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Open Source isn’t really what clients want

Headscape used to offer its own content management system (CMS) to would be clients. It was first developed back in the early noughties when CMSs were ridiculously expensive and awful to use. Read More

Does Agile methodology lead to poor interface design?

There has been a lot of finger pointing at frameworks such as Bootstrap for an apparent depreciation in design standards lately. But, I think that Agile methodologies have something to answer for as well. Read More

Humans like alphabetically ordered lists

Well, humans that use a latin-based alphabet do. But this can present challenges for the presentation of certain types of content. Read More

Design for user empowerment: helping people with health conditions

You know you have a health condition, but do you need to see a doctor? You are being treated for a medical condition, but should you be getting additional investigations or treatment? Read More

Building commitment to digital transformation

The University of Edinburgh shows what it takes to build momentum and commitment for lasting transformation. Read More

Are carousels that bad really?

I want to challenge current web industry thinking concerning carousels/sliders/galleries (which is - in a nutshell - they’re bad) with what, seemingly, most of the world thinks of them. Read More

Six factors for digital prototyping success

In a previous article I looked at making the case for prototyping in digital projects. Read More

Eight good reasons for digital prototyping

Prototyping is a great approach for getting started with any new digital development and for making rapid progress. We all know it makes sense. But if you need to make the case for prototyping, have you thought of all the possible reasons? Read More

Are companies sharing your personal email address?

As a follow up to a recent post from Marcus about good and bad user experiences, I thought I’d share a handy tip I use (and you can) to keep track of where your email address ends up after you've given it to a company. Read More

Super shiny perfect customer service or you’re dead!

I know I’m guilty of coming up with the odd blog title that could be described as link bait, and it would appear that this one is no exception, but no… I genuinely mean it from a business sense. Read More

Creating useful pattern libraries

Pattern libraries are great, but designing them (well) is difficult. Read More

Does your site have charisma?

Over the last couple of years I’ve heard many people bemoan the fact that a lot of websites "are all starting to look the same". There’s a certain amount of truth in this. Read More