New website launched for TradeRiver (UK)
We were recently commissioned to build a new website for our client TradeRiver (UK). TradeRiver offers a revolving credit facility to...
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Ian Showell
- Feb 22, 2017
- 3 min
What’s interesting at Travel Technology Europe 2017
I reckon its 10 years since I first went to the Travel Technology Europe show. I needed to replace the green-screen inventory and booking...
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Ian Showell
- Jul 5, 2016
- 3 min
New online booking module for Ramblers Holidays
With most of my work going on ‘behind the scenes’ in travel technology, its not often that I get to write about specific projects that 2...
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Ian Showell
- Mar 15, 2016
- 2 min
Is virtual reality really going to be in every home within the next 10 years?
Today I had the fantastic opportunity to try out a virtual reality headset at the TTI Spring Conference, displaying some Thomas Cook...
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Ian Showell
- Apr 19, 2015
- 6 min
User-testing back office systems – 7 things I have learned
As I have noted in previous posts, there is comparatively little information about the value and best practice of user testing in...
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Ian Showell
- Feb 23, 2015
- 3 min
The importance of good UX in back office systems
I’ve met a lot of user experience professionals, and read about the work of many others. I think many of the people that do this job are...
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Ian Showell
- Jan 23, 2015
- 4 min
Business Analysis & User Experience – how does Agile fit in?
Last night I went along to the ‘BA & UX’ event organised by the UK chapters of IIBA and UXPA, with speakers as follows: “BA and UX:...
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Ian Showell
- Dec 31, 2014
- 3 min
What 2 Aardvarks did in 2014 (and what’s to come in 2015!)
It has been a very productive few months for 2 Aardvarks Ltd, which was incorporated at the end of May this year, with client contracts...
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Ian Showell
- Dec 7, 2014
- 3 min
The Usability Appreciation Paradox
We all love a bit of appreciation, don’t we? Whether it’s a simple thank you from a customer who you have given good service to, an...
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Ian Showell
- Nov 24, 2014
- 3 min
Is ingenuity or research more important?
Imagine you are a genius. Well, perhaps you don’t have to imagine because you are actually a genius, but anyway… You are a genius, and...
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Ian Showell
- Nov 17, 2014
- 3 min
My chance at The Apprentice
Ever since I first saw The Apprentice, I have secretly yearned to be a contestant on the show. It’s not being on TV that appeals, nor the...
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Ian Showell
- Nov 10, 2014
- 6 min
Annoying things around St Pancras Station
At the end of day 2 of ‘Usability Week’, we were asked to identify 5 poor user experience in the hotel where we are staying. Well, I am...
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Ian Showell
- Nov 9, 2014
- 2 min
6 things I learned about Usability – Usability Week Day 1
This week it is back to school for 2 Aardvarks as I am attending ‘Usability Week’ – an intensive 5 day course in usability and user...
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