Thinking

Hey, here’s a question for you. What’s the most important part of a project?

If you ask a team, the chances are that you’ll get a whole heap of different responses; planning, kick-off, workshops, playback/demo etc. The list would probably be long and so would the debate. For my money, the retrospective offers the best opportunity to get real insight from a team into how they feel about a project.

I'm very proud of the three dConstructs I put together: 2012, 2013, and 2014, but I don't have the fortitude to do it indefinitely so I'm stepping back from the organisational duties this year. So dConstruct 2015 is in Andy's hands.

Re-live Responsive Day Out 3 in the form of moving images.

This weeks notes arrives in playlist form.

We’re excited to say that this year’s dConstruct talk descriptions have now been posted to the lovely site. There’s going to be so much mind-boggling, awe-inspiring, gob-smacking spectacular-ness that we can hardly wait. You have got your ticket already, haven’t you?

September looms, the skies are continuously cloud, it must be the summer break for motorsport. Time to announce the 2015 Karting Championship then?

We’re hosting a roundtable event around UX and e-commerce brands next Tuesday morning, and still have a few spaces left.

Weeknotes, sketches and sympathy.

Last Friday I co-facilitated a workshop at UXBristol 2015 held at the iconic M-Shed, bathed in glorious sunshine and slotted amid the preparations for the annual Harbour Festival.

The mixed bag of stuff we got up to last week at Clearleft Towers.

Tickets are now now on sale for dConstruct, a day jam-packed with design inspiration and stimulation. The conference will be celebrating it’s 10th year, and trust us - you really don’t want to miss the the inter-galactic festivities! (also, you must see the truly lovely website, which is out-of-this-world swoon-worthy).

Barcelona; history, architecture, sun and culinary delights; a great start to any conference.

I've been working on sites for kids all week. It's like going back to school…

There's no better way to end a front-end pow-wow than with a beer on the beach. It's becoming a regular thing. As we edge closer to the sea, who will be the first to go in? Paddle boarding and kayaking after work, anyone?

The third and final Responsive Day Out is done and dusted. In short, it was fantastic. Every single talk was superb. Statistically that seems highly unlikely, but it's true.

Sunshine, birthdays, holidays, BBQs, Beerleft, conferences and camping. Another busy week at Clearleft Towers.