Or is it just Adam and Eve-ism? Whatever. I wasn't even hungry.

The inner geek in me loves to learn a bit of maths and physics from time to time (some might say that the' inner' part of that last sentence is debatable).

However, the outer designer in me doesn't want to suffer the pain of bad graphic design in order to get there. So when it comes to the book 'To Infinity and Beyond - A Cultural History of the Inifinite', please Eli Maor, give us a well designed cover and we will proudly parade your book on the tube and leave it on our coffee tables.

Unleash the Outer Designer. It won't hurt a bit, we promise.

Love from Roz and Ellie

Or is it just Adam and Eve-ism? Whatever. I wasn't even hungry.

The inner geek in me loves to learn a bit of maths and physics from time to time (some might say that the' inner' part of that last sentence is debatable).

However, the outer designer in me doesn't want to suffer the pain of bad graphic design in order to get there. So when it comes to the book 'To Infinity and Beyond - A Cultural History of the Inifinite', please Eli Maor, give us a well designed cover and we will proudly parade your book on the tube and leave it on our coffee tables.

Unleash the Outer Designer. It won't hurt a bit, we promise.

Love from Roz and Ellie

You may imagine that the role of a User-Experience Designer to be a product of our modern age. Not so.

Back in 1930 P.G.Wodehouse's famous butler Jeeves was an advocate of putting the user at the heart of the process.

Bertie Wooster is in another one of his scrapes and fancies he can find a solution if he adopts some of Jeeves' problem solving techniques...

"The great thing on these occasions, as Jeeves will tell you, is to get a toe-hold on the psychology of the individual. Study the individual, and you will bring home the bacon."
(Taken from Very Good, Jeeves by P.G.Wodehouse)

Wise chap, that Jeeves.

You may imagine that the role of a User-Experience Designer to be a product of our modern age. Not so.

Back in 1930 P.G.Wodehouse's famous butler Jeeves was an advocate of putting the user at the heart of the process.

Bertie Wooster is in another one of his scrapes and fancies he can find a solution if he adopts some of Jeeves' problem solving techniques...

"The great thing on these occasions, as Jeeves will tell you, is to get a toe-hold on the psychology of the individual. Study the individual, and you will bring home the bacon."
(Taken from Very Good, Jeeves by P.G.Wodehouse)

Wise chap, that Jeeves.

But the other day during a temporary shutdown in the 'login details retention' dept of my brain I required the use of it's 'password reminder' service.

Steve Krug champions the mantra 'Don't make me think'. Have a look at this page and see if any question marks appear above your head when you try and get a password reminder...

Reset password? No, I just want a reminder. Forgotten username? No, but I have forgotten my password...

Booooooo!

But the other day during a temporary shutdown in the 'login details retention' dept of my brain I required the use of it's 'password reminder' service.

Steve Krug champions the mantra 'Don't make me think'. Have a look at this page and see if any question marks appear above your head when you try and get a password reminder...

Reset password? No, I just want a reminder. Forgotten username? No, but I have forgotten my password...

Booooooo!

Today a client asked us weither there was any benefit to having a site left or centre justified in the browser window.

This set our U.E. buds (like taste buds) tingling so we conducted a poll.

Turns out 72% prefer centre justified citing reasons such as symmetry or ‘looks professional’.

18% preferred left and 10% weren't sure.

Glad we cleared that up...

Today a client asked us weither there was any benefit to having a site left or centre justified in the browser window.

This set our U.E. buds (like taste buds) tingling so we conducted a poll.

Turns out 72% prefer centre justified citing reasons such as symmetry or ‘looks professional’.

18% preferred left and 10% weren't sure.

Glad we cleared that up...