Year: 2019

• Dark patterns vs Growth hacking

  I came across an article and related study via a few various places over the past week. If you have not seen it yet, or don’t want to click though – essentially, in February 2019, researchers at Princeton University analysed ~53k product pages from some of the most popular e-commerce sites online and discovered widespread…

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• Design tip: Responsive Design Mode in Safari

  There are a number of tools available to see how a website design adapts at various device sizes – I have normally used Responsiantor as my go to tool in the past. However, a handy one I came across recently was the built in responsive view in Safari. First up – just open any website…

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• How a bit of intrigue can transform your product

  My wife found a brand new book in our local library on a recent visit with our kids – it is titled: The Lost Book of Adventure – a good enough title to keep two young boys entertained for a few hours surely – so she took it out. I picked up the book (initially…

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• A redesign of the mobile boarding pass

  Working remotely for Automattic requires you to do a fair bit of travel each year – both for our annual Grand Meetup (in which the whole company comes together), for team meetups and then at times other meetups dependant on the area of the business or projects you are working on. At the most I…

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• Why people choose to use your product

  I’ve just finished reading Intercom on Marketing – and I would strongly suggest you grab yourself a copy. It’s a quick read – but that does not mean it is not packed with useful insights on things that you may already think you had a good grasp on. Always be learning! One one of the…

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