I’ve updated the team photostream with some latest MyStuff design enhancements. You can see them on Flickr.
Read more about the new MyStuff header on Google Docs.
You can read about the managed view interface too!

Some new design ideas i’m working on for the Learning with the OU website.
We’ve been having some discussions about the type to suggest for headings in the online brand guidelines. A few people are keen on Trebuchet MS as it feels ‘on brand’ - possibly due to being ever so slightly like the Apex font [...]

The Open University’s OpenLearn project is setting a challenge to educators worldwide to reuse and remix their study materials. The OpenLearn website was launched last year and gives free access to thousands of hours of materials from OU courses. Supported by an open-source virtual learning environment (Moodle), the materials are already a rich resource for [...]

The Open University’s OpenLearn project is setting a challenge to educators worldwide to reuse and remix their study materials. The OpenLearn website was launched last year and gives free access to thousands of hours of materials from OU courses. Supported by an open-source virtual learning environment (Moodle), the materials are already a rich resource for [...]

Here’s a new wireframe for the power-user view of the MyStuff eportfolio, portfolio, system. This is the view that most users will probably want when they get bored of the ‘blog’ type view. It’s an intuitive and easy to use interface that follows windows explorer type conventions.
The wireframe.

The wireframe with some notes.

And here are the [...]

A few things that didn’t make the cut. This design is more with the clean, crispness of the OU brand. The interface is perhaps more refined and intuitive.

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Something I have to hunt for every time I build a Wordpress theme is the method of referencing images and other elements placed within the theme directory I’ve created. The code above is the means of doing this.

I’ve been working with David Winter on some usable web design guidelines for colour, typography and grid layout. We’ve just about cracked the colours and will be determining some usable and accessible combinations (themes if you like) that can be grabbed and applied to your designs with ease. We’ve also recently been tackling typography and [...]

What would I want from My Stuff? Well, the most simple and intuitive interface possible. I’d want a quick and easy way to get to my stuff in as few clicks as possible. So something more like this:

A simple table format enabling me to sort my stuff by title, tag, description and last update. The [...]