http://designdictator.com Weblog on Type, Design and New Media Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:46:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 I'll be giving a presentation at the Graphic Design Research Symposium to be held at Nottingham Trent University. Its a free half day event designed to demystify the process of embarking on a research degree, and to encourage Doctoral research in graphic design and its related areas. It will be ... http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=39 My first paper to be published in a journal is finally available. Its on the CG Publisher site which publishes a number of online journals. http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=38 Just redesigned a site called Folded Square which sells award winning origami paper and modelling packs. My favourite origami model is the frog. Have a look at their unique 26 models here. http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=37 I've just update my recent publications - there are 3 new conference papers added. Oh, and I debugged my css. http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=36 I've just started getting into Facebook - and I'm getting hooked! Its strange when you try to search for long lost friends from social network of the past. I also think its much better designed site from MySpace. Although my design suggestion would be to differentiate between other people's site ... http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=34 ‘Through their eyes only – Focusing stakeholders on end-user needs’- The paper that I co-wrote with Matt Lievesley for the Include 2007 conference is now online here. http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=32 This is another milestone-type posting. I guess its going to be this type of posting from now on. As you can guess I'm not that much of a day-to-day blogger- but hey I do keep you inform on the BIG things that happen. Well, after 5.5 years of being humiliated, ... http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=30 After 4.5 years of toiling, hair pulling and endless working weekends, I have finally completed my PhD. Its been an epic struggle and without the support of friends and family, I would have most certainly failed. I could say a millions things about the experience but I thought it might ... http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=27 Just got back from sunny/rainy Scarborough, where I participated for the first time, the Aikido D.A.N Family Reunion summer school. It was a wonderful experience, although it was somewhat marred by a sprained ankle I picked up on the 1st traning session! That freak accident put me out of training ... http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=26 Was at the Stockton Festival a few weeks ago to see Corpus's performance of 'The Sheep'. And it was literally a performance of how sheep behaves! Very uncanny. I particularly like their expressionless faces. More photos can be seen in the photo album. http://designdictator.com/index.php?p=25