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Latest Vlog 9th May 2017 PAPER PROTOTYPES | Experience VLOG 3 Pen and paper are always there when you need them, sometimes being tangible and just getting ideas out on paper can really help break down problems. Whether at the beginning of a project or throughout, paper prototyping is a simple method that is both time efficient and cost effective. Being able to run through different concepts and solutions for a product or interface, as rapidly as sketching it out, is invaluable.

Latest Blog Post 25th March 2017 Defining the space between UX and SD with Alexa Big things are happening in the world of tech, really, products and services overall. Not only are the advancements in many different areas and the way we’re producing and consuming still going strong from the past ~10 years...
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Current project Edge Case One thing I learned from working in corporate all that time ago is, there's no logical nor practical reason for not offering your capabilites by your own hand. Working across various client projects and being deployed internally to a clients team creates a perspective that helps you to really see the effects of business decisions, leadership and field specific activities. With that experience, you not only gain a keen sense of what works, but that one company spreading itself thin across many principles ultimately fails across the majority. A dedicated consultancy then, proves more valuable.

Current project Fungy Games One way or another gaming has impacted everyone's life, for me that includes classic board games, card games and of course video games. I've always been interested in the work behind designing, engineering and then manifesting a game from a simple idea. That idea then bringing people together to enjoy each others time. So I'm doing just that, with the launch of the first game series I've designed. I took in a lot of inspiration from the games I like, and created one around the ethos of crypto. 1: to be fun, but 2: to help give people understanding of how crypto works.

Current reads

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Most people through traditional education will only ever associate Ben Franklin with the key and the kite story. The man, the legend was so much more than that and having written the first book on 'success', which is also his autobiography, he shares epicly insightful habits and practices.

Onward - Howard Schultz

..'How Starbucks fought for its life without losing its soul'. The coffee store we all know and love, a place that became synonymous as a meeting place, somewhere to relax or even somewhere to work, has been through the wars. Howard, as CEO, talks about how the brand was built and the major challenges that it survived through.

How to win friends - Dale Carnegie

..'and influence people'. One of those golden books that's sold millions time and time again, it is a corner stone of personal development. From Dale's research and workings in the field of influence and human connection, you're able to relearn all the methods that are so obvious yet need to be practiced and made habitual.