what is Contagious?

what is Contagious?

Today I saw someone trip over on a discarded banana skin.
It's very cliche but I still had a chuckle.


*please note: no one was harmed in the making of this blog entry*

Today I saw someone trip over on a discarded banana skin.
It's very cliche but I still had a chuckle.


*please note: no one was harmed in the making of this blog entry*

I've always wanted to have the time to play around with the tools that sites say are 'easy to embed' or 'share with your friends'. The only site that I feel get this right is Facebook, but then they can control the angles.

So here goes, can i embed this video from DailyMotion... will it be HTML death or surprising success?

I've always wanted to have the time to play around with the tools that sites say are 'easy to embed' or 'share with your friends'. The only site that I feel get this right is Facebook, but then they can control the angles.

So here goes, can i embed this video from DailyMotion... will it be HTML death or surprising success?

This giant size suite of living room furniture is a big hit on London's South Bank.

Passers by stopping to clamber and explore, while others watch from the side lines.

Perhaps sometimes bigger is better... if not more fun.

Ok, so not a title that reflects my passion for interaction design but I thought I'd open up with a thought that I have been harbouring for a while now.

Have you ever seen the early Mercedes Gullwing? The entire car is gorgeous and the dashboard is so beautifully crafted that it's no wonder that you just want to touch it. I have a sneaking suspicion, that if you're ever lucky enough to get to sit in one of these cars that the first thing you will do is drool and the second is reach out and touch one of the many tempting dials, switches or buttons!




Why? Well I can't scientifically explain it but there is definitley a correlation between stuff that looks beautiful and tactile and stuff that you just want to touch...

So how does this relate to online? I believe that websites can be analysed to the n'th degree to optimise traffic and user journeys but there will always be a degree of animal attraction. Perhaps if the site is beautifully crafted users may enjoy discovering the functionality over having an interface with everything explained.

Photo from sherlock77 on Flickr

This giant size suite of living room furniture is a big hit on London's South Bank.

Passers by stopping to clamber and explore, while others watch from the side lines.

Perhaps sometimes bigger is better... if not more fun.

Ok, so not a title that reflects my passion for interaction design but I thought I'd open up with a thought that I have been harbouring for a while now.

Have you ever seen the early Mercedes Gullwing? The entire car is gorgeous and the dashboard is so beautifully crafted that it's no wonder that you just want to touch it. I have a sneaking suspicion, that if you're ever lucky enough to get to sit in one of these cars that the first thing you will do is drool and the second is reach out and touch one of the many tempting dials, switches or buttons!




Why? Well I can't scientifically explain it but there is definitley a correlation between stuff that looks beautiful and tactile and stuff that you just want to touch...

So how does this relate to online? I believe that websites can be analysed to the n'th degree to optimise traffic and user journeys but there will always be a degree of animal attraction. Perhaps if the site is beautifully crafted users may enjoy discovering the functionality over having an interface with everything explained.

Photo from sherlock77 on Flickr