Category Archives: User experience

How to stop ideas – and why.

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

The wheel was invented mid 4th millennium BCE. The first car appeared in 1335… historically innovation came at a slow pace because of… Read the rest of this article.

Published November 7th, 2011 in Published article, User experience | No Comments »
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Designing a successful social user experience across channels

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

One of the challenges faced deploying any social strategy is taking it from theory into a live environment. Reality is often different than… Read the rest of this article.

Published October 17th, 2011 in Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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The social navigation – Predictions based on the digital now

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

Personalised and predictive navigation features have been around for a while. No need to look further than Amazon.com’s “Customers Who Bought This Item… Read the rest of this article.

Published September 28th, 2011 in Published article, Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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Where did the “GO” button go? Five sources of user experience design inspiration.

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

This article is for veteran client-side procurers as much as the experienced professionals of digital design. You know who you are. Your baptism… Read the rest of this article.

Published August 23rd, 2011 in Published article, User experience | No Comments »
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What happens when you email the wrong job spec to the wrong candidate

I regularly get job offers from both job agencies and direct. Some are more interesting and relevant than others, but they all have some connection to what I am doing now or have being doing in the past… until today… Read the rest of this article.

Published August 19th, 2011 in Personal, User experience | 5 Comments »
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The future of social work interfaces: Embedding personal networks

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

19th Century: “Work” and “Private” become two separate time zones defined by when people clock into the mass production conveyor belts and when… Read the rest of this article.

The future of social work interfaces: Embedding personal networks
Published July 10th, 2011 in Published article, Social enterprise, Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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Alpha.gov.uk – Creating a great user experience by crowdsourcing feedback

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

“Alpha.gov.uk is an experimental prototype of a new, single website for UK Government, developed in line with the recommendations of Martha Lane Fox’s… Read the rest of this article.

Published June 14th, 2011 in Published article, Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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Conversation piece: What if Twitter hash tags were icons?

What if Twitter hash tags transformed themselves into related icons if one was available?
What would that mean for in-tweet hash tags?
What would it mean for the 140 character limit?
What would it mean for the user experience?… Read the rest of this article.

Published April 12th, 2011 in Social media, User experience | 3 Comments »
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Mind the user experience gap

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

According to Race Online 2012 there are “9 million adults in the UK who have never used the Internet“ that’s a fifth of… Read the rest of this article.

Published March 28th, 2011 in Published article, User experience | No Comments »
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