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19 October 2005 ~ 7 Comments

Michelle’s been really sick

Michelle’s been sick and was in hospital for 5 days. She had a high fever (41°C) and wasn’t drinking so was getting dehydrated. The doctor recommended that she be put on a drip until her fever went down. She also had bronchitis and another problem which usually only affects babies around a year old. Thanks [...]

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31 July 2005 ~ 3 Comments

Dubai – Friends

View All Photos The best thing about the trip to Dubai was the friends we met and made. We met Stephan who gave us a thorough run-down on the IT world and life in general. Even though we had only communicated by email and IM previously he met us at one of the popular shopping [...]

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20 June 2005 ~ 2 Comments

People who I would like to meet – 1

Steve Krug I can’t over-emphasis how much his single book Don’t Make Me Think influenced me and my shift from working in the general web design field to a more specialist role in IA & Usability.

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07 June 2005 ~ 1 Comment

Unveiling of Free Stuff From Japan

And now the unveiling of Free Stuff From Japan! A month ago I posted that I was working on a new personal project and asked people to guess what it might be, from the letters FSFJ. That post got 20 comments (26 if counting my replies) and the incorrect guesses were as follows:

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02 May 2005 ~ 15 Comments

Happy 1st Birthday Michelle

View All Photos Today is Michelle’s first birthday. She’s already one year old!! It’s been simply amazing seeing her grow so quickly. Plenty of surprises and delights as well as the trials of being a parent. I’d never have thought that the tiny baby that I held in my arms would be able to use [...]

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