We live in an era where nearly every interface, every app, and every “frictionless” interaction comes with a hidden cost: control. Whether it’s a social media feed engineered for maximum attention, a smart home assistant listening to every word, or a seemingly benign login screen nudging you to share just a little more data, design choices shape power dynamics between companies and users.
Read MoreThe Future of Human-Computer Interfaces: Where Emotion Meets Execution
In traditional interface design, we talk about usability, responsiveness, hierarchy. But what if your user isn't tapping a screen—they’re thinking a thought? Emotion becomes not just a feature, but a medium.
Read MoreClauses, Proofreading, and Pricing
Essential Tips for Drafting A Freelance Website Design Contract.
Read MoreWhich Website Platform?
“Well, do you want Wordpress, Squarespace, or Shopify?”
Is a little like asking an alien what flavour ice-cream they want. Of course the decision is easy once you know but impossible when you don’t.
Read MoreCutting costs & reaching further with ecommerce
This article covers three types of online selling that gives small businesses more control over stock and budget.
Read MoreFinding the right freelance designer
A freelance web designer or a freelance graphic designer is a design trained and skilled person who works for themselves and can be hired on their own to work directly for you as opposed to hiring an agency….
Read MoreEmail marketing on a budget
Email marketing drives more conversions than any other marketing channel – including social and search.
(source: Monetate).
Read MoreAll you need to know about domains and hosting
If you are not technical by nature the world of hosting and domains may seem difficult and full of jargon and acronyms. To help you understand we will explain the main components.
Read MoreAnalysis of the FinTech Landscape: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
The world we live in right now develops so fast that we’ve completely changed the way we work and live in just a matter of a few years.
Read MoreWhat will integrate with my ePOS?
A Point of sale system is the traditional hardware and software used when customers walk up to your counter, pick out an item from your stand or booth or pay over the phone….
Read MoreCutting costs & reaching further with ecommerce
This article covers three types of online selling that gives small businesses more control over stock and budget.
Read MoreBranding for small businesses
What is a brand and why do I need one? The simple answer is that you already have a brand so the question should be:
Read MoreHow to Build Better Company Branding
When people think of a fizzy drink, the first brand that will likely come to mind is Coca-Cola, and if they are imagining a coffee company, Starbucks will be the first that pops into their head…
Read MoreBitcoin mining and energy consumption
In the first years of Bitcoin, mining did not require that much consumption of electricity. Now, with the growing interest and investments in cryptocurrencies, the electricity consumption of Bitcoin can be compared with those of medium-sized European countries.
Read MoreHow are video games built to trigger you
As life in the real world is becoming more complex, one might seek a breather and an escape from reality - and that's when video games come in.
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The difference between online and offline branding for speciality food producers
There are many ‘kitchen table entrepreneurs’ that have broken the barrier between small artisan producer to established supermarket brand. Starting small and branching out whether that is adding new ranges to your traditional farm produce, a favourite family recipe, or a gap you have seen in the market - hats off to you; you enrich our lives on many levels.
Read MoreTop 5 Best Free OCR tools to Extract Useful Information from an Image
It might happen that you have worked in an office equipped with a traditional scanner before, you probably thought about the implication of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) more than once.
Read MoreWhat the web can learn from old school Estate Agents
It is good to hear recently that Estate Agents have finally been pushed off the top spot of ‘most hated’ and ‘least trusted’ profession’ replaced by politicians, not so good! But let’s stick with Estate Agents for now.
Read MoreIs 5G going to change our lives?
Especially if we live in the countryside.
Is it the information superhighway we have all been waiting for?
A quick recap of what the ‘G’ generation stands for:
Read MoreIs another tech bubble about to burst?
70% of companies going public at present have yet to make a profit. Merrill Lynch
The first tech bubble grew from 1994 bursting in 2000 shattering confidence in the enormous amounts of money being lent to the then new concept of start-ups. Suddenly the large amounts of money that had been washing around was tightened resulting in the collapse of many small tech businesses, big on assets small on income. Which for an industry that really had very little needs - just a computer and good brains - these sudden wacky fit-outs complete with £500 chairs, swimming pools and roller skating receptionists always seemed to the outsider a little risky.
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