14.07.10
Jamie
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
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 »
24.11.09
David
Following our win in the inaugural Caterersearch.com Web Awards last year, its great to see the website we designed and developed for Harrison Catering also shortlisted for 2009. The awards were launched last year to recognise and reward the organisations and individuals involved in designing, managing, marketing or promoting food sector websites, judged on a criteria including visual design, innovation, content, interactivity, ease of use, commercial success or potential and overall user experience. Read the rest of this entry »
22.10.09
Jamie
I had the pleasure of heading over to Area 15 in NoDa on Oct 17th for the second edition of BarCamp Charlotte. BarCamp is a user-generated conference, which encourages attendees to pitch for their chance to present a session on a topic of their choice.
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21.01.09
Matt
Famous for their highly memorable if ever-so-slightly irritating TV adverts, Confused.com, the insurance aggregator service, has just launched their latest campaign. However, this one has taken somewhat of a departure from its annoying predecessors. Read the rest of this entry »
18.11.08
David
Gaucho won Best Group Website Award at the Caterersearch.com Web Awards 2008 last night beating Belgo and Café Rouge into the top spot. Dusted designed and developed the current Gaucho site as part of a major re-branding and positioning exercise in 2006 and since then has maintained and looked after the site to ensure it stays ahead of the competition. Read the rest of this entry »
23.10.08
Matt
I love a good buzzword. Two of the more recent ones in web design are these multi-syllabic beauties. Graceful Degradation and Progressive Enhancement. They both address the issue of the unknown quantity of the end-user’s browsing technology. Are they using the latest, greatest shiny browsers or are they keeping it retro (whether out of choice or not)? Are they on their mobile phone or on their Xbox 360 attached to a 50″ HD screen? How your site appears and functions on these various technologies depends, in part, on these two techniques. Read the rest of this entry »
