Mused – V&A’s content-rich website designed with, and for Generation Alpha

Mused – V&A’s content-rich website designed with, and for Generation Alpha

Which Taylor Swift song are you? How well do you know these retro phone games? And how does a Polaroid camera actually work?

It's not very often that I get to product manage websites designed from scratch, so I'm particularly excited about this launch. Introducing mused by the V&A.

Preco sa treba rozpravat so Slovakmi s inym nazorom / Talk with those you disagree with

Preco sa treba rozpravat so Slovakmi s inym nazorom / Talk with those you disagree with

Following the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova in Slovakia, I decided for a social experiment.

I would DM people on Facebook forums whose opinions I deeply disagreed with. What followed was something I did not expect. This post has been written in Slovakian.

Ideas from MuseumNext x Tech Berlin Conference

Ideas from MuseumNext x Tech Berlin Conference

What are the technology news from museums across Europe? How can digital tools help us measure what we do offline?

These were just a few of the interesting questions bouncing around the MuseumNext x Tech conference in Berlin this October – here are my five favourite ideas.

How to build trust while building products

How to build trust while building products

It might sound obvious, but it’s pretty much impossible to build a brilliant product relatively fast, if you don’t work closely with stakeholders.

You can try, but chances are, it will be a disaster. Here are my tips to help you build trust in your cross-functional team while you build a digital product.

56 crowdsourced stories of what we did when we felt depressed

56 crowdsourced stories of what we did when we felt depressed

I encouraged you to share a silly thing you did when you felt depressed. Why? Because sharing stories around darkness and generally shitty times reminds us that we’re not alone.

Here’s the stories that you shared – they made me laugh and cry at the same time.

The story of Black Dog Gold Fish and why it's good to share yours

The story of Black Dog Gold Fish and why it's good to share yours

A year ago, Black Dog Gold Fish by my theatre company got funded on Kickstarter. Now we got Arts Council funding to open the show again in London.

It's been even more brilliant to see that we're not alone in bringing depression to public attention. How can we all get involved to remove the stigma around it?

I co-wrote a book with strangers on a plane – this is how it happened

I co-wrote a book with strangers on a plane – this is how it happened

On a flight from London to San Francisco, I noticed that long-haul flight journeys are not designed for a social interaction, at any point. The stories lost!

So one time I got on the plane with an empty notebook with some instructions scribbled in it. I passed it around the plane and – to my surprise – this is what happened.

50 things I learned while solo travelling – journal scribbles

50 things I learned while solo travelling – journal scribbles

In November 2015 I finished working on a project. A month later, with a big fat Lonely Planet, backpack and very loose plans, I traveled to India solo for 3 weeks.

I scribbled these 50 thoughts and experiences – as a stream of consciousness – on the plane back home. I might regret doing this, but you only live once.

How colour and great design led us to 33% response rates

How colour and great design led us to 33% response rates

At Knotch, I had no idea colour would be so key to our products. We had a vision of a much more transparent, ‘measurable internet’ – and a mission to let people express how they felt online.

This is a story of how colour and great design came together to make this mission a reality.

Why we need a standard for non-verbal feedback online

Why we need a standard for non-verbal feedback online

In a world where we constantly shift between being offline and online, there seems to be a standard missing.

Though time on page, clicks, open rates, shares and commenting can determine engagement, none of these tools truly enable people to express how they actually feel about online content.

Users are dead or why it's time get curious about actual people

Users are dead or why it's time get curious about actual people

I’m the head of marketing at an email start-up. Like many, we send out newsletters to our community. Ours often features shoulder pads, badgers and Michael Bolton.

The point is, I hate ‘users’ and ‘sign-ups’. But I really, really like people. At Paperfold, we decided to build our community as people. Here’s how.

Why sharing private data just isn’t cool anymore

Why sharing private data just isn’t cool anymore

Snapchat turns down a $2 billion cash offer from Facebook. Google makes $16.8 billion in annual revenue via our emails. Facebook buys WhatsApp at $19 billion.

We are seeing a massive shift towards a trend in private, anonymised and disappearing communication. This is a call to action.