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The Weakest Link or One Bad Apple Redux…
The other day I let off some steam about the extremely poor experience of trying to book an appointment at the Genius Bar. After 8 attempts, each time clicking through the same 6 screens (because...
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iPad Sketchnotes Setup
Having not sketched a single note since Web Directions in October (and let’s not even go into how long it’s been since I wrote anything here… ahem), and after being interviewed on sketchnoting recently...
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The iPad Charcoal Stylus
Yesterday I went from enthusiasm to disappointment in a few minutes when I hacked together an iPad stylus to use for scribbling sketchnotes. The damned thing just reacted too slow to be useful. Not...
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TEDx Sydney Sketchnotes
I’m a bit behind on this, but I’ve got to admit I was pretty disappointed with how iPad sketchnoting worked out at TEDx, so I guess I’ve had a little aversion to the whole topic. What went wrong? Well,...
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Instagram Rocks, Almost
Instagram snagged over 100,000 users in its first week in the iTunes App Store, so there are plenty of you out there who’d be happy to leave the “almost” off of the headline above. When I first...
View ArticleIt’s Nothing Personal
This morning I had 740 “friends” on Facebook. Now I have 352. Before you rush off to see if I’ve dissed you, please read on. So I got the shears out this afternoon and drastically trimmed the friend...
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The Right Stylus
Last year I wrote a few bits (here and here) about trying find and build just the right stylus for my iPad. No luck. This March I was in Hong Kong and while waiting in a train station gadget shop for a...
View ArticleBig Deal
In May 2008, due to organiser confusion, I spoke with Leisa Reichelt at the first second next conference (flipping through my own blog reminded me that I missed next07). The conference was organised by...
View ArticleUX Australia, a Love Letter
I only learned one thing at UX Australia this year. No, that’s not a complaint. UX Australia 2011 was one of the conferences I’ve most enjoyed attending, ever. It’s just that I never really learn...
View ArticlePersonality Wins
My mate Ryan alerted me to an excellent article today. Although I’d never heard of Christopher Kimball or his magazine “Cook’s Illustrated” (I’m not much of a cook) I loved the story of his...
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Be Careful What You Wish For
How many blog posts out there start with “It’s been a while…”? Well, it has been a while. And with good reason. A dramatic amount of stuff has changed in my life this year, and with so much change, I...
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