Digital

Article — 2 July 2016 — 671 words

I was delighted to be given the opportunity to speak to my colleagues last week at IWMW 2016, the Institutional Web Management Workshop. I spoke about my experience building new teams at the University of St Andrews and SRUC.

Article — 7 June 2016 — 611 words

The Google accessibility tool that will improve mobile devices for everyone

Accessibility — Digital

Google wanted to fix mobile interfaces for people with motor impairments. But this new technology will benefit us all.

Article — 3 June 2016 — 2,294 words

The 14 lessons designers need to know from Ofcom’s report on ‘smartphone by default’ users

Digital

Last month Ofcom published a report on the people who rely on their phones as their main way of accessing the internet. Some of the findings are shocking and eye-opening.

Article — 19 May 2016 — 612 words

This is why the future of our digital interactions could be in audio

Digital

We have an innate desire to pursue mobility. This is why that makes audio interfaces the logical next step in digital design.

Article — 29 April 2016 — 94 words

Reflections on six years of IWMW

Digital — Web

Work: SRUC — Scotland’s Rural College

A guest post about the Institutional Web Management Workshop.

Article — 12 April 2016 — 1,173 words

Why your emojis are getting lost in translation and what you can do about it

Accessibility — Digital

You’ve probably been using some emojis wrongly without realising it.

Article — 7 March 2016 — 1,467 words

Web developers need to shape up and declare war on webpage obesity

Accessibility — Digital — Web

As an industry, web professionals have failed their users. It’s time to stop building bloated and inaccessible pages.

Article — 4 March 2016 — 1,013 words

Implementing Accelerated Mobile Pages for WordPress

Digital — Web

I was bracing myself for a difficult experience. Instead, I found myself amazed at how easy it is to make your WordPress site compatible with AMP.

Article — 3 March 2016 — 1,051 words

What the Accelerated Mobile Pages project tells us about the sorry state of web publishing

Digital — Web

The web is in a bad state of health right now. Web publishers and developers can blame themselves.

Article — 27 January 2016 — 179 words

Why it is always worth considering the simplest solution — even if you are Google

Digital — Technology

A couple of separate stories about Google today remind us that simpler is often better.

Article — 20 January 2016 — 1,074 words

Why hamburger menus can be good for you as part of a healthy balanced diet

Digital — User experience — Web

There is an interesting debate in the design community right now about the hamburger menu. Given two extremes of opinion, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Article — 8 October 2015 — 666 words

Waterstones’ decision to stop selling the Kindle says more about shops than e-readers

Digital — Technology

Waterstones say their sales of Kindles are pitiful. But why did they ever expect to sell lots of them in the first place?

Category: Digital

Building a digital team (almost) from scratch – IWMW16 plenary session P6

The Google accessibility tool that will improve mobile devices for everyone

The 14 lessons designers need to know from Ofcom’s report on ‘smartphone by default’ users

This is why the future of our digital interactions could be in audio

Reflections on six years of IWMW

Why your emojis are getting lost in translation and what you can do about it

Web developers need to shape up and declare war on webpage obesity

Implementing Accelerated Mobile Pages for WordPress

What the Accelerated Mobile Pages project tells us about the sorry state of web publishing

Why it is always worth considering the simplest solution — even if you are Google

Why hamburger menus can be good for you as part of a healthy balanced diet

Waterstones’ decision to stop selling the Kindle says more about shops than e-readers