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Bleak – For The Good of the Nation review

// June 22nd, 2011 // No Comments » // News

I have to confess, it has taken me half a year to write this review. Not because I don’t like the album – I do, in places a lot. But because I know the band, and like them, and felt that that would largely compromise the integrity of the review. It was only when I [...]

MEX Conference 2011

// May 22nd, 2011 // No Comments » // Dev, Mobile, Usability

Slides from my talk at this May’s MEX (Mobile User Experience) conference in London, where I gave the first presentation on the “Efficient UX Techniques for an Age of Network Austerity” pathway: Mex 2011 – Efficient UX Techniques for an Age of Network Austerity The slides walk through steps Masabi has taken to minimise dependency [...]

WordPress iPad App – Failed Login Problem

// December 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Web

After a considerable time failing to add this blog to the WordPress iPad app, I finally spotted a comment on a forum pointing out that it requires XML-RPC to work.  So if you are having the same intensely frustrating rejections every time you try and add your site, you fix it like this: Log in [...]

Movember Update – Day 21

// November 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // News

This month I’ve been taking part in Movember, the world’s premier facial hair charity event held to raise funds for prostate cancer.

Masabists: Illustrating Gartner’s Q3 2010 Global Handset Shipment Report

// November 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // Mobile

I created a quick infographic this weekend to illustrate the trends shown in Gartner’s recent Q3 2010 handset shipments report

War in the Park festival 2010

// September 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // News, Photography

I had the great pleasure of attending London’s underground War in the Park festival last weekend – and the even greater pleasure of missing the torrential downpour that left most people huddled under a tarpaulin serenaded by raindrops…

Zenitar 16mm Fisheye on Full Frame 5Dmk2 – Distortion Examples

// August 14th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Photography

I’ve been using the lens a fair amount since I wrote up my first impressions, and I don’t think they’ve changed.  The poor lens cap regularly falls off, but otherwise I think it’s pretty much ideal for a special effect lens like this – light enough to carry around without noticing, good enough quality for [...]

Custom Vinyl – Van Gogh Teddy Trooper

// July 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // Creative

I’ve finally remembered to post a picture of my first custom Teddy Trooper (the vinyl toy created by German graffiti artist Flying Fortress): The design is based on the famous van Gogh self portrait with the bandaged ear, currently hung in London’s excellent Courtauld gallery – probably the best gallery I’ve ever been to and [...]

Passenger Focus Research Into Ticket Purchase Problems

// July 23rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Mobile, Usability

This post originally appeared on the Masabists blog. Earlier this week Passenger Focus, the UK’s official rail watchdog, released their annual Spring Passenger Satisfaction Survey, and the press release focussed on some very interesting insights into the reasons why UK rail passengers shun automated ticket vending machines. At Masabi, Passenger Focus’s earlier research into ticket [...]

iPhone 4 Promo – Marketing Video or Satire?

// June 26th, 2010 // No Comments » // Mobile

Watching this video on the iPhone 4, I found I was constantly viewing it from two perspectives – firstly as a typical Apple marketing promo, but secondly as a deliberate deadpan satire about how you can con people into thinking so many very old and well established features are innovative…

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