A collection of 14 posts
I wrote a short intro piece [https://fetch.build/hello] for our Software Engineering blog at Ideal Modular Homes. We’re building real-time, high-dependency software that assists with the design, manufacture and installation of our sustainable modular homes. We’ll be sharing more about of technology choices, lessons learned and
Read moreA few months back I moved on from Patchwork [https://afroleft.com/moving-to-ideal/]—a health-tech startup that’s bringing flexible working to healthcare. When I joined as its product lead, we were at 1 NHS Trust. Just shy of 2 years later and the company is fast approaching 20—double
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After a few years away from the graphics editor, I dusted off my old copy of Sketch to make a logo for a thing. Chuffed I have an excuse to use a doggo in a logo. Need @andy88jones [http://dribbble.com/andy88jones] to help me with kerning. He has a
Read moreAfter 2 years I’m moving on from Patchwork to join Ideal—where we’re building gorgeous, eco-friendly homes that don’t cost our planet.
Read moreOne of the things I’m piss poor at is stakeholder engagement—enabling everyone see tradeoffs the way I can. Sadly the problem exacerbates as your company scales. Helpful to see Chris Thewell [https://twitter.com/christhelwell] speaking at the UX Crunch last night. On the dial ask What are
Read moreIt’s easy to rest on the assumption that costs are only monetary. In product design, this misses an important point — costs are everywhere: * Waiting for a webpage to load is a cost. * Typing in your card details is a cost. * Figuring out whether to trust a company you’ve
Read moreOnboarding customers to your new product is tricky. Onboarding customers to a new financial product is really tricky. For a mountain of security and regulatory reasons you’re required to collect and validate a towering number of data points. Of course, for each additional data point that we had to
Read moreYesterday I was in the market for some plughole unblocker. We’ve moved places recently and I forgot to put this useful little thing [http://www.oxo.com/products/cleaning-laundry/bathroom-cleaning/shower-stall-drain-protector] in our shower. So I head into Tesco and — eventually — I find the section for bleaches and plughole
Read moreLast month I spent some time updating my portfolio [https://afroleft.com/portfolio/]. As a product / user experience / web designer, it can be quite tricky to present your work to others. The rock star visual designers of this world can get away with presenting screenshots of their stunning visual work
Read moreLast Tuesday I popped in to DoES Liverpool to see Matthew Hughes [https://twitter.com/matthewhughes] give a talk on how to pitch your product to the press. He’s a tech journalist at MakeUseOf [https://twitter.com/makeuseof] — so he had some lessons to share from the other side
Read moreIt’s nearly been a year since I joined Fruitful [http://lovefruitful.com] - a fintech startup that’s working to rethink how savers save and how borrowers borrow. Since then we’ve been through a significant product redesign, a complete branding overhaul, a successful soft-launch and a customer response
Read moreWhen we have a new product idea (and are lucky enough to have the skills and tools to execute on it), it’s often more than tempting to jump in with two feet and start building the thing. Before we know it, we’re pitching the hows before whys and
Read moreCheck out this video [https://vimeo.com/52861634] that sheds some light on what we can expect from the future of interaction design. Lots of discussion around the 'internet of things' and how user experiences will become less intrusive and more natural as this area matures. I guess this dovetails
Read moreAround 2 years ago this August, Mikey, Sean and I began conceptualising our ideas for outheard.tv [https://afroleft.com/portfolio-outheard/]. Our idea was quite simple; to create a website for sharing gig videos. On top of this, we wanted to group videos from events together – meaning you could browse
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