Monthly Archives: December 2010

From Ruby to CodeIgniter

Having spent some time trying tutorials on Ruby on Rails, I have come to the conclusion that it is too much new syntax to learn in the short space of time that I have to build the application. Continue reading →

User Experience Workshop

I recently had the opportunity to organise, present and direct a day long user experience design workshop for a local media company with another Masters student, Adam McAllister. It began with a phone call from a friend who works at the company, explaining that they really needed a new website put online but they had no budget, could we help or have any advice? Continue reading →

The Build Experience

One of the reasons, apart from the impressive list of speakers, that the Build conference is such a success is that its creator and organiser, Andy McMillan, focuses very closely on creating an excellent user experience for all that attend. Continue reading →

Creative Camp round up

Having mentioned before that I had decided to speak at this un-conference event, I thought it pertinent to write a post commenting on how it went. Continue reading →