Information design
Dopeology
At last! My personal project to develop a web application on doping in pro cycling is finally released after a year’s hard work.
- Originally published: 12 Oct 2011 in Information design
Information architecture: labelling for websites
Labelling content for websites is not as easy as it looks. Every label should be the product of a process.
- Originally published: 19 Oct 2010 in Information design
Is there anybody out there?
Getting to know the website audience of a content-driven, public sector information resource.
- Originally published: 19 Sep 2010 in Information design
Wrangling writers: information design and content policy
Notes on important themes in the close relationship between information design and content writing and editing.
- Originally published: 16 Feb 2010 in Information design
Perception and assumption in warning signs
An information design perspective on the use and effect of warning signs used in hunting areas.
- Originally published: 23 Nov 2009 in Information design
Who hates all the pies?
The pie chart is a common tool for displaying statistics graphically, but the limitations of the format can often hinder rather than facilitate communication.
- Originally published: 15 Nov 2009 in Information design
Usability testing with web prototypes: an overview
An illustrated overview of usability testing with onscreen or paper prototypes. Try out ideas before investing resources!
- Originally published: 28 May 2009 in Information design
Information design and philosophy
What does philosophy and social theory have to do with information design and user experience?
- Originally published: 22 Dec 2008 in Information design
Testing the relevance of contributed or migrated content
Using historical theories and concepts to determine how to model content for a content management solution.
- Originally published: 2 Dec 2008 in Information design
Information Design library released!
Everyone’s writing a ‘library’ these days. So I thought I’d do one for information design.
- Originally published: 2 Mar 2007 in Information design
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From Hemingway’s home in Key West and north on US-1 to Key Largo in a yellow drop-top Chrysler PT Cruiser.
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- Originally published: 11 Oct 2009 in Walking
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- Originally published: 25 Oct 2009 in Walking
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.