Thoughts and commentary on the latest internet technologies
Coders and designers – a marriage of inconvenience
There are numerous anecdotes on the Internet parading the disparity between those who work for creative agencies and those who are pure software developers. You’d be hard-pushed to find two more different kinds of people. It may be a marriage of inconvenience, but in this world of ubiquitous web and mobile apps, techies and designers need each other. Developers ignore this at their peril.
An Introduction to Kanban – Part 1
Kanban was invented by Taiichi Ohno as a solution for making Toyota’s manufacturing processes more efficient, but can equally be applied to software development projects. In this two part article we explain the concepts behind Kanban and how it works in practice on a typical software or web development project.
Software Engineering – the Driver of All Things Digital
At Priocept we believe that a deep understanding of software engineering is critical to the success of any digital product development, e-commerce, content management or mobile project. So in this article, we go back to basics to try to explain; what exactly is software engineering? And we look at why is there so much software development going on in the world that does not apply a proper engineering philosophy.
An Introduction to Responsive Design: Part 2
Websites should always be designed and developed to work in the fluid environment of continuously evolving devices and channels, whether "responsively" designed or otherwise. For many years it has been the web designers and web developers that have been breaking the inherently responsive nature of the web by placing their designs within fixed containers.
Magnolia CMS: STK or Not?
We often get asked whether Magnolia's Standard Templating Kit is the best way to go when planning out a new Magnolia project. In this article we discuss some of the pros and cons associated with the STK to help you decide whether it fits the requirements of your Magnolia project.
An Introduction to Responsive Design
Responsive website design can be simply described as an approach to design by which the intent is to provide the most optimal viewing experience on all devices. Elaborated, this includes ease-of-use whereby there is minimal user involvement, by way of resizing, panning and scrolling, across a wide array of devices (from personal computers to mobile devices).
Updated ICO guidance on EU cookie law and “implied consent”
For the past few months a continuous talking point in the web development arena has been the controversial new EU online privacy legislation affecting use of cookies. Just one day before the new directive was to be enforced, the ICO changed their official advice.
Customer != Person != Device
We hear a lot these days about customer engagement, profiling and content targeting, but with very little groundwork being done first to define who and what we mean by a Customer. Without understanding the limitations of the underlying techniques, it's easy to jump to the wrong conclusions.
Cookies and European Law 2012
Information and advice from Priocept on making your website compliant with the European Union ePrivacy Directive.
Alterian Dynamic Messenger: Implementing Unsubscribe
An article describing our approach to implementing branded unsubscribe emails with the Alterian Dynamic Messenger email marketing platform, and our workarounds to some of the problems we stumbled across.