Leaving an Artistic Trail

A frustrated trailblazer?

http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com

Search Personas - Evolving the Design

Meg and I are starting to build up "search user personas" for the next phase of the design of Trexy. We're actively looking for people to tell us how they use search engines and what motivates them. Why? So we can tune in the 'interaction design' for the next version of Trexy. We want Trexy to 'scratch an itch' and hit the mark for blog publishers, topic-specific search engines and search users.

We've picked up a lot from attending conferences, the Flag & Bell, and witnessing the sins of search so we already have many pieces of the puzzle but this is a tricky design problem - fortunately we're still having fun solving it!

The Flag and Bell Turns Two

My brother, Nigel, and I started the Flag and Bell event back in May 2006.

Since then, we've had a colourful calendar of events. Some of the highlights include: karaoke sponsored by Bond Marvel, OktoberFest Fun, Chinese New Year Special, Internet World, Dart Night, Queen Mary Thames River Special, and a Christmas Party at SkyPe's office.

We've also seen many a quiz tie-breaker played out with paper, scissors, rock and we've had some interesting networking games. More importantly, the FAB has facilitated business connections, the sharing of ideas and helped people to find work.

Thanks to everyone for coming along and being a part of this event. Details for the event in June coming soon.

Microsoft are Hot on the Trail

Recent research from Microsoft has demonstrated that "search trails" have ...

"profound implications for the design of Web search ranking algorithms and the improvement of the search experience for all search engine users ... "

http://glinden.blogspot.com/2008/04/search-trails-and-relevance.html

Thanks to Ben from the Flag and Bell for sending me the link.