The best thing for me about the weekly photo challenge is that it encourages me to share pictures that would otherwise never see the light of day. Continue reading “Weekly photo challenge: Sea bird”
Polls and surveys – are they irritating or enlightening?
On WordPress.com we all have the option to add polls and surveys. Done well, they can give us valuable feedback. Done badly, they can be irritating, provide meaningless or misleading information, and can even change our visitors’ opinions for the worse. Don’t believe me? Here’s an example many of us will have seen on WordPress. Ever clicked on ‘Visit the old stats page’? The first thing you’ll see is a poll. A poorly worded one:
Why do you prefer this Stats page?
- It’s faster
- It shows more information
- It’s less confusing
- I’m used to it
Vote
I don’t prefer the old stats page. I click the old stats button once in a while because it’s temptingly placed at the bottom of my stats. I remember vaguely that there’s something extra on the old stats, but don’t recall what it might be. Continue reading “Polls and surveys – are they irritating or enlightening?”
Review of Gresgarth Gardens
I’ve added a review of my visit to Gresgarth Hall and Gardens, plus four new pictures, to my existing photo gallery. This is the lovely private garden of designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd. If you love gardening, flowers and design, please click here to take a look.
I felt the review was better placed alongside the pictures rather than in a new and separate post. Let me know what you think!
Gallery: Zurich Old Town
Zurich is such a visually aware city, and life seems richer for it. I’ve never seen such a fascinating mix of traditional and contemporary design – or better examples of branding signs. Continue reading “Gallery: Zurich Old Town”
Hand-painted speed limit signs and tracing roots
I love these colourful, hand-painted road signs, designed to help protect young children from speeding traffic.
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Celebrating change: rolling out a new theme
“A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and bear more seed towards the hope of greening the landscape of idea.”
John Ciardi
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Weekly photo challenge: scale
I don’t know whether you think this Galapagos tortoise is cute or more of a strange, slow moving, ancient curiosity. He could move surprisingly quickly if tempted by anything succulent.
Susan Rushton 