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_ d.Construct 2007: User Experience Design Conference
d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing and building the latest generation of web-based applications.
Previous years have seen speakers from organizations including Amazon, Google and the BBC, discuss the challenges and opportunities created by the web. This year will see 600 web professionals gather in […]

Location: London, UK
URL: www.technovated.com
Description
Do you believe in user focused, web standard design and development, driven by simplicity?
Technovated is a web software start-up based in South-West London, looking for a motivated, senior-level UI person to help us deliver a compelling product for a venture backed project.
This is an opportunity to own the entire user experience, from […]

I’ve got 10 mins to write this so I’ll keep this as short and brief as possible
I’m really struggling with this work life balance and exercise thing. I’m totally cool with where I am regards the amount of work I’m doing, and the hours I’m putting in, ‘cos I’m working towards something. […]

In all my time in this industry so far, specifically regards my time in London, I’ve not come accross anyone anywhere near like the client I had the displeasure of spending time with this evening.
A rough chain of events:

Client changed meeting location on the day
Client changed meeting time late morning / early afternoon
Client […]

If you’re a user of Google Analytics, then you’re probably going to be getting a refreshed UI sometime soon…
Thumbs up - a massive improvement from the old version.
Hat tip to: James

google, analytics, webapps, web2.0

A long time ago, a older man gave a younger man an axe, and told him to go and tend to his own forest to make sure he had enough wood for his fires in the winter.
So the younger man went to the forest and began cutting the trees in the right place, to make […]

Just multi-tasking while clearing mail, and the stuff about Tony Blair leaving Downing Street is on TV…
And it strikes me that the House of Commons is more like a forum for a bunch of old-school school kids in the playground, all having a go at each other… Don’t know what to say really, other […]

Clearing my mail this weekend, so better late than never…
I recently used Zoomf.com to find a new place to live in Wimbledon, so I thought that first hand experience was worth talking about…

November 28, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TrustedPlaces Brings the Power of Social Networking to the Property Market
TrustedPlaces, the word of mouth community for reviewing, sharing […]

Check it out …

Dates that are in discussion at the moment are 24th to 26th October in JHB…
Anyone got any serious problems / reservations / issues / red flags with those dates?

business, web2.0, london, southafrica, africa, technology, blog, bloggers, blogging

Lately it seems that what I do is fight fires all day long. I can’t remember tha last time I sat down for a full day and cranked something out, much less a full week. No complaints at all, it keeps life interesting, but it is hard to manage. Good thing too […]

_ BBC NEWS | Business | Dell to use Ubuntu on Linux PCs
Good news for Ubuntu evangelists everywhere… So now we have IBM Thinkpads, and Dells running Ubuntu properly, which can only be a good thing.
Can’t wait until Ubuntu comes shipped with Beryl, and a better OpenOffice (that works with hardcore spreadsheets)…

ubuntu, […]

_ localglo.be: South Africa 5 years on
Saul talks about SA in some detail, and it’s a good read. If you find yourself outside of SA, then defo worth a gander.
;-)
south+africa, business, startup, web2.0

_ YouTube - Get Some Nuts! - Snickers Advert
Quit your jibber jabber!
You aint hurt!
You’re pathetic!
If I ever catch you acting like a crazy fool again, you gonna meet my friend paiiiin!!!

MrT, humour, TheA-Team, YouTube