It's the Third Thursday of the month! Some new launches and an award nomination in this month's fix. Links referenced: Microsoft and Qantas Campaign - Tour with the British & Irish Lions Oval Space Tickets System The Radioplayer Platform The future for Digital Agencies? We've been shortlisted ... more
What couldn’t you live without? http://prototypr.com/ In a nutshell, what is it? It's an app to help designers build iOS prototypes quick and easily. Why does it rock your world? There is nothing complicated about it! Just drag your images into the app and straight away you see it on your iPa ... more
Everything’s changing and I don’t feel the same. When Codegent started, 9 years ago, our life seemed so much simpler: someone needed a website, we knew how to make one and they didn’t so they paid us to do it for them. But so much has happened in the interim: social media, the unprecedented g ... more
A few months ago Bitcoin was just one of these internet phenomena exclusively used by tech-savvy libertarians. Today, everyone has at least heard of it in the news. Bitcoin has come to mainstream attention after its boost in value and the financial crisis in Cyprus. Here we clarify what the fuss is ... more
We’ve been successfully developing our own mobile apps for a couple of years now. Early on we learned that one of the best ways to increase downloads was to cross promote relevant apps as a series or brand. We started with “Learn” but when we build our first kids app we realised the codegent u ... more
It's the Third Thursday of the month! Below is a bit of a fun video we made playing with Facebook's new Home app for your phone. Other links referenced: David talks to BBC News on in-app purchase for kids apps Look What We Found! goes naturally viral on Hot UK Deals ... more
Quite simply having positive customer feedback of your product or service on the internet will have a dramatic increase on conversion rate. Social proof is a key factor in the decision making process and is defined as: Social proof, also known as informational social influence, is a psychologi ... more
What couldn’t you live without? www.designspiration.net In a nutshell, what is it? A website in which you can collect, search and share what inspires you as well as see what inspires the work of your fellow creatives. Why does it rock your world? With design inspiration I'm able to stumble ac ... more
This week the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) vowed to scrutinize mobile apps to see if games put unfair pressure on children to pay for additional content. The BBC came to our studio to interview us for BBC News about what we felt the issues were and what could be done about it. Inevitably, they were ... more
The web seems to be all about social media these days. Since the introduction of Facebook, Twitter & Co in the mid 2000s we tend to use the term “social networks” as a synonym for the social web. But if you think about it, that’s not the whole truth. There are other channels that make the ... more