Unfortunately we’re running a little late with our post – though the day is drawing to a close – we’re just in time to pay tribute to the women who inspired us, in honour of Ada Lovelace Day . Naming only so few might seem too short as there are many more we could mention — but this will need to be left for another day, another post.
For now – here are our inspirations – from Brooke and Prisca. Read the rest of this entry »
They say October is the season, and this conference noob got a double first dose this year at two very different conferences. Read the rest of this entry »
Last weekend was the first <head> conference, organized by Aral Balkan, a web conference over three days and a new way to ‘attend’ conferences: from the comfort of your own sofa. :)
The sessions covered a wide range of timely topics including web standards, accessibility, web application development, flash, and scalability.
One of the great things about this conference is that is was green: an environmentally-friendly web conference as the speakers and attendees interacted with the conference locally – no aeroplane or train travel carbon footprint for attendees of <head> :)
As Prisca did last year, the eyedea team is making a contribution to Blog Action Day this year, the theme of which is ‘Poverty’.
I don’t want to tell you what you should or shouldn’t do. I only want you to stop for a moment and think about other people, just for today. And if it’s not too much to ask, more more than today if you can. Read the rest of this entry »
Inclusive New Media – workshop report
updated PingPong game [designed for users with severe ID]: http://dev.eyedea.eu/inmd/
After a lot of technical disasters on day 1 of user testing – I was determined to wow my testers with the changes and implement as many of their suggestions as possible. It did take a bit of time – but I managed to get the finals edits done – all equipment was set up and working this time (thanks to Simon being there!).
So I am happy to report that the second day of user testing went fantastic with my target group repsonding with great enthusiasm, really having fun with the game…
Yesterday I received a lovely email from John Pipal from CommonKnowledge – letting me know that our membership is now official :) great news…
I’ve been working with John Wallett on a few projects in the past – and always enjoyed their little gatherings, for christmas mulled wine and cheese ;) People are very friendly, open minded and nice to talk to. Being taken in as new member now is ….
Yesterday our private area for our clients went live – looking light and elegant…
Today – the first feedback was very positive.
As we all were using online protected areas for our clients in the past to allow a smoother workflow and more immediate feedback – we decided to create a new portal for our team projects. The presentation of research, mockups, site plans and any other development work online has proven to be invaluableto both our clients and us. To work productively as a team with our clients the online previews keep everyone instantly up to date and allow for quick feedback. Read the rest of this entry »
After a lot of hours and hard work – the new look for the ‘