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Femma's Tech Blog: Paths and Complexities
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Sunday, 6 February 2011. I am currently working on a project where we have to replicate the system in it's entirety into a newly defined architecture. Last week I was asked to work on a particular feature, having gone through this feature on the existing system I found it to be horrendous and I am not looking forward to replicating it. Whatever happened to simplicity and elegance? I know the 3 click rule is seen as a bit of a UX myth but in this instance, I think it would be quite effective! Make your Sp...
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Femma's Tech Blog: November 2009
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Sunday, 29 November 2009. My little brother was eager to program the bot, so I thought I'd give it a little whirl with the Mindstorms software. I got him to program it using the Mindstorms software:. And here is the video. Saturday, 28 November 2009. NXT Bot: Building the Chassis. I've just spent the past 2 hours building the chassis for my robot. I still need to put LeJos on my laptop and then onto the NXT block before I can start programming it. If I get the chance, I will do that tomorrow. Using the o...
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Femma's Tech Blog: July 2010
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Saturday, 24 July 2010. Tab Bars and Pickers. Pickerview) or just a picker are the controls with the dials that spin. Pickers are more complex than other iPhone controls. Pickers can be configured to display one dial or many, by default pickers display text, but many can also be made to display images. Date picker is the easiest type of picker to implement. The data source isn't actually an object designed to hold data. Root controller to manage swapping of applications other views. Tab bars use icon...
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Femma's Tech Blog: August 2011
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Friday, 26 August 2011. Well Designed Windows Phone 7 Apps. So when the new WP7 phones came out and Microsoft provided the Windows Phone Style Guide. It looked as if all the apps would be pretty samey and bland. However I've seen some pretty cool apps and one that is being 'bigged up' all over the Internet is the Cocktail App. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Rapid Design and Visualisation. Well Designed Windows Phone 7 Apps. User Onboarding: Patterns and Anti-Patterns. Make your Spr...
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Femma's Tech Blog: October 2010
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Friday, 15 October 2010. Do Androids Dream of LEGO MINDSTORMS? The Lego Mindstorms Android App. Sunday, 3 October 2010. The module XML file contains definition of the GWT module, the collection of resources that comprise a GWT application or a shared package. The default XML inherits the core GWT functionality required for every project. Optionally, you can specify other GWT modules to inherit from. Whenever possible, GWT defers to browsers' native user interface elements. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Femma's Tech Blog: August 2010
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Saturday, 21 August 2010. Natural Balance Foods Website. As I'm on a bit of a health food obsession at the moment, I went onto the Natural Balance Foods website and presented with the website I think overall it is pretty good. The background image doesn't interfere with the text or the information. The menus and options are clear and the user experience is generally good as you are able to find all the information you need:. This really threw me. Other than those 2 issues I quite like the web site :).
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Femma's Tech Blog: May 2010
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010. How to Be Un-Agile. 1) Insist your team provide you with a weekly update/report/metrics even though all the metrics are readily available and easily accessible. 2) Insist on using a vast array of tools, the more electronic the better. 3) Constantly insist on eradicating the board without really using it or giving it a chance. 4) Don't relate your daily update to any of the tasks on the board. 5) Don't discuss any of the burn down or update your burn down after the meeting. One of th...
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Femma's Tech Blog: June 2009
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Sunday, 21 June 2009. Testing blogpost via iPhone. This is a test. Monday, 15 June 2009. Can Twitter Lead to Crime? On the way to work this morning, I was reading the metro and I came across an article about how twitter updates can increase crime rates. There was an incident where a guy had mentioned he was going on holiday for a week, which lead to his house being robbed. What are your thoughts on this? Saturday, 13 June 2009. Utilising WATiR to Test in an Agile Environment. Tuesday, 2 June 2009. Some o...
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Femma's Tech Blog: Interesting Usability Links
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010. The first one is about User Expectations with Mobile Apps. The second is about Accessibility First - for a Better User Experience. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am an Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science graduate so I am very interested in AI. Currently I am working as an IT consultant on various software projects in different parts of the country. View my complete profile. Rapid Design and Visualisation. Prevent feature-creep by focusing on users goals.
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Femma's Tech Blog: Prevent feature-creep by focusing on users' goals
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Friday, 24 December 2010. Prevent feature-creep by focusing on users' goals. Article, it's a very good read :). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am an Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science graduate so I am very interested in AI. Currently I am working as an IT consultant on various software projects in different parts of the country. View my complete profile. Rapid Design and Visualisation. Prevent feature-creep by focusing on users goals. User Experience for Developers. The Music of Time.
