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Design: Definitive proof that design matters
It is not unusual for usability experts to claim that aesthetics are not important. If a site is usable that is all that matters. However, that is simply not true – design matters.
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Design: What is the best software for web design?
Is your choice of web design tool making life harder or easier, for yourself and others? We need to be more flexible over our choice of tool.
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Question & Answers: What goes into your site review?
What structure do you use when reviewing a clients existing site?
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Design : Do you make users go ooh!
Do the websites that you are involved in contain anything that makes your users go oooh? If you want users to remember and return to your site, there are two things (amongst others) that you have to …
Digital Strategy : Is your website an x-factor contestant who just can't sing?
Have you ever met somebody who has a completely false image about themselves? A classic example would be those people who appear on x-factor and American idol, but cannot sing. They think they are one…
Content Strategy : Content and design go hand in hand
Apologies for the long delay since I last posted an audio tip. I have been working on redesigning the Headscape website and this has taken a considerable amount of time. Because the site is relativ…
Short Audio Tips : Talking about client relations
When I was speaking at DIBI this year, I was excited to discover that Dr Susan Weinschenk was also speaking. Susan has a PhD in Psychology and was instrumental in introducing me to the benefits of th…
News : If you don’t ask, you don’t get
In the world of sales there is a basic principle: “if you don’t ask, you don’t get.” In other words, you need to reach the point where you push the customer to make a decision.…
Marketing : Do social widgets suck?
For a long time I have had my concerns about the use of social widgets on our websites. What value do they really have? Do users actually use them, or worse still, do they use them and get distracted …
Better UX : Give your users some positive feedback
I am currently in the process of writing a post for Smashing Magazine about the importance of providing users with positive feedback. I won’t pre-empt the article here, but I did want to share …
Content Strategy : How to save a cats life by telling a story
This is probably one of the most cryptic blog post titles you have read in a while, but believe it or not it does relate to web design. A couple of days ago I received an email from the Blue Cross, a…
Digital Strategy : Getting agreement for your homepage
Do you get people hassling you to put their content on the homepage? Learn how to stop them ruining your site.
News : The podcast is going weekly
Do you miss the classic podcast? Do you want more podcasting content from us? If so you are in luck!