Archive > October 2008

Redesign of news.com.au

This weekend saw the relaunch of the new news.com.au.

This is a project we’ve been working on for quite some time.  I’m really proud of the way it’s turned out, and it introduces a whole raft of new features not seen on any Australian media site before. These include:

Personalisation through drag’n’drop
Cookie based Personalisation, so no [...]

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User Centred Design Vs Activity Centred Design

I’m a self-proclaimed fan of ACD or as Constantine calls it, Usage Centred Design, as opposed to pure User Centred Design.  There are a number of discussions around this subject on our USiT Blog and the IxD list .  The prevailing opinion seems to be that pure UCD is a bit outmoded.
As we look at [...]

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‘Ambient Personalisation’ presentation at Web Standards Group, Sydney

I’ll be doing a second take of the presentation I gave at OZIA this year for the Web Standards Group, Sydney on Tuesday 7th October.

Date:
Tuesday 8 October
Time:
6:30pm for 7:00pm start
Where:
Australian Museum - 6 College Street Sydney
Cost:
$10 per head (pay at the door)

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