Rob Whiting 📓
@whitingx
#Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
Designing better #UX for a ✏️ #PencilCase. www.core77.com/posts/144879...
For a current 🏛️ #Government ALB Client I'm working with, the Team are currently doing some work around Export/Download of data and associated User Needs for this Service functionality.
The Person Data Standard “… an initial approach to representing Person data consistently across organisations using conceptual and logical models.” www.gov.uk/government/c... ^ via @peterkwells.com
#FoundTypography E (which it is, indicating ⚡ Electricity) M (my preferred orientation) or 3
1,001 #Ampersands #Poster. creativepro.com/1001-ampersa... & ⅋ & ⅋ & ⅋ & ⅋
A great idea. 👍 I'm reminded of ‘Vista’, the #Amiga fractal landscape generator¹, and spending time creating and exploring these spaces. 🙂 ¹ Which, at the time, I was amazed was on an #AmigaFormat cover disk > amr.abime.net/issue_189_co...
A new 💿 release of the 1981 #BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of #JRRTolkien ’s masterpiece, #TheLordOfTheRings. superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-lor...
Related to #Papercraft models—I was reminded of Rocky Bergen's collection of classic computers in this form. 👇️ rockybergen.com/papercraft/ archive.org/details/amig... #Commodore #Amiga #C64 #Apple #Nintendo
Yes, think this is what attracted me to this book. I had a nostalgic flashback to hours spent 📘 ✂️ building #Usborne cut out/press-out books as a child. 🙂
An interesting looking new 📘 book. Some great examples of #Architecture in this space. I'm a particular fan of the #SamScorer designed hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure used for Markham Moor petrol station (subsequently a Little Chef, then a Starbucks).
#JoeCaroff also designed the #Poster for #TheBeatles ‘A Hard Day's Night’ (1964).
Pleased to note that there is only one #Nemesis in my life (thank you @2000ad.bsky.social). #NemesisTheWarlock #2000AD
A collection of resources to help quantify and benchmark levels of #DigitalLiteracy. 🧵 👇
I'm doing some work setting up for #RemoteResearch activities and thinking how useful it would be to have a Government approved, secure method to allow participants to test their webcam, microphone, speakers, internet speed and screen sharing permissions prior to joining a remote research session.
3. Realise one of the listed resources is something I created in (but haven't updated since) ~2020. 😄
Are Halland on The #CoreModel - A practical methodology that looks to start FROM The Answer, Not WITH The Solution. www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/core...
In process of unpicking myself from various digital services/subscriptions, I'm replacing the #SmartSpeaker setup in my office with a pleasantly minimalist stereo which offers; 💿 CD Player (support #PhysicalMedia !). 📻 #InternetRadio connectivity (for #RadioParadise) 🔌 Wired & Wireless expansion.
Always found #Shorthand interesting. Ended up going down the rabbit hole of ‘Dutton Speedwords’ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton_...) recently after flicking through a book on the subject in our local secondhand bookshop. 🙂
In the UK, vehicle tax status was indicated by a paper disc, which people could easily see displayed on their vehicle windscreen to know when their tax expired and required renewal.
@diamondgeezer.bsky.social providing a great overview and visualisation of upcoming changes to 📮 #RoyalMail delivery days. diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/07/snai...
Watercolour images showing proposals for #Sheffield city centre development in the 1920s. Drawn up by Frederick Ernest Pearce Edwards (1863-1945). Sheffield City Architect 1908-26.
Community Printer. Not as a commercial occupation but instead providing support in creating posters/zines/etc. to support local people and events while looking to move the skills involved (#Letterpress, #Lithography, etc.) off of Heritage Craft red lists (www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/categories-o...).
A really interesting read, thanks for sharing. Great to see the mention of the #Commodore #Amiga and its' role in moving digital drawing software forward. I've recently unearthed my copy of 🖌 #DeluxePaint which I'd forgotten was distributed in a #Vinyl record type sleeve/cover. 😄
Some interesting conversation relating to the #GovUKApp was around the use of branding to promote trust and confidence. Based on this, surprising there isn't a set structure/template in use for app icons across the currently available apps. Logotype + Text Logotype + 👑 Logotype + ❓