Isn't it crazy how time flies? It seems only yesterday that we were sitting around in a comedy bar with John and Pete talking about Flash on the Beach. Well, lots of sweat and tears later, John's pulled it off and we're about to have our first international Flash conference in Brighton. Flash on the [...]

Buyer beware: Stay away from Abbey National Business! I've written about Abbey National Business before and tonight all the little drops of discontent added up and the glass finally spilled. I'm moving away from these people ASAP. Why? Because they can't even manage to change my address without having me write them an old-fashioned letter [...]

Why is it when you think you've boxed the last thing, there's always just one more? I can't believe the number of things I'm either donating or that I've trashed and *still* I have more stuff! Stuff sucks! No really. I'm on a mission to reduce the number of things I own as much as [...]

Well, it's official: I'm moving house next week. Funny thing is that my buddies, Dave and Josh, are moving into my current place! Really looking forward to furnishing the new place and even more so to throwing my house warming party. Maybe, I'll make it a combined house-warming/30th birthday (damn, I'm getting old)/Flash on the [...]

Happy World Usability Day! If anything, it should be painfully obvious to many of you why we need a day like this. Unfortunately, most of our industry still does not understand how to make usable products. Here's a quick five-point Dummy's Guide to Usability: Usability is not rocket science. Usability is not magic. Your product will not be usable [...]