Here we are with Lucia, Georgia, Ella, Olivia, and Connie (and Molly, Hugo and Tristan, too)
Today we started with cup cake making, we gave a gingerbread man to every person who is working in the office today- let’s see what they thought of it!!!
“Dark Patterns – Black Hat user interfaces” is a talk being held by Dr Harry Brignull – Senior User Experience Designer at Clearleft (http://clearleft.com).
The talk is about the tricks and traps of bad user interfaces that are designed to trick people, usually into paying more for something, or ticking a box they don’t actually need to.
First example up is the NHS donor register and how in the UK you have to opt in to be part of it. In other countries you automatically get entered into donor registration and have to opt out. The result is that the rate of people opting out is much lower than those opting in, resulting in a healthy amount of organ donors. Read on
If you’ve never watched a TED conference video you’ve missed out one of the greatest free gifts that’s available on the net. TED is an international conference where hundreds of creative and intelligent people deliver some of the most compelling talks I’ve ever heard.
It surprised me how few people have had the pleasure of watching these videos; and even if you have come across them you may be slightly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of talks.
So the spread the joy of these inspirational clips I asked a few of my online friends and contacts which they would recommend and want to share with the world.
It might take an hour or hour and a half to watch all these videos but it will have a far more positive influence on your work and life than another aimless meeting or afternoon wasted procrastinating on Twitter. Read on
