Technology

Article — 29 September 2016 — 1,269 words

Running themes from Scotland’s first accessibility conference

Accessibility Scotland was a high quality event with a diverse range of speakers. Find out what I took away from the event.

Article — 22 September 2016 — 1,950 words

The fight we face for the web’s future

Digital — Web

The web is facing many challenges from new technologies, threatening the open culture that made it such a success. We need to fight for its survival.

Article — 12 September 2016 — 474 words

Is it time to put LinkedIn in the bin?

Digital

Microsoft recently announced that it will acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. But do any of LinkedIn’s users actually derive value from it?

Article — 11 August 2016 — 498 words

Today’s newspaper circulation figures show why clickbait is a losing strategy

Digital — Media

The free versus paywall debate was a red herring. What matters is the quality of the product.

Article — 2 August 2016 — 198 words

Apple’s emoji problem just got worse

Design — Digital

This is how Apple’s latest emoji design could cause some serious misunderstandings.

Article — 26 July 2016 — 1,679 words

Reflections on IWMW16

Digital — Work

My highlights from the the Institutional Web Management Workshop, the valuable annual conference for (mostly) higher education web managers.

Article — 2 July 2016 — 671 words

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

Digital — Work

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

Design — 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

Design — 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