User stories

Interaction unintended

Opening the oven released a cloud of steam. I should have been expecting it. It's hardly the first time I've…

6 years ago

User story: the time travelling courier

"I'm really sorry, but it won't let you sign for another thirty seconds." The delivery driver on my doorstep looked…

7 years ago

Self-serving machines and the human antidote

It was seven o'clock in the morning. We were four self-service screens and four user experience failures into our journey.…

8 years ago

User story: iPads and heirlooms

They were seated close to each other around an old, circular wooden table at the back of the café. Two…

9 years ago

User story: the BBQ and the errant butler

Part of MEX User Stories, an ongoing series of tales about digital user experience in the real world. Alexa, it seems, can…

9 years ago

User story: iPhoning for the first time

Part of MEX User Stories, an ongoing series of tales about digital user experience in the real world. "I'm going to get…

9 years ago

User story: the drone pilot and the missing boat

He walked with that mixture of determination and anxiety which suggests someone late for an appointment. In one hand he…

9 years ago