I decided to test embedding Google Trends charts for the UK. I can’t figure out how to make the embedded charts look nicer but in the meantime, this is quite interesting. Each chart shows what people are searching for in the last 7 days (or 30 days if there wasn’t much data) in particular, i.e.…

Thanks to Brighton MP Caroline Lucas from the Green Party for her help on the day. For background you can read my statement along with links to other statements here. Caroline Lucas says, “Just before the Brighton Pride parade set off, a number of people who were marching under the Queers Against Cuts banner were…

*Update* Below is my personal statement / account. Since publishing, other statements have also been written: London Queers Against the Cuts statement Brighton and Hove Socialist Party statement Peter Tatchell’s statement Caroline Lucas MP’s statement Brighton Love Music Hate Racism statement Brighton Pride statement, police statement, GScene statement *updated with second police statement* Brighton and…

Why UX designers should understand identity politics basics

I just got the following email from Google Ad Planner, and it sounds like some disappointing changes are afoot. I use Google AdPlanner for research for social media campaigns – to identify potential partners, to understand audience behaviours online in terms of what their top websites are etc., and lots of related research projects. OK,…

In my series of posts about registration forms and user interface design, and how you need to understand the basics of identity politics when you’re designing a form to collect identity data, Channel 4 is the latest to fail the test. Not only does it only offer binary gender options of Male and Female, it…

I’m reposting this article because I found it quite hard to find when I searched for it, yet it has critical information for anyone commenting about the Assange wikileaks case and his rape allegations. In the article below the defence lawyer describes non-consensual acts i.e. rapes, and says he is not disputing that Assange ‘pushed…

This is a re-post of my work blog: Are we happy in the UK? Twitter data infographic A couple of months ago we were briefed by our client Kuoni, to use social media to promote their Holiday Health Experiment competition and research project. To support the theme of investigation into the UK public’s health, and…

Hello! I just did my first social network visualisation. Using Gephi, on recommendation from my colleague Ollie Glass. It was super easy! Gephi is free and is a piece of software like Photoshop which runs on PC or Mac. It also has a really nice tutorial, which I ran through straight away with no problems…

Mooncup make a menstrual cup that you put in your vagina when you’re on your period. They also do educational campaigns about menstruation, and generally have a theme around being open about talking about it, and removing the shame from periods. They also did a campaign about what names people call their vaginas, with this…