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Blog entries posted during June 2007

• Queuing for 3 days to buy a phone?! Someone save me

  The world is officially going crazy. Hundreds of people queuing for up to three days on end for a phone! If anyone can tell me a decent reason for giving up friends, family, home and any sort of comfort for this amount of time in order to purchase a phone (overpriced as it is), I'll give you a pat on the back.

  Read the rest of this entry, Queuing for 3 days to buy a phone?! Someone save me // Posted on 30/06/07 // 3 comments

• Usability is common sense

  In the same way many web designers urge others to take inspiration from everything, not just other websites, I think the same can be said for usability and user experience. Recently returning from a ten week travelling trip, I've been using a lot of real world services, each presented differently in different countries. Sometimes, using these services was a lot more difficult than it should have been, and I gained some insight into the importance of usability.

  Read the rest of this entry, Usability is common sense // Posted on 28/06/07 // 1 comment