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Hashtags and Implicit Knowledge

By On 24/02/2010 · 5 Comments · In usability

What is “Implicit Knowledge”? Essentially it’s stuff that everyone knows, but no one has written down. Usually it’s something that people have worked out through their own experiences.

This sort of knowledge is common in life – but is fatal in computing and design. Take the following tweet I received.

The complaint was that #tfm&a [...]

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Don’t Let Users Do Things They Can’t Do

By On 22/02/2010 · 3 Comments · In usability

There are many “rules” when it comes to User Interface / User Experience design.  One that I try to stick to is “Don’t let users do things they can’t do.”

It’s one of my gripes with Linux.  If you’re editing a configuration file, you are relying on yourself to sanity check your input – often [...]

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VoteUK – Updates

By On 14/02/2010 · 4 Comments · In voteuk

After the tragic death of Ernest Marples, I’m sorry to say that the site fell in to a bit of disrepair. With no postcode data and no new boundary data, it looked like VoteUK was going to be permanantly out of business.

Thanks – once again – to the clever-clogs at TheyWorkForYou, at least [...]

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Integrating AudioBoo and Phreadz with Dabr

By On 30/12/2009 · 1 Comment · In mobile

A quick explanation of how I integrated AudioBoo and Phreadz with Dabr.

I’m a big fan of AudioBoo – for those who don’t know it,  AudioBoo allows you to record some audio on your phone and then publish it to the web.  It’s like instant podcasting.  Originally only for the iPhone, AudioBoo now works [...]

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