Using Braille on pharmaceutical packaging, what a great idea!!! Just try to figure out how to distinguish from one medicine to another when you have few of them in your bathroom and you can’t read what’s on the packaging. It must be troublesome. Since October 2010, all medicines sold in European Union countries must display [...]
For New Zealand techies, February means Webstock, a good conference. Like last year’s conference, it was very insightful with speakers as diverse as Scott McCloud (Cartoonist and author of Understanding Comics), Marco Arment (co-founder of Tumblr), and Amanda Palmer (artist, singer). But today, I’ll tell you what I learned from Christine Perfetti’s talk. She is [...]
I love reading magazines, I was subscribed to Fast Company and Wired for several years before coming to NZ. Now, I still receive my UPA (Usability Professional Association) magazine here in NZ. As far as I remember, the UPA magazine has always been wrapped in a sealed plastic bag, which could be frustrating to open. (a [...]
I love data visualisation! That’s why when I read articles and I see data visualisation used with a bias way, it shocks me! A recent example was in Bloomberg BusinessWeek – The Colossus of Wall Street. The article is about how BlackRock (asset management firm) and its CEO have enormous power on Wall St and [...]
After observing dozens of colleagues walking up one floor (and mumbling) and then making a wild guess where the meeting room they were appointed was, I decided to post signs. The building where I work is a classical square shape where you have stairwell and toilets in the middle. We are working on two floors [...]
Do you know how to make your recorded talk, that you will broadcast on Youtube, easy to understand? I have seen a nice way to do it at the Webstock mini (Wellington, NZ). Daniel Button presented his TED talk (Yes, he came to show us a recorded talk…) but, instead of seeing him giving his [...]
