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How to get your digital agency working on results-focused design

As clients set ever-tougher objectives to judge the effectiveness of their digital properties, agencies need to constantly revise their strategies to ensure that they…

WordPress founder Mullenweg on openness and the mobile future [LeWeb]

Matt Mullenweg has never been an advocate for controlled systems. This is, after all, the man who founded the download-and-code-it-yourself giant WordPress, and wished…

Why Google might just be wrong about responsive design in Africa

Maybe, just maybe, Google is getting it wrong in Africa. I recently attended a very good session on responsive design by Luisella Mazza, and…

Pedal power meets portable charging: introducing the PowerPac

An invention that stores human-generated energy generated during cycling for later use, for charging or providing power to household and personal electronic devices has…

Can Mozilla really disrupt mobile like it did the web? [Tech4Africa]

Look at the figures. Android and Apple are completely dominating the smartphone space. Despite the best efforts of its competitors, no seems able to…

Tech4Africa: How usable is your digital product, really?

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to…

5 fresh fonts for your next online project

From New York City to Rome, independent art, film and music intermingle each year, simmering in each other's juices. You can't have music without…

DukaPress: A WordPress eCommerce system from Africa

DukaPress is a new customised WordPress eCommerce platform. It allows you to easily set up a fully featured online shop which can be used…

UX guru Andy Budd warns that websites ignore usability at their peril

At the Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg, Clearleft’s Andy Budd spoke at length about why, given the choice, users will always pick easier to use…

10 tips for outsourcing your web development

Setting up or improving on an existing online presence for a small business or startup can be a daunting experience. This is especially true…

Project war rooms: making the design process visible

You’ve seen a war room in the movies – frowning generals sticking coloured pins onto a map. That stuff really happened, and for a…

Sex & UX: Are you doing it right?

You’re probably not aware that good user experience design and good usability are actually just like great sex. The conditions must be perfect, rhythm…

Five reasons why user experience thinking is essential

User Experience (UX) analysis and design is a rapidly growing field for good reason. Websites, apps and services are placing a lot of focus…

7 benefits of open source software for small business

The current tough economic climate has hit small and medium-sized businesses and start-ups hard, particularly in emerging markets where safety nets are few and…

Thesis vs WordPress resolved: A new era of collaboration beckons

The heated debate that has swirled around the WordPress community over the last few days appears to have been settled amicably with the news…

6 ways to turn your WordPress blog into a web socialite

A blog is usually a place where individuals or groups publish thoughts and ideas on niche topics, current affairs or daily occurrences. But how…

Interview: UX guru Andy Budd on why most websites are ‘leaking buckets’

User Experience (UX) guru, Andy Budd, says most of today’s websites remind him of “leaking buckets”. UX, he says, can plug these leaks to…

Don’t like Facebook? Build your own social network

Social networking has become a huge phenomenon, with a couple of big players dominating the market. Yet if one looks around the web you’ll…

Could the giants of the web heat the cities of the future?

An old World War II bomb shelter under a cathedral in Helsinki, combined with some brilliant thinking, will soon lead to the greenest databank…

It’s WordPress with a capital ‘P’, dangit!

WordPress, wordpress, WordPress or wordPress? Which is it and what does it matter anyway? There seem to be so many ways of spelling the…

Move over mobile, what about web apps?

Apps developers are rushing to mobile en masse yet there is another large market, says Joseph Puopolo, director of marketing at OPENapps, and it’s…

Twenty useful tips for dissecting mobile web design

With the current surge in popularity of smartphones and web-capable phones, increased focus has been put on designing for mobile. There are however some…

WordPress 3.0 arrives… with vuvuzela mention

WordPress 3.0, the blogging software that runs millions of websites around the world, has officially launched. The official blog post about the launch starts:…

Productivity On A Large Screen

Everlytic Launches Cutting-Edge AI Studio with WhatsApp Chatbots for Smarter Communication

Everlytic’s new API Communicator feature enhances customer engagement across multiple channels

Savant Launches Savant Build Cohort 3 to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation in the Green Economy

Simplicity at scale: The role of leadership in agile transformation

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Nio Firefly brings Galaxy design to compact EVs

Google Cast and other Christmas goodies for Rivian

GM switches-off Cruise control on $10bn robotaxi project