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31.05.11

David

Om Nom Nom Nom

Homemade cookies

Just before the UK headed into (yet another) bank holiday weekend, changes to the EU online privacy law came into effect – the law that applies to how website owners can use cookies to store user information. Read the rest of this entry »

18.01.11

Jamie

Diamonds are for Dusted

Donald Haack Ring

Dusted USA continues to gain a foothold in the American market and just before Christmas, saw the launch of Donald Haack Diamonds & Fine Gems (DHD) – the highly respected jewelry store based in Charlotte, NC. Dusted were commissioned to redesign and build a new site for DHD, who were looking to update and drastically improve their online presence before venturing on a market push this year. Read the rest of this entry »

21.12.10

Matt

Feeding you a Dusted Christmas

Once again, as we did a couple of years ago, we’re inviting you to follow our antics at The Dusted Christmas Doo 2010.
The Twitterati amongst the team will be updating the live feed with where we are and what we’re doing – all between mouthfuls of Full English breakfasts, Secret Santa gift giving and the glugging of Christmas cocktails. Please don’t expect the literacy of the updates to remain coherent through to the end though. Read the rest of this entry »

08.12.10

David

Wikileaked all over

Wikileaks

The political hot potato that surrounds the arrest, custody and legal battle of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, is set to run and run and I’m sure by Christmas, the story will still be headline news. I’m not about to debate whether ‘his’ site is morally right or wrong (personally I believe some things are probably better off kept in a locked cabinet for good) Read the rest of this entry »

14.07.10

Jamie

Guerilla Usability Testing

The Charlotte based UX meetup took place last week with a session entitled Inexpensive Usability Testing – A Very Jane Goodall Experience. Considering that usability testing can be an expensive and time consuming process, which is hard to fit into a project proposal, this seemed like an opportunity I couldn’t miss!
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20.05.10

Matt

Lost and FOWD


It’s that time of year again when a load of web designers converge to hear a little about what their future may hold. Not a geek psychic fair (although there are plenty of predictions) but the Future of Web Design conference. After attending a couple of these previously I was in two minds whether to attend this year, but a crafty change of format changed that. Read the rest of this entry »

19.05.10

Matt

Gone in a Flash

Adobe and Apple have been at each other’s necks in a sort of corporate, well-mannered wrestling match – and it’s all over Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash plug-in. Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs has gone on record saying that the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad will never support Flash, citing the abilities of HTML5/CSS3 as well as the closed nature of Flash as reasons why it’s is on its way out. Adobe’s founders, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke countered with their open letter on open markets. So we know what they all think. But what do I think? Read the rest of this entry »