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    CX, UX and Design

    Fill the funnel, then ensure every touchpoint is cohesive, magic and uses gesamtkunstwerk to drive the consumer towards more sales.

    One home for all of my news, please

    17 March 2019

    All you can eat news services with a subscription or micropayments model is really fantastic.

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    The Subscription Economy expands: BMW to Charge $80 Annual Fee for Apple CarPlay

    The Subscription Economy expands: BMW to Charge $80 Annual Fee for Apple CarPlay

    24 January 2018

    More on the Subscription Economy. This time, the automotive industry. We’re used to paying a monthly fee for roadside assistance. We’re used to paying a…

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    Facebook’s new call-to-action button

    Facebook’s new call-to-action button

    19 February 2015

    Facebook has just released a new call-to-action button for company pages. The call to action button sits on the right hand side of a page’s…

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    People hate losing control (of videos) because they don't expect to

    29 March 2013

    Yes, of course people hate those ugly video pre-rolls that appear before video content on YouTube or other video publisher sites. Video pre-rolls are totally…

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    The Apple iPad – Initial Thoughts

    The Apple iPad – Initial Thoughts

    2 February 2010

    Every so often, a technology comes along that redefines competition within markets: Email redefined the way people communicate, and in doing so, undermined the letter…

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    Apple’s T-shirt Box Photo

    26 October 2009

    This is what makes Apple Apple. Even the boxes that hold call centre employee t-shirts have been designed with the single sense of purpose, that…

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    SmartCompany: Me on Twitter’s churn and burn

    30 April 2009

    I’m is quoted in this Patrick Stafford piece in SmartCompany. It’s about Twitter’s appalling churn rate of over 60%. Some of the reasons why Twitter’s retention…

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    What ever happened to Webrings?

    22 December 2008

    In the olden days of the early-mid 90s, websites on like topics were linked via webrings; links / arrows on the bottom of the page…

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    Really cool site

    11 April 2007

    Click onto this low-fi site, by Miranda July. It’s really cool.

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    The new AFL site is utterly dreadful

    23 February 2007

    The new AFL site has just come online. Sorry, the BETA site, from the little sign they’ve got on the top, has gone online. Unlike…

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