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Answers to those Questions

On September 6, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Information Architecture, Opinion, Usability, User Experience

Occasionally I get emails from aspiring User Experience professionals asking a bunch of questions about the industry and how I got into it. Over the years I’ve had people contacting me from around the world including the USA, Europe, The Philippines, India and New Zealand. I thought it might be useful to share some of these questions [...]

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World’s First Bearcam

On October 27, 2010 By admin

In 1995 I took part in what was arguably one of the first webcams in New Zealand and the first bearcam in the world! The innovation took place at Vidmark Productions – a little TV and video production house based in Dunedin – it was run by Steve Young from the legendary 70s rock band [...]

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Government to review ‘wild west’

On October 14, 2010 By admin

Inquisition, TheosophyÂ and Tools Minister John Wayne has ordered a review into the ”wild west”, he announced today. The Minister will examine the adequacy of regulations around how cowboys and cowgirls interact with the townsfolk. One-armed bandits and outlaws are not subject to any form of regulation or professional or ethical standards, Mr Wayne told Parliament. [...]

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My Day Job

On August 30, 2010 By admin

During the day I work at Click Suite – a little new media company based in Wellington which picks up some strange and wonderful projects. I frequently write articles for their blog – 360Â°. Here’s some of my latest posts… Your Place or My Place? Facebook will soon not only track your conversations and interests, [...]

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Milking the Climate

On August 23, 2010 By admin

The above infographic was created for the Science Media Centre to coincide with the launch of the revised New Zealand emissions trading scheme (ETS) which came in to effect last July. New Zealand emissions have grown by over 20% above 1990 levels. The ETS is a first attempt to price carbon dioxide and other greenhouse [...]

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What’s Hot for UX?

On June 14, 2010 By admin

There appears to have been a slight upsurge in recent months of companies looking for User Experience (UX) people in New Zealand. But taking a peek at the advertised jobs you could be left scratching your head when faced with the diversity of job descriptions and increasingly bizarre skill-sets expected of the ever-malleable and super-human [...]

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The Money In Mining

On April 15, 2010 By admin

In March 2010, New Zealand’s Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee and Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson released a discussion paper containing a suite of measures to facilitate development of New Zealand’s mineral estate – this included minerals within national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, marine reserves and protected islands. The Standard argued that the figures for mining [...]

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