Chatbots: The next customer engagement platform?

Chatbots: The next customer engagement platform?

Decades ago, the best way to interact with the customer was face-to-face. Fast-forward to the noughties, and the World Wide Web replaced…
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The design dialect dilemma

The design dialect dilemma

Something that has been on my mind a lot the last couple of months is how to define good design. First things first, let’s define design…
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Getting into shapes

Getting into shapes

Shapes have played interesting roles in the history of tech. Two of my favourite historical moments involving shapes are Ed Camull’s thesis…
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Creating lines with CSS

Creating lines with CSS

One of the concepts that formed part of a website I build involved animated lines as part of the featured image and slider area. I set out…
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Pair programming — focused, fun & fast

Pair programming — focused, fun & fast

The other day Emile and I set out to complete a large chunk of what seamed like a large set of features at the time. We had multiple cards…
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7 ideas after 7 days with iOS7

7 ideas after 7 days with iOS7

The experiment started last week Tuesday (09/07/13) and today marks the end of 7 days of running iOS7 (beta 3) on my iPad. I thought of…
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Lack of a keyboard, the success of the iPad (tablet)

Lack of a keyboard, the success of the iPad (tablet)

Many times we set our sights on the big things in this world. Building a global social network or becoming the window into the World Wide…
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Responsive UX — see the individual

Responsive UX — see the individual

The term Responsive UI (user interface) design has become a popular in-house reference in the web design industry. With many screen sizes…
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Talk facts not features

Talk facts not features

We often find ourselves in a position where our clients don’t know exactly what they want or how to get to their “vision”. We usually then…
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Spoon-feeding me your UI is not a nice UX

Spoon-feeding me your UI is not a nice UX

…but having a spoon at hand is always good practice.
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