Web UX, running, cycling and other stuff by James Wanless
This was a breakthrough week in a couple of ways. While I didn’t quite hit 40 miles, I got a lot closer and I finally got the 20 miler in I should have done three weeks ago. This week had a bit of everything and I was generally pretty happy with it. While I wish I could have finished the long run a bit stronger, given I was feeling quite sick Sunday morning, I’m very happy to have done it at all, albeit starting early afternoon …
Sometimes a nifty CSS or Javascript trick to provide contextual information or a useful visual cue to your users adds a real touch. The web is full of good examples. Below are not three of them. Sure, Web Designer Wall has some good tutorials, the requisite colourful background, drop shadows and is a nice looking [...]
I knew I had a half marathon to race this week as part of my training and, with the heavy legs and lame long run from last week, I decided to keep the mid-week mileage short and fairly brisk and try for some fresh legs come Sunday …
The course I’ve just started this week in my MA studies is focused primarily on community-building for online learning. We’ve been posting images that suggest facilitation and community and commenting on them. The literature reading thus far has been – and I’m admittedly only about half way through it – about philosophy of education and developing reflective practice. This got me thinking about a journal post …