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November 14, 2016 Musings

Semiotics: Finding meaning in storytelling

We like patterns and signs to reduce complexity into something more manageable, and then we like to construct stories to explain how

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November 28, 2007 Design

Cognitive Science: What makes your users tick

Like many usability consultants I have spent hours locked in rooms with strangers saying: “What do you think about this

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June 21, 2007 Design

Human-computer interaction: Can you see what it is yet?

[update 20/8/20: My guide to human-computer interaction is now available over on Udemy.] The recent furore over the 2012 Olympics Logo reminds

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May 24, 2007 Design

Semiotics: It’s a sign!

A structural engineer once told me that he would always win pictionary if he was teamed with another engineer. Structural

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