It’s World Usability Day today and if you haven’t participated yet, there are plenty of events going on around the globe.
Closer to home, the Bristol Usability group is holding an event in the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol.
World Usability Day
November 13th, 2008Women’s Enterprise Day Bristol
November 5th, 2008The Business Support Network (BSN) is holding a series of events in the South West to celebrate Women’s Enterprise Day. The Bristol event on 19th November also coincides with the launch of the BSN Bristol. I look forward to the networking event and joining in the series of talks.
Not just another Wordpress blog
October 14th, 2008‘Another Wordpress blog’ is the default description you get when installing Wordpress. Maybe it’s a word of warning, as it can so easily became just ‘another blog’.
I’m pleased to have launched not-just-another-blog this week, for Signscape. This is a local SME to me here in north Somerset. They’re a key player in the business of sign-making. Most of their staff are very motivated individuals with a passion for signs, and other things besides, like mountain biking, kite surfing, gardening and pilates.
Signscape were keen to talk about their passions and communicate in a more authentic way with their customers, and I suggested they start blogging. Hamish, the MD, has been very keen on the idea for a couple of months and has successfully sold the idea to the rest of his team.
When clients like Signscape realise the potential of blogs and how they can have an impact on their bottom line, it makes the entire development process very straightforward and satisfying. I wish them fruitful blogging ahead.
The Future of the web
July 7th, 2008I’m looking forward to seeing Sir Tim Berners-Lee tomorrow at NESTA speak about ‘The future of the web’. The event will be webcast live from the NESTA website. For sure there will also be much tweeting via @innovationedge, too.
I look forward to meeting some of Steve Bridger’s friends – please come a say hello.
WordPress 2.5.1 upgrade
April 30th, 2008It was time to sit down and concentrate on the inevitable WordPress upgrade. I always have to dedicate a couple of hours to this task, to allow time for any fixes.
I was looking forward to the upgrade as I knew that there’s been a facelift to the 2.5 interface but my first problem was encountered when I was just about to hit the ‘upgrade wordpress’ link and read the message:
‘Database Upgrade Required
Your WordPress database is out-of-date, and must be upgraded before you can continue.’
Followed by the link ‘Update Wordpress’
My database is out of date? Does this mean I’m not running the required version of mySQL? This confusion meant that I couldn’t carry on with the upgrade straightaway. A message to my hosting provider and to the Wordpress forum and a couple of hours later I was up and running.
The problem was to do with the wording of the message. ‘Your database will be upgraded now…’ or ‘Your database is out of date but you nearly there, just follow the link ‘upgrade wordpress” would have been much clearer. Usability confusion.
Next time I upgrade I will know what it means!
