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Problem Solving in Software
Very occasionally, people will start asking me in detail what I do for a living. When “I write software” or “I make websites” doesn’t satisfy them, I go into a bit more detail about the different aspects of my job. One thing that happens quite regularly if I don’t go into enough detail, is that...
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Conducting DIY User Research
Leisa Reichelt has posted up an interesting presentation on DIY guerrilla User Research which is well worth a look. I have embedded her slideshow below. She points out that no matter how small the budget, even a small amount of User Research can pay off in a big way. She goes through some of the...
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Using a plain Flex UI theme to show clients before styling
The default Flex 2 Aeon theme looks fairly polished and showing it to clients in the early stages of a project can have it’s disadvantages. For example a client may believe the project is closer to release than it is or if you use Adobe Flex for prototyping may believe that the default theme represents...
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Tip: Creating stronger passwords
In this day and age we often get asked for passwords to secure our content or personal information. Many people find if difficult to come up with memorable passwords and popular choices are things like the day of the week when they set it or literally the word “password”! So, I though I would share...
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