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  • Why the doodle matters

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    Why the doodle matters

    Don’t dismiss doodling – it can be a serious and useful tool

    12 Sep 2011

    By Sunni Brown on | 3 comments
    Don’t dismiss doodling – in the right hands, it can be a serious and useful tool that should be deployed when problems are most messy and topics most serious, says business owner, author and leader of the doodle revolution Sunni Brown
  • Enhance your intranet using social media

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    Enhance your intranet using social media

    Rob Bagley argues that corporate intranets should embrace social

    9 Sep 2011

    By Rob Bagley on | 1 comment
    Designer and developer Rob Bagley argues that corporate intranets should open up and embrace the social media revolution
  • The One Web: don't write for devices, write for people

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    The One Web: don't write for devices, write for people

    Inspired by yesterday's Update, Addy Osmani discusses the 'One Web'

    6 Sep 2011

    By Addy Osmani on | 2 comments
    At yesterday's UpdateConf, Jeremy Keith noted that his favourite application on iOS was the browser. He's a proponant of an idea called the 'One Web', which Addy Osmani discusses in further detail here
  • Debunking PHP's bad reputation

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    Debunking PHP's bad reputation

    Lorna Jane Mitchell explains why PHP’s bad reputation is unwarranted

    5 Sep 2011

    By Lorna Jane Mitchell on | 5 comments
    Freelance PHP consultant Lorna Jane Mitchell explains why PHP’s bad reputation is unwarranted, explodes some popular myths and suggests some excellent resources along the way
  • Personas as a site design tool

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    Personas as a site design tool

    Building a detailed persona of your target user is essential

    1 Sep 2011

    By Stu Collett on | 1 comment
    Stu Collett of Super User Studio says building a detailed persona of your target user is an essential part of creating a truly successful interactive website and explains how to go about it
  • Where ideas for design come from

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    Where ideas for design come from

    Jane Campbell explains how and why designers' creative process works

    30 Aug 2011

    By Jane Campbell on | 3 comments
    The creative process isn't just magic. Web Hosting Search's Jane Campbell explains how and why designers' creative process works, and goes through it from practice and preparation to execution
  • Five ways to maximise your social commerce ROI

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    Five ways to maximise your social commerce ROI

    Jim Wehmann's top tips to ensure social commerce campaigns deliver ROI

    25 Aug 2011

    By Jim Wehmann on
    Jim Wehmann of ecommerce solutions company Digital River provides five top tips to ensure social commerce campaigns deliver ROI. They will help you optimise your social media activities by tracking sales and order performance
  • Self-educate to survive

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    Self-educate to survive

    You’ll need to self-educate before you can progress in your career

    22 Aug 2011

    If you lack a formal design education, you’ll need to self-educate before you can progress in your career, says Ryan Downie. Here's a checklist of the subjects he studied to help him to understand more about web design
  • The ROI of online marketing

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    The ROI of online marketing

    Fredrik Holmén on the importance of platforms offering measurable ROI

    15 Aug 2011

    By Fredrik Holmén on | 1 comment
    Fredrik Holmén, MD of Keybroker UK, looks at the increasing importance of platforms offering measurable ROI and explains how the true value may lie in understanding the key online synergies that a mix of channel activity can provide
  • Creating an optimal customer experience

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    Creating an optimal customer experience

    Craig McCulloch on how to create the optimal customer experience

    9 Aug 2011

    By Craig McCulloch on
    Craig McCulloch, head of web strategy at WebNarrative, explains why customer experience is so important and how to create the optimal customer website experience
  • Chris Coyier on HTML5 forms

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    Chris Coyier on HTML5 forms

    Chris Coyier on how HTML5 will improve conversion rates and more

    6 Aug 2011

    By Oliver Lindberg on
    CSS-Tricks’ Chris Coyier, ‘lead hucklebucker’ at form builder Wufoo, recently bought up by SurveyMonkey, chats to Oliver Lindberg about how HTML5 will improve conversion rates and more
  • Boost your personal brand

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    Boost your personal brand

    Lea Alcantara reveals the best ways to promote yourself and your work

    5 Aug 2011

    By Lea Alcantara on | 2 comments
    Feeling overlooked? Don't sit on your laurels and wait for people to notice you, or worry too much over getting your name out there. Designer Lea Alcantara reveals the best ways to promote yourself and your work to the community
  • The rock star myth

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    The rock star myth

    MetaLab’s Andrew Wilkinson explains how to succeed in going it alone

    3 Aug 2011

    By Andrew Wilkinson on | 3 comments
    Going it alone sounds great, but it’s easy to crash and burn if you hand-craft everything that you produce yourself. MetaLab’s Andrew Wilkinson explains how he has learned to delegate and how to succeed with your sanity intact
  • Designing by committee

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    Designing by committee

    Paul Wyatt takes a wry look at designing by committee

    2 Aug 2011

    Why can’t non-designers keep their noses out? Paul Wyatt gets the hump as he takes a wry look at designing by committee, while emphasising that good, considered feedback is to be encouraged
  • pic of alistair burns

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    Too much JavaScript

    How many design agencies consider users who can’t run JavaScript?

    25 Jul 2011

    Most design agencies use JavaScript for every project, says Line’s senior developer, Alistair Burns, and a lot of clients are perfectly happy with this. But how many consider users who can’t run it, such as government departments, public sector organisations and people with disabilities?
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