User stories

User story: snap snap snap

Wall Street was already hustling and bustling at 7:30am on the Monday before Thanksgiving. However, amid the desk workers jostling…

10 years ago

User story: the selfie and the daisies

It was her stillness which caught my attention. She sat on the grass with an almost statue-like absence of motion.…

10 years ago

User story: flip phones, retirees and Blackberry Passports

They joined the train at Cambridge, the halfway point on the line from Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Kings Cross…

11 years ago

User story: the flustered customer and contactless payment

This is a rural community. Queues form in the local store not because there are too many customers, but rather…

11 years ago

User story: the walker and the mapped lockscreen

The lock screen wallpaper of his iPhone (a 4S) was clearly a satellite photograph of some kind. Overlaid upon it…

11 years ago

User story: sisters, airports & bear phones

Whatever they were doing, it was causing a lot of excitement. The younger sister launched herself forward from one of…

11 years ago

User story: Hello Grandma!

The waterside has a magnetic draw. It pulls people down to the quay: young and old, tourists and locals alike.…

11 years ago

User story: the shattered image

"Oh yeah, that went a long time ago," the dad said when I asked him about the spider's web of…

11 years ago

User story: the daughters, Minecraft and aeroplane mode

British children are enjoying their half-term holiday this week. Without the school run, the roads are quieter in the mornings.…

11 years ago

User story: over 60 and reading under the covers

They were a party of five ladies, all attired in the sort of sensible, outdoor clothing one acquires from advertisements…

11 years ago