Blog Title: .oO Tailwind

Good Retail or ‘Shame on You HMV’?

Well you can’t blame them for trying, but this leaves a little bad taste in my mouth i have to say. No, I’m not a priss, I’ve been sharing Jacko gags with the best of them, but this… come on.? Is this good retail or just a bit distasteful? When would it be okay to do this..? I read more..

iPhone 3GS – ‘S’ for Sucker?

O2 Manking Me Jump to Their Tune - More 'S' for Sucker.

Notice of courtesy – Slow Down

I saw this sign on the floor in my local train station suggesting that we all ‘Slow Down – Accidents Happen’. Anyone commuting in and out of London will recognise the pace and tension at which people seem to escalate their psyche to when traveling. As for ‘accidents happening’ – well, they will if you put read more..

It’s all part of the process – Paper Prototyping

Nothing to see here. I just love seeing lots of the same thing together. Although users never actually see your site like this (of course not). I always find it useful way to stand back and see the level of complexity you may be asking them to navigate. The ’stand back and go ‘ooh yeah, bit complex read more..

Black Cars en masse

Saw this from the roof of LBi in Brick Lane. Booooring.

You spend ages waiting for one…

Yes. Dumped trolley’s, an emerging pet hate of mine. In fact I’ve always hated it. I’ve always wondered what goes through someone’s mind when they go shopping and come to the moment when they think: Ah. Yes… I need to get this little lot home. I know, I’ll wag a trolley and push it through the streets read more..

Universal Music and Virgin Media – Unlimited DRM Free downloads

This is in the public domain. My company, Universal Music have partnered with Virgin Media in the UK to provide an unlimited download service. The service will enable customers of Virgin Media broadband to stream and download as many music tracks and albums as they want from Universal Music’s entire catalogue. Wow. All in return for a read more..

Google Wave – Who isn’t excited by this?

People are starting to get the impact of this, I’ll write my thoughts on that later, but for now if you haven’t seen this grab a coffee, some time and sit down for 80 minutes. Watch this video from the Google I/O conference about the soon to be released Google Wave. I love this line: “You read more..

Customer Assistance is Mobile

I saw this Customer Assistance van parked up in Brushfield Street near Spitalfields in London. It conjured up an image of some cape donning super customer service type rolling up to the wail of a siren to help someone with their rights as they argued with a surly shop assistant. There is something nice about this idea read more..

Signs That Say Nothing: No: 2

Another sign, well sticker, seen stuck on a one way sign. 5 what? Why is it up here and not at eye level…? I’m not short but had to take this picture with my arms raised above my head.