Two weeks ago I found myself at Heathrow Terminal 5 bound for Los Angeles.
Much has been said about this new building in the past month…most of it negative. So naturally I was on tender hooks wondering firstly if my flight would ever actually leave the UK and secondly if my luggage would accompany me on […]

Every now and again, I think… where’s the flippin’ Recycle Bin?! After a bit of searching around, I usually find the control panel which allows me to add the Recycle Bin to the desktop and voila!
…but hold on, didn’t I have a Recycle Bin already? Hmm…Ok, I’ve got bad memory so maybe I never had […]

On my way into work this morning (Charing Cross station), I was handed two packs of Three mobile branded post-it notes.
My immediate thoughts were, why would I use these when my company kindly provides me with non-branded post-it notes with more space to write my messages. Plus, I don’t pay for the stationary so I […]

Thanks for your clear communication Orange
Originally uploaded by badboyuk.

So how hard is it to unsubscribe from mailing lists these days? Despite having UK anti-spam legislation since 2003 - some companies just don’t seem to be living up to their responsibilities.
I have not been an Orange customer for over a year now and even when I […]

BBC NEWS | Business | The US sub-prime crisis in graphics
I found this on perusing popurls.com today. It’s been in the top ten of del.icio.us throughout the day.
Its great to see the Beeb visualising this sort of niche stuff. Hats off to Dan Chambers and crew - great call and good work.

BBC - Homepage
Never in all my years have I seen a home page design that has caused so much controversy. In the days when, RSS feeds and web apps such as netvines and igoogle are deemed to rule the waves - why is there still such a cufufle about one page.
Personally, I think the new […]

BBC Internet Blog - From Microsoft To The BBC
I am very pleased to see that the BBC finally has an internet ’service’ blog. I have no idea how long its been on the website, but its a very welcome part of the new media focused BBC. I do hold a fairly rational fear that, the […]

Can you name these websites from the colour schemes?

Originally uploaded by badboyuk.

I’m sure I’ve used this tactic unwittingly before:
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/how_to/tricks_of_the_trade.php
If you have a client who is unable to approve a proposed design without putting her stamp on it, just put an obvious error in the proposal: a logo that’s too large, a font that’s too small, or a few judiciously seeded typos. The client requests the change […]