Digital

Article — 24 September 2015 — 910 words

Web design should be boring

Digital — User experience — Web

The web is a less creative place than it was 20 years ago. Good.

Article — 14 March 2015 — 762 words

Improve the user experience of Formula 1 live timing with this one small tweak

Digital — User experience — Web

The new Formula1.com has brought great new live timing functionality. But the user experience could be improved. Find out how you can improve it yourself in time for the Australian Grand Prix.

Article — 25 February 2015 — 1,606 words

When the disrupters are disrupted: What is the future for digital professionals?

Business — Digital — Web

Digital transformation results in the eventual destruction of digital teams. So what will that mean for those of us who work in digital?

Article — 19 February 2015 — 1,351 words

Is the Register right about Gov.uk and the Government Digital Service?

Digital — User experience — Web

Gov.uk is the darling of the digital profession. But now it has been described as the most hated website of all time. So what’s going on?

Article — 12 February 2015 — 620 words

Strategies for dealing with creative block

Business — Digital — User experience

It’s a puzzle that has haunted writers, artists and other creatives since the caveman first applied ink to a wall. Blockbox is one brilliant way to tackle difficult creative problems.

Article — 19 May 2011 — 937 words

I was pretty excited to learn this week about Domesday Reloaded. The Domesday project aimed to take a snapshot of British life in 1986. 25 years on, the BBC are looking to update it to document the changes that have taken place since then. I have been interested in the Domesday project for a while. […]

Article — 20 June 2010 — 349 words

Scarce resources of the social media age

Digital — Economics

There is something about the way that economists think that makes them different. Sometimes this makes them downright brilliant. Other times it makes them complete outcasts. I often enthuse about the paradox of voting — the phenomenon whereby economists struggle to explain why people vote. But when I talk about it to anyone else, the […]