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Thanks to all of you that have emailed me regarding my post, I do enjoy the emails that I receive from around the world - and there were a number of questions posed that I decided to add as a supplement Blog post to the original post from yesterday... First off, questions around the iTunes image that was posted... I used to live in the ...

With Midem  only two weeks away, the South of France will again, be a stage for the music industry to work itself into a frenzy to figure out the best route forward into discovering how to rescue itself from the brink of its own self-importance/ destruction. I’ve attended, spoke & networked through many of these events in ...

By now, you will have seen why some of us at EMC Consulting have been a bit quiet recently, it’s because we’ve been working on something that has been secret up until today – the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta. The launch happened in San Francisco and London tonight with Gorillaz headlining in London, during which were revealed a number of ...

A few months back I posted a collection of Microsoft Surface tips from the Twitter hashtag #Surfacetip. The 140 character limit is somewhat challenging so I'm planning to tackle these tips one-by-one in a tad more detail.I’ll start with a simple tip, but one that resonates with me from recent projects, and that is ensuring that everyone ...

Last week Hungry Hippo came to Microsoft Surface.  As a child I munched my way through many a white plastic marble so I am fascinated to see how this classic children’s board game takes to a digital makeover. A number of puzzles, board games and arcade games have already been given the Surface treatment. Last month the ...

Even when you work with world-class brands (retailers, mobile phone companies, finance companies, all sorts…) they still ask who in the world does digital customer experience the best. So, often they ask “who is the best in our industry online?” and often ask us the same question more generally, looking to find examples to follow from other ...

Microsoft Surface is a 30–inch diagonal display in a table, with an acrylic tabletop. The resolution is lower than on a regular computer screen, which makes graphics and text look less sharp. This creates some challenges for designers. Sans serif fonts with minimal flourishes, flowing outlines, consistent widths, and generous negative space can be ...

OK, with just a week to go it’s time to tell you what we’re doing at MIX this year. Last year, I looked at a whole bunch of stuff in Virgins, Spaceships and Hobnailed Boots but we focused in on a few things like the power of brand experience, and how you go about it with the philosophy of Total Experience Design where you have to look wider than ...

With the official launch of Microsoft Surface in Europe just a week or so away, I thought it was time I updated the world on what we’re doing with it. As a Microsoft Surface partner, based in London, working across the entire Europe and EMEA region, but part of a global organisation, we’ve been working with Microsoft Surface for over six months ...

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