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Meetup: UX For Life
July 22, 2016
This Tuesday was the initial first UX For Life meetup, held at Unboxed HQ.
Hosted by Leon Odey-Knight and Alice Richmond, UX For Life is a meetup group consisting of lightning talks which delve even deeper into the user experience of our existenc...
Brighton Ruby Conference 2016
July 22, 2016
Brighton Ruby is unsurprisingly a conference about Ruby based in Brighton, and organised by @AndyCroll. Being quite new to both Ruby and to Rails, a Ruby conference seemed like the perfect place to pickup a few tricks of the trade and see what&rsq...
ShareDigital conference 2016
July 19, 2016
The conference: Share Digital 2016
The date: Wednesday 6th July
The attendees: Graeme, Martyn
With the aim of growing and expanding my knowledge in the digital public services area, I jumped at the opportunity to attend this year’s ShareDigital 2...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 11th July 2016
July 13, 2016
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July 8, 2016
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July 1, 2016
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June 17, 2016
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June 10, 2016
Faster than Lightning: May’s monthly developer event
June 9, 2016
Each month, we host a Dev Event which is an opportunity for our developers to get together, share ideas, or just catch up with each other.
May’s developer event
This May we hosted “Faster than Lightning” code talks. For this event, each d...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 30th May 2016
June 3, 2016
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May 20, 2016
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May 13, 2016
Shaking up early product development, part 2: The Minimum Viable Pr...
May 4, 2016
An MVP is a Minimum Viable Product. This is the smallest possible thing that delivers value and you can learn from. Your MVP can usually be thought of as your initial product; the first thing you try to sell to your customer. But your MVP can help...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 25th April 2016
April 29, 2016
Shaking up early product development, part 1: Using journey mapping...
April 27, 2016
We’re all trying to create a product or service that is valuable to our users. So it’s important to remember that the only people who can really think like our users are our users. Looking at our product or service through the eyes of our us...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 18th April 2016
April 22, 2016
Spanning the rift: Beginning your first agile project in a waterfal...
April 21, 2016
One of the first mistakes you could make is thinking that the transition from waterfall to agile as being simply a process change – a change from one set of processes and practices to another.
It’s much more about your culture and behaviour. In t...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 11th April 2016
April 15, 2016
4 reasons why it’s wise to bring your developers along to business ...
April 14, 2016
Traditionally, the waterfall process excludes developers from being involved in “non-development” meetings. This is for a number of reasons. Primarily it was seen as “not a developer’s responsibility”, where business analysts/lead designers/...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 4th April 2016
April 8, 2016
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April 1, 2016
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March 24, 2016
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March 18, 2016
Event: Digitalising Local Government Services
March 18, 2016
With ongoing spending cuts and budgets getting tighter and tighter, it’s becoming more costly for local councils to maintain their services as they currently work. Shifting these services to digital reduces running costs, increases accessibility a...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 7th March 2016
March 11, 2016
Recruitment: Test Driven Candidate Self Selection
March 7, 2016
The Problem
I have been to a number of university careers fairs - as both a job seeker and an employer - and know how awkward those conversations with somebody that you do not know, who almost definitely intimidates you, can be. As a jobseeker yo...
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 29th February 2016
March 4, 2016
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February 26, 2016
Unboxed Roundup: Our links for w/c 15th February 2016
February 19, 2016
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February 12, 2016