Posted on 8th November 2011 in Business
When thinking about how to support mobile, instead of thinking about having to choose from one option or another, think about building your mobile strategy around a number of different degrees of support; with browser based access the bare minimum basic level, mobile optimised support as one level up and native applications as the ultimate, highest level of support possible.
Posted on 25th October 2011 in Business & Interface Design & User Experience
User experience design and interface design are not one in the same and neither should, or can successfully, just be added at the end of a product’s development as the “polish on top”
Posted on 10th October 2011 in Business
Since setting myself up as a contractor just over a year and a half ago I’ve been contacted by a lot of recruiters. Some good, some bad, some terrible. I needed a way of keeping track of who was who and Highrise was the answer.
Posted on 19th July 2011 in Business
Don’t aim to fail, aim to learn what works and what doesn’t and adapt.
Posted on 15th July 2011 in Business & User Experience
If you want your customers to trust you and, more importantly, stick with you when times are tough you must be open, honest and responsive when things go wrong. And you must also never raise expectations beyond what can be delivered. A lesson Virgin Media need to learn
Posted on 29th June 2011 in Business & Interface Design
Those of you who follow me on twitter (@jmcquarrie) will know that I revealed a new design here at jmcquarrie.co.uk this week.
The update was much needed and incorporates a number of changes that I’ve been meaning to make since I launched the last version of the site just over a year ago.
Posted on 6th September 2010 in Business & User Experience
A follow up to my “How supermarkets could blend the online and the offline Worlds to make customers more loyal” article
Posted on 2nd August 2010 in Business
A brand new online publication Consultive Magazine launched today
Posted on 20th July 2010 in Business & User Experience
Providing online spend analysis for customers who shop with a loyalty card could help supermarkets keep customers coming back for more on and offline
Posted on 5th July 2010 in Business & User Experience
1) The people who buy the software are not the end users. 2) Software designed to do everything for everyone will not be very good at any one thing. 3) It is really hard to define a great user experience, or prove that a system offers one
Posted on 27th June 2010 in Business & User Experience
As more and more organisations start offering their software using a cloud computing model the user experience of their offerings become more and more critical to the success of attracting and retaining customers.
Posted on 22nd June 2010 in Business & Interface Design & User Experience
Welcome to the official website of JMcQuarrie Ltd
Posted on 6th December 2007 in Business
Content personalisation is the Holy-Grail of web design, could card counting be the answer?
Posted on 29th November 2007 in Business
Building your application for one browser is always a business issue
Posted on 15th November 2007 in Business
Online shopping survey results
Posted on 8th November 2007 in Business
Online shopping survey
Posted on 1st November 2007 in Business & Interface Design
Do you browse left to right or up and down?
Posted on 11th October 2007 in Business & User Experience
10 principles for designing better websites
Posted on 4th October 2007 in Business
What you design and build should align with where you’re going as an organisation
Posted on 13th September 2007 in Business
As advertisers realise this they will cotton on to a, as yet relatively untapped, marketing platform; roofs.
Posted on 23rd August 2007 in Business
Part three of a three part series
Posted on 2nd August 2007 in Business
For years organisation’s have struggled to realise the potential of their collective knowledge because they have no way of collecting or sharing it. Could Social Networking be the answer?
Posted on 27th July 2007 in Business
I started building websites way back in late 2000, having read my way through the book “Learn HTML in a weekend”. It got me hooked, and I’ve been involved in designing, developing and maintaining websites in some form or another ever since.