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As this year draws to a close I’d like to wish all of our customers, collaborators, friends and family all the best for 2010.

There’s no doubt that 2009 has been quite a year for us. Our team has grown in numbers, we’ve worked with some great clients and suppliers, we’ve become parents and in general done a lot of growing up.

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Creative & Technical Development

• Download: The Fable Of The User-Centred Designer by Dr David Travis of User Focus
• Anybody Can Do Usability by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Testing Content Concepts by UX Matters
• Testing Your Own Designs Redux by UX Matters
• Usability Spotter: Twitter Login Issue by Cone Trees
• Usability & Design Best Practices by User Plus
• Issue 2, Volume 1 Of The Journal Of IA by Journal Of Information Architecture
• Free Sketching & Wireframing Kit by Janko At Warp Speed
• Why Traditional Fixed Bid Software Projects Usually Fail by Pathfinder Development Blog

Read more about Our Bookmarks: Dec 21 – Dec 27, 2009 »

First off, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.

Our office hours over the festive period are:

• Monday 21/12/09:  9AM – 5 PM
• Tuesday 22/12/09:  9AM – 5 PM
• Wednesday 23/12/09:  9AM – 5 PM
• Thursday 24/12/09:  CLOSED
• Friday 25/12/09:  CLOSED

Read more about Our opening hours over the festive period »

Creative & Technical Development

• The Do’s & Don’ts Of Website Development by FatDUX Blog
• The Sinclair C5 Story by 90 Percent Of Everything
• Protokit: A Toolkit For Creating HTML Prototypes by Konigi
• Improve Web Readability With … Readability by Customer Experience Matters
• New Google Tool: Browser Size by Google Labs
• The Weaker Side Of Usability Guidelines by UX Booth

Read more about Our Bookmarks: Dec 14 – Dec 20, 2009 »

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced that CloudFront now supports Flash streaming (RTMP) in addition to progressive downloads (HTTP). Live streaming is also expected to be rolled out at some point in 2010.

Read more about AWS CloudFront now does true video streaming »

Creative & Technical Development

• Needs, Resources, Location, Schedule & Budget = Scope by UX Matters
• How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong by Smashing Magazine
• User Research Skirmishes – Are You Guilty? by Ninety Percent Of Everything
• Usability Testing With Time Constraints by UX Matters
• Short Term Memory & Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Optimization: Applying Moore’s Law To UX by UX Matters
• Writing User Friendly Content by UX Booth
• Community Channels (Tools) by Under The Hood
• 4 Tips To Hiring An Interactive Agency by Digital Media Buzz

Read more about Our Bookmarks: Dec 7 – Dec 13, 2009 »

The Amazon Web Services Economics Centre provides access to clear information and easy to use tools and resources that will help you to compare the cost of using Amazon Web Services (AWS) with alternative IT infrastructure.

Read more about AWS Economics Centre releases new cost comparison calculator »

Creative & Technical Development

• Making Design Principles Stick by Adaptive Path
• UX Design Framework – Visual Design by User Pathways
• Less Is Better by UX Magazine
• Our Misguided Focus On Brand And User Experience by Johnny Holland Magazine
• Does Every Startup Need A Steve Jobs? by Andrew Chen
• Update On The Steve Jobs Post By An Apple Alum by Andrew Chen
• UX In A Box by UX Basis
• Gifts For UX Geeks by Nick Finck
• Beginners Guide To Interaction Design by UX Booth

Read more about Our Bookmarks: Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2009 »

Creative & Technical Development

• The Romeo & Juliet Effect by 90 Percent Of Everything
• The Myth Of The Page Fold by CX Partners
• Adding Design To An Agile Development Process by Andrew Chen
• Product Design Debt Versus Technical Debt by Andrew Chen

Read more about Our Bookmarks: Nov 23 – Nov 29, 2009 »

Amazon Web Service’s Flexible Payments Service (FPS) allows you to accept payments on your website. It supports the processing of payments using credit cards, bank accounts and Amazon Payments account balances.

Read more about Will Amazon Flexible Payments ever reach Europe? »