graphic designers win my CBA award!
I wrote a while ago about the impending demise of Flash and how HTML5/CSS3 was the future. Nothing’s made me alter that opinion, but I’ve now discovered something else. The thing I’ve […]
updating an old site? don’t waste your money!
Want to waste your money? Ask for an update to an old website. I’m not talking about wanting to renew or design a brand-new site. What I mean are the changes to […]
freelance, not way-too-expensive-lance.
When only one married partner is working, you’ll lose about a quarter of a million over ten years. Add one child into the equation and you’re down over half a million easy.
websites are UX!
UX. Another set of initials to get your head around. But the idea is as old as design itself. What we’re talking about here is user experience. When a potential new customer […]
clients deserve better developers!
Just seen a client who started her business about three years ago. She had some amazing ideas and the guy who designed her site took it all on-board and produced a great […]
hope you like my Facebook page!
There’s so many things you have to do when re-branding a business and working in digital sector doesn’t make it any easier! In fact, in many ways, its more difficult. You have […]
communications breakdown?
I received a surprising text message from one of my clients recently. She’d wanted to send me something, but she couldn’t find my email address on my website. That stopped me in […]
shooting a moving target?
Which Smartphone would you get next week, next month, next year. How big will the screen be and what will it do? Don’t worry if you don’t know. Because neither does anyone […]
moving to front of house?
The web design industry has always had distinct roles and functions. But everything could be just about to change.
flash in the can?
Funny. I’ve always had a kind of uneasy feeling about Adobe’s Flash. Maybe because I saw it as some strange black art practised by weird geeks in back rooms. Flash never felt […]
web design in Congleton?
I went to one of those business get-togethers this week and someone asked me what I did. I said I was a Internet strategist, which received a blank stare – so I […]
are you a Google+ business?
Thought about building a page for your business on Google+ yet? While a Google Plus page may not appear to as sophisticated as Facebook mature offering, don’t underestimate Google’s strategy. Google knows […]
time to propose – a wedding site!
A couple of friends will be getting married this May in Cyprus. Planning a wedding is a big deal for anyone, but if its to take place abroad its quite a scary […]
lost in translation – in the browser!
If you believe that all Internet browsers render your page the same way – think again. Because thinking that will turn round and bite you! Browsers are supposed to display the same […]
love your brand – or no one will!
Imagine. You’re getting ready to begin that really important new job. You’d want to look the part from day one, surely? Yet a lot of people won’t invest in themselves. They’d rather […]
a design for life – your life!
It’s funny, even some creative web designers can resist change. Traditional designers will tell you that they never re-use designs, they write everything from scratch, line by line, bit by bit. Yeah, […]
creating the right impression
It’s over forty years old and after all that time, we’ll still get it wrong! Yep, I’m talking about email. And its so important. People will often base their commercial decisions about […]
are you selling – or telling?
Its the most common website mistake that people make. We tend to get carried away with telling people how good our products are, how many customers we have, or how many awards […]
unsocial banking: what I say is what you get
How dare I question. What right do I have. If I know so much, I should start a bank! What had I done – collapsed the economy, started a bank run or […]
MovenBank: can clicks really replace bricks?
Autumn 2011 has been a really interesting time for banking. I mean new banking, not that tired old high street of ours. MovenBank’s appeared, Zopa’s broken more records, Wonga’s won more awards […]
Wonga: how APR has ruffled some headless chicken feathers
You know, no matter how much you explain, some people never manage to get it. Take Wonga and the thorny question of APR, for example. Now I’m not going into compound interest’s […]
identikit banks: the UK’s big four – customer centric or simply self serving?
Here’s a question for you. Imagine all four banks merging. What would we lose? OK – so they wouldn’t share one trough – and no one makes one that big. If our […]
disruption: the true scale of innovation – and its less than you think!
A writer who I follow was bemoaning the lack of change in banking the other day. Now the point was perfectly valid – until he took a pop at P2P lending. As […]
web design: how can we ever move forward by not moving forward?
I worry about web design. We’ve always catered for the lowest available platform. Designing for people who don’t know, or just don’t care about the Web. I mean, there are some great […]
PwC: they takes yer money… but was this really your choice?
Business as usual for the global auditors. Its just like there was no banking crash. Pricewaterhouse Coopers – PwC – has just published its results. Three things jump off the page to […]
Bosch: what you do isn’t what you should always do – a lesson for banks?
Ever stopped for a moment to consider exactly what is banking really all about? Could a lawn mower be the key to change?Not any old lawn mower. But Bosch lawn mowers – […]
EuroBasket 2011: one for you, sports fans!
You know, technology works when it helps you do things you need to do easier. But its really cool when it lets you do the things you like to do better! You […]
below Standard & Poor: a rumble in US capitalism’s gangland
Once upon a time, we thought US financial policy was decided democratically. That concept was blown away like a dollar bill in Hurricane Katrina. The US government in reality is no more […]
house of cards: how banks ran out of ideas – and talent
They must have made us buy millions of wallets. I’m talking about plastic cards. They became an obsession – even something we collected. Colourful, pictorial, themed, silver, gold, platinum, even black. We […]
social media: bringing everybody together – for better or worse
The inner groans from social psychologists must have been deafening recently. Politicians calling for a messaging platform ban during unrest – really? A typical reaction, of course. Look for something to blame. […]