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Former Google staff launch Cuil

July 29, 2008 at 8:39 pm

Cuil (pronounced 'Cool') is the latest search engine designed to challenge Google. The internet is littered with search engines that purport to offer something superior to Google, but none of them never have really gained any momentum and ultimately have sunk without trace. So is Cuil any different?

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Data,
Google,
News
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My new business cards

July 21, 2008 at 6:52 pm

Surprisingly enough, even though I've been working for the thick part of a decade now, I've never actually had my own business cards. I've lost count the amount of occasions I've been out and about in the past year and fumbled around with bits of paper and a pen when exchanging details with people I've met at conferences, or on the tube etc. I made it my mission - along with this site - to get some made up.

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Code,
Design,
News
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Crafting the user experience with personas & scenarios

July 02, 2008 at 3:57 pm

The goal of any web application should always be aligned to the user achieving their objective(s). Users will always have a purpose in using an application, whether that's absorbing the latest news in an RSS aggregator or buying next weeks groceries; users habitually have desires and motivations behind their actions on the web. It therefore naturally makes sense to design web products to satisfy these requirements; personas and scenarios compliment one another and are great tools in the craft of user experience design in helping us develop great user experiences.

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Design,
User experience
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