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Observations by the UX guy

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A quick eCommerce lesson on how to irritate and confuse website customers

It’s a rainy Sunday and I wanted to go to the cinema with my children.We’d found a film and a…
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Posted on: 27/04/2020 Last updated on: 06/05/2024 Comments: 0 Written by:
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How Sony simply failed at expectation management

It’s the end of 2019 and I’m looking for a new TV. I know which size I want and it’s…
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Posted on: 17/11/2019 Last updated on: 06/05/2024 Comments: 0 Written by:
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eMails are worse for you than marijuana or not sleeping

A recent study found that British workers’ IQ test scores drop by an average of 10 points when they juggle…
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Posted on: 26/03/2019 Last updated on: 18/05/2020 Comments: 0 Written by:
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Like a bullet in the back of the head

This inconceivable incident took place recently in Houston, Texas (a gun-totin’ city not unknown for its love of head shots).…
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Posted on: 16/02/2019 Last updated on: 18/05/2020 Comments: 0 Written by:
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Black & white tend towards grey

Just read some research exploring the secrets of the jury room. When compared with all-white (probably supremist!) juries, racially mixed…
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Posted on: 12/11/2018 Last updated on: 18/05/2020 Comments: 0 Written by:
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Penile surgery

Just read about a man with problems; he has just pleaded guilty to the charge of sending a bomb to…
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Posted on: 12/06/2018 Last updated on: 18/05/2020 Comments: 0 Written by:
pile of rusty tin cans

Tin-can antennas for the last mile

An Italian physics research institute has developed a low-fi, low-cost wi-fi antenna for communication purposes in the third world: the…
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Posted on: 12/04/2018 Last updated on: 24/01/2025 Comments: 0 Written by:
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