Meet Alison – our new Programme Manager
I’m very excited to have recently joined Cubeworks as Programme Manager. Programme Management is often underrated as it can seem a little dull, being all about process, but I just love process. My role is to implement and formalise our …
The problem with mobile apps
I read with interest a recent article by Technology Review about their experience with rolling out mobile apps (full article). The story describes vast development budgets, very low returns and immense production frustrations, even resulting in good people leaving the …
From the big screen to the small
Last year we posted on our blog “Your website needs to offer a great smartphone experience“, focusing on the challenges faced in building websites to display and work effectively across the spectrum of devices now flooding the market. What looks …
Providing effective feedback on design
Living in Agencyland, we live and breathe the iterative design process which lets us navigate our way through seas of subjectivity and bring our projects to fruition. It’s a continuous tide of design and feedback, design and feedback, design and….(well, …
Cubeworks contribute to Safer Internet Day
Cubeworks are very proud to have contributed to Safer Internet Day – an annual event which aims to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology, especially amongst children and young people across the world. Working with the Child …
The Cubeworks 4-point Cookie Action Plan
In advance of the new EU ‘Cookie’ Legislation coming into force in May 2012, there has been much speculation and non-specific information bandied about, regarding what you ‘may’ or ‘may not’ be required to do in order to comply with …
10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of business
Happy 10th Birthday Cubeworks! Today it is 10 years since I migrated along the South coast to Brighton and founded Cubeworks, and what a journey it has been. Inevitably, there have been ups and, of course, there have been downs, …
The shape of web design in 2012
When I last wrote a predictive web design article, it was early 2010. I wrote of four visual web design styles that I thought would prove popular. I still like what I said back then (and it was our most-visited …
A new safety website for the UK rail industry
We’re delighted to announce the launch of the redesigned CIRAS website. CIRAS is the Confidential Incident Reporting & Analysis System for the UK rail industry, which allows rail workers and the public to report safety issues, which can they be addressed …
Solving Santa’s Christmas Credit Crunch
So, the geese are getting fat while the flagging Eurozone is looking remarkably thin and hungry. The whole world is having to tighten belts and find ways to cut out waste, including one of our longest-standing clients Chrimbo Holdings Inc. …