http://www.iaplay.com because bored people make bad decisions Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:30:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Work Happy Now blogged about the Google slide. Now call me grumpy but I don't want a slide at work. It is just a bit too try hard, too "Look at us! Aren't we crazy!". It reminds me of guys with comedy ties. I would like a giraffe in our atrium ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/07/24/i-dont-want-a-slide-at-work/ 2 month contract with Defaqto, no salary mentioned. Yet again junior means at least one year of experience. "We require a Junior Information Architect to join the business, supporting ongoing web site development. Working with the Senior IA, you will be responsible for producing wire frames, sitemaps, user journeys / story boards and user ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/07/09/junior-ia-defaqto/ I'm very happy with our customisable homepage. There's no sport anymore for me, weather has top billing, and science & history get more space than they used to. Wimbledon was a useful addition over the last fortnight. What I want from future releases is: A food box with a recipe search + ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/07/07/my-homepage-modules-wishlist/ I love Found Objects of Industry for the folding beds and benches, the industrial labs and assorted paraphenalia. But mostly for this cabinet with the little drawers. Yet another I want. http://www.iaplay.com/2008/07/06/found-objects-of-industry/ Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson follows up How to be Idle with How to be Free in which he exhorts us to live simpler lives, get off the capitalist hamster wheel and indulge in a bit of anarchism. Jolly medieval peasants seem to feature a lot. As reviewers have pointed ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/07/02/book-how-to-be-free-by-tom-hodgkinson/ I'm knackered. What with work, freelance stuff, studying, and then trips to hospital with PW, it's all been a bit too much. I've noticed that being tired has made me more abrupt and more likely to put voice to my frustrations. It isn't very me and makes me uncomfortable, but it ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/06/30/tired/ another I want.... a Treepee I reckon that'd be a good use of the huge ecalyptus that has decided over the years that our garden is way nicer than the place it was planted. http://www.iaplay.com/2008/06/29/treepees/ We do annual appraisals at work. They help book-end a year, create a framework for reflecting and making plans. I'm glad we do them but there are inevitably a compromise, a negiotiated contract between boss and employee. I don't feel morally and emotionally held to the resulting document, just ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/06/28/an-appraisal-for-me/ Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior is the first book from the Rosenfeld Media stable. Mental Models is a very detailed step-by-step guide that gives you everything you could need to know to follow Indi Young's process. The name 'Mental Models' doesn't really convey the most important (in ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/06/27/book-mental-models/ I've noticed that I don't get stressed as easily working at home. I'm getting non-work stuff done. My screen breaks involve stuff that would otherwise be done in evening and weekend. And if there's a parcel to be delivered I'm in and that saves a Saturday morning trip to the main ... http://www.iaplay.com/2008/06/26/working-at-home/