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September 26, 2025 Musings

The UX of TfL’s Blackwall Tunnel: Deceptive patterns and Technical Debts

My trip through the Blackwall Tunnel cost me £90 all because of bad UX.

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August 12, 2025 Musings

Demystifying AI at PubSci

In a recent blog, I reminisced about an evening when I was in the pub debating with friends whether computer

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June 16, 2025 Musings

Retiring my HCI course

Now it’s a bit of a monster, like HCI itself, it’s a Frankenstein made up of different domains, with no core competencies, and comes in at five-and-a-half hours long.

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April 18, 2025 Musings

The phenomena surrounding interactive computing systems (1)

Recently, I have had a couple of experiences both as a consultant and as a user which have really brought into focus the idea of that major phenomena. Phenomena means experience: The experiences we have when we are designing/ using software.

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March 1, 2025 Musings

Bacon on Ice-cream: McDonald’s drive-thru AI

One story which stands out in and amongst the hype is, how fast-food chain McDonald’s withdrew its AI from the drive-thru. In this talk I will explore exactly what happened.

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