Skill set 2010
Desirable skills in a web newsroom (The New York Times to be precise). Any good if I could do a bit of all of them? Front-end Interactive Designer Full skill-set of client-side technologies including HTML, CSS and JavaScript/Prototype. Experience with…
Help for non-numbers people
In my experience people are either comfortable with numbers or they’re not, and it’s about as black and white as that. Which can present problems when you work in journalism. I’ve run workshops for both designers and journalists about handling…
Graduate shows
I had my chance, I want to give that same chance to others, but wow, graduate shows are energy-sapping. There’s got to be a better way of hosting/arranging/doing these? With a focus it was easier to move around the zillion…
Intensive re-skill
A friend’s friend just did it. His wife got a job abroad for a year in a developing country where his skills wouldn’t be useful locally – high end animation, graphics, effects. But he’d been meaning to learn a couple…
Processing
Being aware that a digital revolution is trying to pass me by – and that Processing seems to be the digital tool of choice of lots of data designy types that I admire – in the new year I scoured…
Old media v new media
I used to work in print. Now I work online. And there is a difference. Print is better for some things, online for others, but they are not the same. People consume them differently. Acknowledge there’s a difference and play…
The history of train timetables
I know I have an absurd enthusiasm for my industry, and I’m often mocked for it, so it was a gift to my friends when I said I was off to talk about the history of train timetables at the…