Tag: Cycling
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5k 6–X — The next five parkruns
In my blog post about my first five parkruns, I told the story of how I unexpectedly beat my 5k personal best at Highbury Fields parkrun. This post outlines what happened in my next five parkruns, where I got some unexpected personal bests and lost a whole run.
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When individual experience isn’t enough — what shared spaces teach us about the challenge and opportunity for user experience
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There is a problem with user experience. But if we’re smart, it’s also an opportunity to become more relevant, and solve some of society’s biggest problems.
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Autumn dip
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Over the past few years I have noticed that I always have a distinct dip in the autumn. I feel more tired, I feel less happy, and I think less clearly.
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‘For me, this is paradise’: life in the Spanish city that banned cars
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‘For me, this is paradise’: life in the Spanish city that banned cars Pontevedra banned cars from its centre, pedestrianising 300,000 square metres. Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores has been mayor of the Galician city since 1999. His philosophy is simple: owning a car doesn’t give you the right to occupy the public space. “How can […]
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There are better ways to get around town
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There are better ways to get around town A New York Times piece on how New York could take inspiration for European cities to make its streets safer. But these aren’t just lessons for New York. There are lessons for everyone. Some old-school traffic engineers in America will tell you that many of the Dutch […]
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Man down – How I injured myself in a daft cycling accident
Now that I am living and working in Edinburgh, I have decided to take up cycling. Unfortunately, I have already managed to injure myself on my bike.