Silver Surfers – computer users with a disposable income and the desire to spend it – are often seen as a seam to be mined. Cue rubbing of hands.
We’ve all heard the stories of the computer wiz grandmother. This category of Silver Surfer is easily catered for because they are confident computer users and integrate … Read more about ‘Silver Surfers - computer wiz or novice?’
I was intrigued to discover recently something called forensic authorship analysis. Basically this is analysis of patterns and styles of writing for crime solving purposes. And now that texting accounts for a large part of our written communication, analysis of people’s messages has actually helped solve crimes.
Part of the reason for this is that texting … Read more about ‘Forensic authorship analysis’
In a previous post I talked about communicating with those back home while travelling and how in the 90s this relied on the solidness of postcards, letters and phone calls. The audience for these was, by necessity, rather small - family and a couple of envious best friends.
Now, my brother is on a one-year overland … Read more about ‘Online travel journal tool could develop into a must for travellers’
I noticed recently that Kentish Town Health Centre, which is my local health centre, was shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize 2009, and I have to confess to a secret satisfaction that it didn’t win.
Various articles on the awards shortlist describe it as “uplifting for both staff and patients” and … Read more about ‘Shortlisted for prize, yet remarkably unusable’
For the first 3 years of his education Rhodri Buttrick was unable to learn to read or write. His parents, due to their tenacity, finally got a diagnosis of Dyslexia and Dyspraxia for him and were able to place him in an specialist school where his specific learning needs were accommodated.
Rhodri can ride a bike … Read more about ‘Guest blogger on accessibility’