The online home and (not so) alter(ed)-ego of Ann McMeekin Carrier. New Mum, Photographer, Knitter, Petrolhead, Shoe and Stationery Obsessive and User Experience Consultant at Lab49.
I got a bike through the Cycle to Work scheme a few months ago. I got it (in accordance with the stated purpose of the scheme) for cycling to work, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have severe reservations about actually cycling to work using it. I kept telling myself it’d be [...]
Via a tweet from @chrismessina, comes this fantastic teaser video for Mike Matas’ new photoblog design. It’s an interesting thing for two reasons. Firstly, it’s the first photoblog design of this kind that I’ve seen (and there are some really lovely UX touches demonstrated in the video) and secondly, the site hasn’t gone live yet [...]
I’ve always loved seeing things from different angles. In fact, one of the most exciting things that ever happened to me was getting my Nikon Coolpix 995 camera with ace macro function and swivel body. Suddenly, I could see detail I would and couldn’t have seen before (the underside of flowers, etc.). A few years [...]
It’s the 1st of October. I’m not entirely sure how that happened. It seems like only a minute ago it was July and we were off to San Francisco on the holiday of a lifetime. I’m in Bristol, doing some work for a local digital agency. I’ve been here for three weeks now and those [...]
Along with (and possibly related to) my love of oratory, is my love of poetry. It’s not something I talk much about, or actively pursue, but it’s there nonetheless, and likes to creep up on me occasionally, to remind me it’s still there.