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An Instagram takeover is when a special guest is invited to temporarily take control of a brand or organisation’s Instagram account, often providing a glimpse into their lives or a behind-the-scenes look at a certain…
When writing for the web, you have to keep a lot in mind: format, accessibility, devices, audience, house style and more. Luckily, there are plenty of useful tools out there to help you make your writing as…
Lost in translation: Duncan Stephen on why emoji can be confusing Former web editor here, Duncan Stephen, recently wrote a fascinating article on his blog about the miscommunication that can happen when sending emoji…
Technology can be good for our sleep and bad for our sleep, but how can it be both at the same time? How is technology bad for our sleep? WebMD explains why using phones before or in bed is bad: Our brains: “As your…
Versioning—a brilliant, daily newsletter about the web One resource that I’ve been enjoying over the last few months is Versioning from Sitepoint. which describes itself as a “a social news site for kind web folk”. At…
Over the last year, as we’ve been formally trying to work in a more agile way, one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced as a project manager is resource management. In other words, How do we know how much time each…
Online ads: log in, tune out, turn off Economists have been researching how successful online banner advertising is. It’s bad news for commercial website owners. The study paid subjects to complete tasks online, with…
More collaboration equals more value Part of the agile methodology the University is adopting for project work is about building collaborative, multi-disciplinary project teams. Gerry McGovern highlights why…
We've been running retrospectives at the end of each sprint for the last few months. This is how we do them and why they've been useful for improving how we work.
Two weeks ago, Paul Boag, co-founder of digital consultancy Headscape and author of Digital Adaption gave a lecture to staff at the University. Titled ‘Digital change’, the talk outlined how digital has changed the…