http://samdobbin.com User Experience Consultant Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:43:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, gosh, it's been a while. Before I step things up to what I hope is a more suitable level of attention to a site intended to help put bread on my table, allow me to re-introduce myself. Three things you should know I've been doing some really exciting and super hush-hush ... http://samdobbin.com/2008/07/30/a-re-introduction/ I've been lusting (that's right, lusting) for a badge press for years. In fact, this is one of the few things my sensible side has consistently managed to veto. So I was boyishly excited when I unwrapped my Christmas presents and found that my sister had bought one for me. Here's ... http://samdobbin.com/2008/03/26/meckin-stuff-getting-to-badge/ Book making is one of the beautifully redundant things I do to recharge my batteries and fire up some creative spirit. It's one of the only things I can think of where I get complete creative control of the final product, from the shape of the book, to the materials ... http://samdobbin.com/2008/03/19/meckin-stuff-books/ I've found myself on the wrong end of some meaty tube delays over the past few days. So much so that I signed myself up for TFL's free tube updates, which proceeded to get themselves eaten by my spam barrier at random, arrive when I was already on my way ... http://samdobbin.com/2008/03/12/solving-tube-problems-with-twitter/ It's taken a while, but I've finally convinced myself that I don't need to hand-carve my own CMS in order to build a site. Gone are the days of learning new programming languages! Gone are the days of custom-coding AJAX stuff that only I will ever see! I don't think ... http://samdobbin.com/2008/03/10/getting-over-the-hump/