Feb 26, 2017Happy 40th @2000AD — 40 years old today!Growing up in England during the 70’s it always seemed there were a ton of comics to read. The homegrown Whizzer & Chips, Dandy, The Beano, etc. Also a slew of US ones from Marvel and DC. …2000ad2 min read2000ad2 min read
Oct 16, 2016Future livingThe digital circle on my wall tells me it’s 75℉ outside. It’s half way through October. I don’t need that to tell me though, as I look through the open windows I can see the trees are still green. Barely any Autumnal changes yet. …1 min read1 min read
Oct 9, 2016Going into @twitter post-only mode for a while.I can’t do it anymore. I need a personal break from Twitter. Maybe it’s the election, growing social tension, or just the echo chamber it’s become but I need to take a breather. Unlike Facebook, I’m not closing down my account, just going into ‘post-only’ mode. …Indieweb2 min readIndieweb2 min read
Mar 28, 2016Instagram’s timeline and iOS users…Instagram is moving, or moved, over to a non-chronological timeline. To show their displeasure at this, some people are posting images with arrows indicating where to change settings. This will #KeepInstagramChronological. Here’s the problem. They all seem to be iOS users. How do I know? Because none of the ways I use Instagram have anything where the arrow is pointing. And…1 min read1 min read
Mar 2, 2016My 4 essential UX project toolsFor me there are four essential things I need in my day-to-day tasks as a professional “UX-er”. Notebook — These, of course, come in all shapes and sizes. My current large notebook of choice is The Confident from Baron Fig. It has a certain heft to it. …2 min read2 min read
Feb 15, 2016I was interested to hear some music shared on Twitter, but the link was to Spotify.I was interested to hear some music shared on Twitter, but the link was to Spotify. I don’t have an account, but the @Spotify username I wanted freed up. So I installed, tried, got instantly annoyed, then uninstalled. Guess I’m just stuck in my way of listening, but having “similar” tracks inserted into album that I can only listen to on shuffle, is ridiculous. Also I only get to skip a few tracks then “discover” a premium feature to unlock is a ridiculous gamification ploy.1 min read1 min read
Jan 24, 2016Is the OpenWeb/IndieWeb still for “anoraks”?Dave Winer posted an interesting piece not too long ago. About encouraging a friend to take their Facebook comment and repurpose it as a blog post. They ended up putting it on Medium, which was Dave feared would happen. As Dave points out, Medium’s become the place to post think-pieces…Indieweb2 min readIndieweb2 min read
Jul 14, 2015Is this really the best the DC movies have to offer? If so, stop now.POST: Is this really the best the DC movies have to offer? If so, stop now. http://blog.davidjohnmead.com/2015/new-dc-superhero-film-trailers-are-just-lackluster-and-poorSuicidesquad1 min readSuicidesquad1 min read
