Author Archives: rick

Unravelling the anatomy of a website visually

Posted on April 19, 2012 by rick
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I’ve been reading (and writing) a lot of code recently and wanted to share a graphical technique for understanding an alien codebase. Code can be hard to follow, especially if you didn’t write it, and even more so if you … Continue reading →

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The Voices in Your Head: Crowdsourced Live Usability

Posted on January 26, 2012 by rick
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 The Voices in Their Head: Crowdsourced Live Usability It can be challenging to run a group UX review, even when the participants know each other.  There is always someone who talks endlessly, raising nitpicks and alienating other team members, others … Continue reading →

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100 Days of Tech: Day 3 – Another nail in the coffin of Django

Posted on July 27, 2011 by rick
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Django is getting me down. I want to love it. You see, I love python but its so hard to do some seemingly trivial stuff: Getting my AJAX POSTS past Django’s inbuilt CSRF filtering still isn’t working (see my previous … Continue reading →

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100 days of Tech: Day 2 – AJAX post to Django

Posted on July 20, 2011 by rick
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Ah the joys of coding – hitting your head against something which appears so easy but is actually quite fiddly. All the more painful after having some fun with the Google maps Javascript tutorial and feeling Javascript was quite easy. So what … Continue reading →

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100 days of tech Day 1: Android dev tools

Posted on July 12, 2011 by rick
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Day 1: finished Peepcode’s Javascript+AJAX tutorial. Good stuff. Always wondered what JSON stood for. JavaScript Object Notation … a human-readable data format for associative arrays. Nice. Then, after some battling, a victory. I finally got my friend Tim’s android app prototype … Continue reading →

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De-rusting Rick: 100 days of Tech

Posted on July 6, 2011 by rick
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The time has come. You see, I used to code. Indeed it used to be my career. Then I got involved in UX, learned the joy of prototyping, and now I don’t code. Well to be exact – I’m rusty. … Continue reading →

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Rick Boardman the Half Ironman

Posted on May 24, 2011 by rick
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I just completed my first triathlon, the Wildflower Half Ironman and wanted to share my experiences. Plus I might try to talk you into doing something similar for Team in Training. A Great Cause Firstly, I have to say a … Continue reading →

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The RTFM of Usability

Posted on September 29, 2010 by rick
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Having been an engineer in a previous life, I’ve been a long advocate of the RTFM response when asked a silly technical problem: RTFM = “Read the F****** Manual” Where the third word can be anything starting with F depending … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Ping Pongs! A usability review

Posted on September 8, 2010 by rick
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I’ve been called an Apple fanboy in the past, and its true, I am. In particular, I respect and enjoy Apple’s fantastic design and the way their products tend to provide a great user experience for their customers. However, myself … Continue reading →

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Setting up a tech consultancy in San Francisco

Posted on August 30, 2010 by rick
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Image credits: Remixed from JD Lasica’s original. Having just set up a tech consultancy, I’m pleased to confirm that the process of setting up a business in San Francisco is relatively straightforward. So far anyway (check in with me again … Continue reading →

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