Monthly Archives: September 2015

General Assembly UXDI

Posted on September 29, 2015 by cakeorbed

For the past couple of months I’ve been searching for UX courses to help me transition into the field. I’ve looked at some short courses, masters degrees in Human Computer Interaction at UCL and City University and the General Assembly bootcamp … Continue reading →

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What I’m reading: “The User Experience Team of One” by Leah Buley

Posted on September 25, 2015 by cakeorbed

I recently picked up a copy of this book and have been dipping in and out of it for the past week. I have’t finished it yet but wanted to share my initial thoughts. The book is divided into two … Continue reading →

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The paradox of choice

Posted on September 23, 2015 by cakeorbed

I just read an article by John Gibbard of Dare agency on the new myWaitrose offers programme. You can read it here but essentially Gibbard is saying that the programme, which lets customers with a myWaitrose account log in online … Continue reading →

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Coding with Codecademy

Posted on September 21, 2015 by cakeorbed

I’m trying to up-skill as much as possible right now and I figured it would be useful for me to know some coding basics, so I signed up to Codecademy. I’d heard about them before from Robbie and have been … Continue reading →

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From CS to UX

Posted on September 15, 2015 by cakeorbed

This is a blog about changing careers at 30…ish. For my entire adult working life I’ve worked in Client Services in various different agencies. It’s been a pretty good ride and I’ve worked with some amazing people and had some … Continue reading →

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