Gotcha! You have become another victim of a clickbait headline! This article will not restore your faith in humanity nor will it satisfy your craving to read an emotional tale of a blind kitten experiencing a joyous…
As a part of the University’s strategy to increase postgraduate enrolment, the digital communications team has been busy creating new web pages for the taught postgraduate programmes offered at St Andrews. Learn more…
When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, multi-touch technology got mainstream attention and users learned that they could not only point and tap on the interface but also zoom, pinch and swipe it. Gestures became…
I’ve written before about organisations using social media simply because it is expected, without any clear purpose or strategy. Strategy is essential to engage your intended audiences and achieve your objectives –…
An empty state is something that is easily overlooked by inexperienced designers, however, they can be an important factor when it comes to an app’s overall user experience. Sometimes designers see error messages and…
As the trainer for the digital communications team, my job is to put together a programme of courses to help train staff and students to become adept online content generators and to use a variety of digital tools. I…
Velocity is an important tool in Agile. Let me explain a little about what it is and why we find it useful. Speed = distance over time One of the challenges when planning each two weeks’ sprint is working out how much…
What do you see when you log in to your social media accounts? If you’re anything like me, you’ll be confronted with trending news stories, cat photos, engagement announcements, envy inducing holiday snaps of friends…
A few months ago, while quality checking our new prototype website I discovered a page that was linking to three PDF files. The problem was: they were enormous. The largest document was over 63 MB; that’s about…
Onboarding is a new territory within UX design that is essentially how efficient it is for a new user to board your product or service. It’s about allowing the user to make an easy entrance. Recently, users are likely…