Cobble Monster returned with a new name but the same formula of bikes, larks, beer and cobbles. Continue Reading
Lean and Agile UX course
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yesterday I attended this course from Nielsen Norman as part of Usability Week 2017 and the final course in my quest to gain their UX Certification. Continue Reading
Robots can’t make a decent coffee let alone take my job
Reading Time: 4 minutes Robots are coming one day to take make us redundant and lonely said a Professor. Once. Somewhere. Any detail is a little vague but it’s all inevitable. Skynet will become self aware. Continue Reading
The freestyle swimming skill ladder
Reading Time: 1 minute I found a great article on the Triathlete website by Sara McLarty which breaks down the freestyle swimming stoke in to rungs on a ‘skill ladder’. Continue Reading
Can this Weblinks manager open badge finally crush CLICK HERE?
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m hoping this open badge I’ve created will encourage people to give these awful generic link names the boot. Continue Reading
Usability Testing course – part of Usability Week London 2015
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was lucky enough to attend a training course on usability testing from Nielsen Norman which was part of London Usability Week. Continue Reading
Why your links should never say ‘here’ or ‘click here’
Reading Time: 3 minutes Across the web ‘click here’ or ‘here’ have become common terms used for links on web pages. These lazy generic link titles suck in so many ways. Continue Reading
Head position in freestyle swimming
Reading Time: 2 minutes A lower tucked in head position is going to reduce drag and give me a more streamlined shape in the water and should make me faster. Continue Reading
Bridge to Bridge 2015
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’d been building up to the swimming marathon Bridge to Bridge ever since I barely completed Swimathon back in April. Continue Reading
Great Newham London Swim 2015
Reading Time: 1 minute With a shortage of open water swims in London I signed up for the London version of the Great Swim series. Continue Reading