Orange team

Post written whilst I was an interaction designer on the Orange team.

• A tough week

  28 September 2024

  A weeknote starting 23 September 2024.

• Service assessment looming

  21 September 2024

  A weeknote starting 16 September 2024.

• Worrying about the future of interaction design

  14 September 2024

  A weeknote starting 9 September 2024.

• Contract extensions

  8 September 2024

  A weeknote starting 2 September 2024.

• Back from hols to a team shake-up

  31 August 2024

  A weeknote starting 26 August 2024.

• Design links and live music

  22 June 2024

  A weeknote starting 17 June 2024.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 18 and 19

  19 May 2024

  User acceptance testing, music festivals and snakes.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 17

  4 May 2024

  Some good interaction design habits I'm trying to adopt.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 16

  28 April 2024

  Inclusive language and the contenteditable attribute.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 15

  20 April 2024

  Struggling with JavaScript, usability testing, and design systems.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 14

  14 April 2024

  Planning user research and getting the prototype ready.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 13

  6 April 2024

  Reflecting on 1 year contracting, and nice things to do in Swansea.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 12

  29 March 2024

  Prototyping, beach safety forecasts, digital inclusion, co-design.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 11

  23 March 2024

  Refining business requirements, a uses page, X-GOVUK show and tell, a design system for Wales.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 10

  15 March 2024

  Design debt, mentoring, RSS feeds and white default in autocorrects.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 09

  8 March 2024

  Design Swansea, RSS feeds and Jakob Nielsen.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 08

  2 March 2024

  Breaking words in tables, visit to Sheffield, remote working and designing Welsh services.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 07

  24 February 2024

  1500 commits, adding a now page, visiting Sheffield and Axe-con.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 06

  17 February 2024

  Designing with uncertainty, accessibility strategy resources, Bombay Bicycle Club.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 05

  10 February 2024

  Stress, stakeholder demos, links without hrefs and Bluesky.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 04

  3 February 2024

  Design Swansea, Shoreline management plans, testing prototypes in other devices, design debt and target size.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 03

  25 January 2024

  Prototyping rhythm, design authority presentations, design histories and Design Swansea.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 02

  18 January 2024

  Deadlines, new laptop, flow diagrams and accessible notifications.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 01

  13 January 2024

  Contract extension, joining a design community of practice in Wales and some interaction design bookmarks.