My Top 5
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Chris McQueen.
One recurring theme of my favourite film; High Fidelity is the “Top 5″. After dipping into the film once again, I realised that I haven’t ever really put together My Top 5…
What with Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and a plethora of other social networking sites all asking for your favourite “whatevers” I have already ammassesd quite a collection of thoughts as to where my life has been, what I have enjoyed and perhaps most importantly; where it should go. But, I have never really ever written them down all in one place… until now. So, here are my thoughts, enjoy 
Top 5 Films:
- High Fidelity
- The Right Stuff
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Indiana Jones, The Trilogy (let’s forget about the fourth one shall we?)
- The Usual Suspects.
Top 5 Recording Artists:
- Bob Dylan
- Johnny Cash
- The Beatles
- Al Green
- Stevie Wonder.
Top 5 Albums:
- Nirvana – Nevermind
- Oasis – Definitely Maybe
- 2 Many DJs – As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
- Leftfield – Leftism
- The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole.
Top 5 Songs:
- Massive Attack – Unfinished Symphony
- Future Sound of London – Papua New Guinea
- Johnny Cash – Hurt
- Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla
- David Bowie – Heroes.
Top 5 Favourite Comedians:
- Bill Hicks
- Eddie Izzard
- Ross Noble
- Dylan Moran
- George Carlin.
Top 5 Favourite Quotes:
- “It’s Just a Ride” – Bill Hicks
- “Well, I sing… And the audience lets me do that” – Roy Orbison (when asked to define his style)
- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” – Steve Jobs
- “Everytime I learn something new, it pushes omething old out of my brain, like the time I took a home wine making course and forgot how to drive” – Homer (the J stands for “Jay”) Simpson.
- “Be Excellent to Each Other” – Bill and Ted.
Top 5 Books (General Interest):
- Lost in Music – Giles Smith
- The Art of Looking Sideways – Alan Fletcher
- Love All the People – Bill Hicks
- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life – Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton
- Pump Up the Volume – Sean Bidder.
Top 5 Dream Jobs:
- Musician
- Astronaut
- Explosives, demolition or pyrotechnical expert.
- Designer (of anything… houses, cars, lighting etc.)
- Doctor (…possibly).
…and finally… Top 5 Things to do before I die:
- Maestro to the London Symphony Orchestra peforming “The Superman Theme” by John Williams at the Royal Albert Hall
- Base Jump
- Cancel third-world debt
- Delay the 10 o’clock news
- Be the best, try the hardest, smile and be kind.
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Multitouch Interfaces
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Chris McQueen.
Darren David & Nathan Moody | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
Darren David and Nathan Moody of Stimulant, sharing how they approach the design of large-scale multitouch interfaces.
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Data Visualisation
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Chris McQueen.
Michael Migurski | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
This talk comes from Michal Migurski at Stamen and discuses interaction innovations and their approach to data visualisation.
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Prototyping with Fireworks CS4
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Chris McQueen.
From Lynda.com, this video shows some of the new features of Adobe Fireworks as a prototyping tool. Some of the highlights include:
- Smartguides
- Updates to the Pages panel
- Auto (re)numbering of pages
- 9 Slice scaling.
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Effective Protoyping
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Chris McQueen.
TriUPA “Effective Prototyping” workshop from Abe Crystal on Vimeo.
A short video clip from the Effective Prototyping workshop for the TriUPA group.