Here’s what us folks at RMA have been reading and chatting about in the office this week... 1) CodeDoodle.es What’s this all about? A rather lovely site packed full of curated creative coding sketches. Well worth a look in. What does RMA say? “How much do I love this site!”...
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What RMA saw this week… Romain Laurent, 4 year old wisdom, another nice dataviz and some seeds
Design, Interaction Design, News, Opinion, VisualisationHere’s what us folks at RMA have been reading and chatting about in the office this week... 1) A Reduce Speed Dial by Volkswagen What’s this all about? A short video from Volkswagen which explores whether a child's drawing can make a parent a safer driver. Quite moving and a...
What RMA saw this week… Post-its galore, Google’s latest shopping spree & some machine learning stuff
Design, News, Opinion, VisualisationHere’s what the folks at RMA have been reading and chatting about in the office this week... 1) A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning by R2D3 What’s this all about? A neat dataviz that explains how computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. What does RMA...
How to increase your user base: Make your product less engaging
Design, Development/Tech, Experience, Interaction Design, UXIn my previous post What’s wrong with wearable tech? I touched on how technology must be unobtrusive in order to integrate seamlessly in to people’s lives. Now I'm looking at the emerging trend of 'Slippy' UX. The phrase was first coined by Jake Zukowski,who explored how the design of automobile...
Speaking about data visualisation at HCID’s “Design at Work” Open Day
Design, Presentation, VisualisationBetter decisions, by design - data visualisation for decision support I was recently invited by the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design(HCID) to speak at their May Open Day - a day where a mix of 350 or so UX professionals, academics and students gather to hear...
Trading Platforms: Where Next?
Design, Experience, Innovation, Interaction Design, UX, VisualisationA comparison of trading software and trading platforms in the investment banking arena
UK General Election 2015 Visualiser – have a play with politics!
Design, Interaction Design, Presentation, VisualisationElection 2015 Visualiser - a data visualisation tool that lets you predict election result scenarios and see the impact both nationally and in your local constituency
Roll like Tom Kerridge: THE Perfect Christmas Turkey Roll Planner [visualisation]
Design, Presentation, Uncategorized, VisualisationFound yourself in charge of the Christmas Dinner this year and not feeling particularly Rick Stein about it? Fear not, we’ve designed the perfect tool to take you from start to finish - each step planned out to perfectly slot into the overall recipe process. Often the trouble with...
Tweather – All in a Twitter over the Weather [Data Visualisation Animation]
Design, Presentation, VisualisationTweather - weather data visualisation animation It’s a well-known fact that us Brits obsess about the weather (often whilst drinking tea). And from time to time we do like to exaggerate - griping about the wet stuff, moaning when it’s too hot. But are we alone?...
Flat design? Not for the warm-hearted…
Design, OpinionBack in the early 90’s, while I was at design college, my class took a field trip to Berlin. It was one of those ‘let’s go study Berlin design and culture’ things – with the convenient added bonus of a great popup scene, where bars and clubs would spring up...