User’s user guide

As my little boy keeps growing, I need to lengthen the straps on his pushchair. Where is that user guide? A quick search on the web and I needn’t stress, as a helpful mum has recorded her own guide for the task on ‘You Tube’. Really useful, as it actually shows you how to release that tricky clip that the normal user guide claims is so easy.

Is this the end of the manufacturer's paper user guide?

It used to be so much easier...

This is a lovely story from the bbc. There's a new edition of the Highway Code out, so they've excavated the original version from 1931.

Suffice to say clear instructions were not deemed necessary for the (presumably limited, and wealthy) readership of the day. I'm particularly fond of this advice: 'Never take a risk in the hope or expectation that everyone else will do what is necessary to avoid the consequences of your rashness'. I can't help feeling that our clarion imperatives ('THINK!') lose a little eloquence in comparison, even if they are more effective.

Here's the article.

A poster for our office?

Mark spotted this recently - potential artwork for our rather bare office walls?

If you like it too, you can buy it here.