A tour of Modernista BarcelonaLook at this building. Just look at it. Is there any city, anywhere in the world, whose key architecture is so magical, so otherwordly, so…Nov 28, 2023Nov 28, 2023
Published inUniversity of Bristol Digital CommunicationsIntranet design principlesWe’ve been investing significantly in an intranet for University staff and postgraduate research students (PGRs). Previously our intranet…Jul 5, 2020Jul 5, 2020
Published inUniversity of Bristol Digital CommunicationsLove the problemStop solutioneering.May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
Published inUniversity of Bristol Digital Communications18 things we learned about content designIf you’re producing content for websites and you haven’t heard of content design you really should take a long, hard look in the mirror…Aug 16, 2019Aug 16, 2019
Published inUniversity of Bristol Digital CommunicationsThinking about a product approachLet’s start with a quote:Dec 5, 2018Dec 5, 2018
17 reasons why I’ve gone off social media marketingMany moons ago when I was as a digital producer at the BBC, social media hit the big time.Sep 21, 2018Sep 21, 2018
Feeding your curiosity: A perfect Twitter dayMy filing system sometimes lets me down. One of the benefits of this occasional chaos is when I’m searching for a crucial old one-pager…Jan 13, 2017Jan 13, 2017
Why Facebook’s slideshow feature is a great social media video creation toolI was rather intrigued by this recent Nieman piece about the Economist’s use of “vimages’ to make low-budget Facebook videos of its…Nov 17, 2016Nov 17, 2016
Michael Gove may have been right: Experts aren’t what they’re cracked up to be“People who spend their time, and earn their living, studying a particular topic produce poorer predictions than dart-throwing monkeys.”Nov 11, 2016Nov 11, 2016
Social media style guide: now v thenForeword: I wrote this in 2012. When you read its bolshy tone, you’ll maybe realise why it never got circulated. Perhaps — deep down — it…Sep 7, 2016Sep 7, 2016