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Our Spring Events Top Picks

It’s supposed to be the first week of spring and whilst the temperature is still dancing around zero degrees the conference and networking season is starting to warm-up. There are plenty of events to pick from but we’ve put together a list of our favourites:

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The Joy of UX – A Drum Magazine Special

‘The Joy of UX’ is a Drum Magazine Special Report that was published last month.  The guide  features the UK’s leading practitioners, including our own François Roshdy, discussing the latest developments and how UX Design is a key component in business strategy today.

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SMEs can save time and money by using mentoring services

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Photo Courtesy of Sam Fox Photography

Today everyone takes for granted the saying ‘time is money’ but in business it is more true than ever. One of the biggest challenges for SMEs is to make sure that they run an efficient and cost-effective set-up, especially when it comes to website administration.

Getting the right mentoring advice for your website at the right time can save you a lot of time and money. This post will show you how your company can calculate how time and cost-effective mentoring could be for you.

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Update to the ICO’s guidance on the rules on use of cookies

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With less than 24 hours until the grace period ends for websites to comply with the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications regulations, the ICO held a press briefing to communicate updates to the guidance they provided in December 2011.

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Assessing the invasiveness of your cookies

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With only 5 days to go to the grace period ends for complying with the updated EU Privacy and Electronic Communication Directive, here is our latest blog post on how to comply.

The following post will help you assess how intrusive your cookies are once you have completed a full audit.

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Writing the perfect Scottish referendum question

The proposed ballot paper for the Scottish Independence ReferendumOn Friday the 11th of May 2012 the Scottish Governments’ consultation on the proposed independence referendum closed.

There has been a lot of debate over the currently proposed question so we thought we’d take a look at what makes the perfect question.  We applied our UX and Market Research skills to design a suitable alternative question for the referendum.

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12 days to go to cookie compliance

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There are 12 days to go until the grace period for the revision to the EU’s Privacy and Electronic Communication Directive expires.   We will be releasing a series of blog posts over the next twelve days to help you get your company’s website up to the standard required before the grace period expires.

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Easter Opening Hours

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photo courtesy of 'WillowGardeners'

Happy Easter from the Border Crossing Media Team!

Our Easter office will be closed from 5pm on Thursday the 5th of April to Tuesday the 10th of April.  For all critical enquiries during this period please call your designated point of contact on their mobile phone.

We hope you have a wonderful Easter!

Digital 2012

Digital 2012 Logo Last week was Scotland’s leading conference for the digital, creative and cultural sectors, organised by Interactive Scotland & AmbITion Scotland.  This year’s theme was Monetising Opportunities - something we are always interested in  - so off we went to Glasgow to find out more.

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Google announces new privacy policy

On January 24th Google revealed some major updates to their privacy policy.  There has been a mixed response to the changes that were announced on Google’s Official Blog, by Alma Whitten (Google’s Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering).

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