In a time when there is a lot of hype about AI and Machine Learning, it’s great to read about large companies taking it seriously and trying to improve their processes rather than retreating behind the 'platform not publisher' cloak of 'responsibility'. Most recently,...
Technology Posts
AI has a WEIRD problem
In the world of AI everything is changing and becoming more of a challenge and bias is becoming more of an issue. Just how do we ensure that we understand what the AI is doing and understand where bias may be being introduced? With AI becoming a more commonplace part...
Mastering the complexity of marketing technology
So, you have committed to data as the route to better marketing. You understand your data landscape and its potential. You recognise the gaps that you need to fill and how to do that. And you are committed to making data a high quality asset. The next thing to tackle...
Using Alexa to gather customer feedback
If you are working with Alexa Skills, it's inevitable you start to think for possible executions, use cases and looking around at what other people have implemented. One of the most immediate and natural implementations is customer service. Consider allowing your...
Creating a bespoke Bing Multiple Link Disavow Tool
If you are reading this, I assume you’re experiencing the woes of the Bing Disavow Link Tool (provided by Bing Webmaster Tools). Or maybe you’re just interested in disavowing links. The tool’s functionality allows you to submit domain, page, or directory URLs...
Creating a Vanilla UI Framework
If you read my previous post here, you’ll know that we have recently put a new way of working on the front end of projects into practice. Our old method involved making use of the third party frameworks from Zurb and Twitter - those being Foundation and Bootstrap,...
UI Frameworks – Bootstrap
In this article, I’ll be explain what Bootstrap is and how you can use it to quickly help you produce a responsive website. About Bootstrap To quote the Bootstrap website: “Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile...
Breaking away from Bootstrap
What is responsive web development? Responsive web design involves creating sites which can adapt to suit a number of devices, making the experience of reading and navigating the site totally easy for the user with minimal resizing, panning, or scrolling. We all know...
An Introduction to AGILE Project Management
Working here for over four years now has given me great opportunities to work within the different team structures throughout the company on a number of very different high profile projects. This has provided me with a foundation to manage projects effectively with...