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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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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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Get the best of UI16 OnDemand

User Interface 16 Conference LogoUser Interface 16, the User Experience and Design Conference developed by the amazing team at User Interface Engineering, was held in Boston, MA (USA) back in November 2011.

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24 hours left to get free User Interface 15 resources

User Interface 16 Conference LogoUser Interface 16 is a user experience and design conference. This year’s conference will run from November 7th – 9th 2011 in Boston (MA, USA). Check out this year’s agenda and list of speakers.

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Gain insights by profiling your competitors domains

YCombinator Startup Hosting Provider SuppliersBack in January some interesting data on the the technical purchasing decisions of YCombinator startups was released. The data shared was a showcase for a simple but incredibly useful tool called domain profiler.

Developed by Joël Franusic this tool helps you find the following information on domain(s):

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Google Chrome: is it really the browser for me?

Google Chrome LogoSince its release in September 2008 Google Chrome has been the browser of choice for the majority of our team. In fact I’m the only one who doesn’t use it as their default browser.

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Exclude specific IP’s from Google Anlaytics reports

Google Analytics LogoWorried about your Google Analytics data being skewed by your staff’s usage of your own website? If so, set-up a custom filter to exclude those IP addresses.

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