Archive for the ‘Development’ Category

Project work in progress – Part 1: From pitch to sprint 0

Posted by Admin | Category: Creative, Design, Development, Digital Marketing, General, Our Work, Technology, User Experience | 15/04/2013 1:18 pm

As we’ve been working on a particularly interesting project this year, we thought we’d try and capture what we did this time around, and how we felt the process went so we – and maybe you – can learn something from it. In order to maintain client confidentiality we’ll be referring to this as ‘project [...]

Exciting developments with Sitecore 7

Posted by Admin | Category: Development, General | 12/04/2013 10:55 am

The developers behind Sitecore 7 have just treated us to an in-depth look at their new search API and other features and fixes coming in the next release. These changes mean it will be possible to manage a huge number of content items without experiencing performance issues – a big step forward. We were also [...]

Carbon, a modern Android app

Posted by Admin | Category: Creative, Design, Development | 08/03/2013 10:28 am

Carbon, a Twitter app for Android, was released on Google Play last month; I wanted to draw attention to it as it’s a beautiful example of how Android’s recommended minimal user interface can be adapted and enhanced to make an app feel unique. As I touched on in a previous article, the difference between iOS [...]

Mobile: why the answer isn’t always to ‘go responsive’

Posted by Admin | Category: Development, Digital Marketing, Technology, User Experience | 07/03/2013 5:50 pm

“Really? But everyone’s telling me that I *must* have a responsive site…” With many companies becoming increasingly keen for their website to be optimised for mobile and tablet use (and rightly so), we’ve heard the above from quite a few clients when we’ve suggested that responsive web design (RWD) might not actually be the best [...]

BlackBerry 10. A new interface and a new direction.

Posted by Admin | Category: Design, Development, Technology | 27/02/2013 9:28 am

My first impression of BlackBerry 10 is not as spectacular as the spectacle that BlackBerry made with its launch. To celebrate the latest version of its mobile operating system BlackBerry changed its company name and unveiled a couple of shiny new flagship phones. It also appointed Alicia Keys as its Global Creative Director. My reaction [...]