Technology (page 2)
Getting started with a Garmin eTrex H GPS for walking
Using Garmin’s eTrex H GPS device for walking: a brief guide to some of the basic concepts
- Originally published: 27 Mar 2010 in Technology, Walking
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
IE7 only: float bug on elements with italic, background properties
What do you get if you cross a float and an italic in Internet Explorer?
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2009 in Technical
Testing CSS for print media: we need a Print Preview for developers!
How I wish there was an easier way to test CSS intended for the printed page.
- Originally published: 15 Jun 2009 in Technical
Typekit: when will web fonts flow freely?
Better CSS3 implementation in some browsers brings many more typographic choices. But we’re not quite there yet.
- Originally published: 1 Jun 2009 in Technical
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
RUP for user experience professionals
RUP may answer a lot of organisational issues but what’s in it for User Experience professionals?
- Originally published: 13 Apr 2009 in Technical
Progressive enhancement and Flash: no longer a pact with the Devil
Using xHTML as an accessible data source for Flash objects just got a bit easier thanks to Faust.
- Originally published: 17 Feb 2009 in Technical
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Spanish scrambled egg breakfast
A quick recipe for Desayuno de la BurguesÃa: scrambled eggs with saffron, paprika and lots of other goodies!
- Originally published: 28 Aug 2011 in Personalia
Ennio Morricone in London
A unique musical experience worth going down to London for.
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2006 in Concerts
Marche of the Beez
A walk in Wallonie with two places of interest differently affected by the French Revolution.
- Originally published: 11 Apr 2010 in Walking
Borat
It’s sexy time: Sacha Baron Cohen’s bumbling reporter bursts onto the big screen.
- Originally published: 25 Mar 2007 in Film
Dark Habits
A breezy, inconsequential tale of nuns with nowhere to run.
- Originally published: 12 Sep 2006 in Film
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.