Monthly Archives: November 2011
UX (User Experience) For The Under-5’s And Their Teachers
For those of you who don’t know the term ‘UX’ means User Experience, something I feel I’ve long been aware of but never had a name for until my sons got into the world of the web many years ago. The phrase makes perfect sense once you think about it. I think about it most […]
A Fond Farewell
Steve Jobs… You died nearly two months ago. I am still writing and storing these blog articles on a beloved iMac which is over 10 years old – thank you. In so many ways I haven’t moved with the times and yet thanks to Steve I have. I am fortunate to have one of the […]
Prosody — A New Word For Me
I’ve taken the liberty of using this description from the Center for Spoken Language Understanding at Oregon Health and Science University. Prosody involves “…the melody, timing and intonation of speech, refers to the ‘how it is said’ not to the ‘what is said’ of languageâ€. “We use prosody to convey meaning, intent and emotions. The […]
For All You 30-Something ‘Successful’ People
The time is coming. There is much you should be thinking about. Have you met the partner of your dreams? That’s great. If you haven’t don’t get desperate – I’ve seen what ‘desperate’ can do when they have to meet on matchdotcom and then ‘have’ to have a child because time is running out (By […]