Yvonne Aburrow

Being an ally

Hang about near the wash-basins in case they get harassed by a bigot when they are in there, so you can tell the bigot to...

One of the reasons I left academia is that my travel costs to work cost more than I earned. One of the reasons I left academia is that I...

There are plenty of metrics to upset yourself with when it comes to monitoring the user experience of visitors on your site, but an old...

In this article that I wrote last year on teaching and learning in a coven, I explored the ways in which people learn in a coven setting....

Be more like millennials?

According to Pratik Dholakiya, millennials are great at adapting to change because they have insatiable...

The OmPrompt blog post "Are you too busy to improve" made me think of all the other times that I have come across this problem, what the...

This amazing collection of quirky and very individual maps got me thinking about different user perspectives and mental models of terrain...

Before we could get to Big Data - data sets that are so large that they need powerful tools to analyse them, and better tools for...

For people who like beer, especially real ale enthusiasts, this is a really important question. 

We don't want all beers to taste like the...

People resist change, whether it's automation, the Internet of Things, Big Data, or any other innovation. 

Sometimes they are right to...

With all the useful - and sometimes conflicting - advice floating around about how to create the a password that is unbreakable but still...

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been waiting in the wings for a couple of decades but now you can email your fridge to find out if you...

Considering that many people use social media apps and other online tools while they are tired, drunk, or otherwise cognitively impaired,...

The other day, I accidentally opened Siri on my iPhone (the interactive bit that talks to you). I shouted at it to go away. It replied,...

This fascinating article on sustainable web design quantifies the costs of not greening your website.

The good news is that a leaner...

Following on from Andi Telford's post, "The Importance of a Positive Work Culture", I thought it would be interesting to look at the

What does business have to do with dieting?

It's about challenging the status quo... Here's how I see it.

Are saturated fats or wheat the...

In this excellent article on data and gender, Melinda Gates points out that many women disappear from statistics and from the records of...