Author Archives: graham

About graham

Gadget-obsessed user experience designer/manager. Compulsive cleaner and reluctant runner.

A designer without a portfolio?!

Posted on Friday, 27 January 2012 by graham

This was my first portfolio. It is a beautiful leather-bound A2 size folder with a number of glossy leaves inside. Each leaf has a mounted presentation of a project, painstakingly printed, cropped and mounted by my own fair hands. This … Continue reading →

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Embracing failure

Posted on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 by graham

Creating a culture where failure is a necessary and essential part of  product development can greatly enhance the collaboration and motivation of your team. This blog post on Neil Gaiman’s blog sums up this spirit up better than I ever could ever hope … Continue reading →

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Experience Success Criteria

Posted on Tuesday, 29 November 2011 by graham

Experience Success Criteria – My guest post for Firehoop

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Learning Ruby on Rails: Starting out

Posted on Saturday, 29 October 2011 by graham

Over the years I have developed a deep interest in web development languages. I am in no way an expert, but I do have an complimentary appreciation of most front end technologies. I feel this is essential skill when working … Continue reading →

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Don Norman: We need more ‘generalists’

Posted on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 by graham

I found this speech tucked away in the Q&A section of Don Norman lecture at Stanford University. As usual, Don is completely on the money. However, Its not only only design education that needs to change. The industry still hires … Continue reading →

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