This is a collection of posts that relate to my time spent studying my masters.
My initial forays into application building with Ruby on Rails proved much too complicated both in the aspect of learning ROR in such a short time and the amount of coding involved in creating the simple feature set that I required. Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Now that I have decided on the programming language I am going to use to create my app, I have to organise my thoughts and plan the application before I begin building it. Continue reading
After a long and interesting tutorial with Nik, I have decided that instead of using PHP to create the UX app, I am going to use Ruby on Rails. Continue reading
From hearing Liz Danzico speak on ‘The Power of the Pause’, I decided to take my own reading break to catch up on the stack of books that I have sitting on my desk. Continue reading
I have decided to speak at the upcoming Creative Camp Un-Conference at the start of December. Having only ever spoken in front of classmates, this will be the first time I will be taking the step to speak in front of my peers, and truth be told I am already quite nervous. Continue reading
Research. I did a lot of research before I even opened up my text editor to write the first line of PHP. Continue reading