I think I might have invented a new genre of erotica. I ran a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to print my book, fingers & tongues.

I thought long and hard about how to make the design work for the book's intent. Using my experience as a UX consultant, I made user-centred decisions on the typography, editing, book design and the use of imagery.

Presented at Agile Content Lightning Talks featuring the Government Digital Service
on 3 Feb 2013 @ London Agile Content Meetup

Messages like "Sorry, 7 product(s) is currently unavailable in this page" make me cringe.

When small details like this are overlooked, I wonder what else might be broken on a web site.

I love MOO. I use them to make my Minicards, for my company, my jewellery and my personal cards.

In 2013, I started to look for a new permanent role. MOO was my ideal company.

After trying different ways to make contact, I finally went for awesome.

For a long time I avoided RSS. I assumed it was something very technical that I could do without. Now, I can't live without it.

I went to the one-day conference d.Construct in Brighton, England, which had the theme Experience.

It may surprise you that the word "elegant" often crops up amongst programmers when discussing software.

"Elegant" is used to describe a clear, simple and well-formed programming solution. It may be hard for some to understand but programming can be a joy. I often think about it as swimming effortlessly and expertly through deep clear blue water - each move and turn is a corresponding nifty solution.