SEO is often described as the “greatest swindle since the emperor’s clothes or the discovery of snake oil.” Whilst that may be true at a moral level, it’s sadly not the case at a business level. For years, a cat and mouse game has been played out between Google (the police) and SEO companies (the […]
by Martin Dower It’s been a while in the making but welcome to our highly-responsive, mobile-first, new web-site. We’re using the updated WordPress 3.5 platform with the VNX Framework. We trust you like it and welcome comments, good or bad, our updated site. Why update? Our previous site didn’t use our latest VNX Framework and […]
Connected are proud to announce the launch of VNX 4.0 Designed as a world-leading digital framework and based on 10 years of platform development, VNX provides an ideal, fully curated digital platform on which to build world-class strategies, easily and quickly. The key features are: Cloud-based, scaleable architecture to handle up to 5m visitors per […]
I magically appeared at Connected at the end of October, to help them with the new web-site, add some colour to the place and drive some social work. I previously worked for AOL and I’ve got a few years under my belt and excited to look forward to working with the boys here – they […]
As the New Year kicks off we’re finally implementing a number of key changes to how we support, develop and grow in 2013. We’ve been evolving over the last 18 months or so to be a more agile and flexible organisation and that means we’ve been busy slaying sacred cows over the last year. Goodbye […]
by Martin Dower Rather than a tired long debate of trends to watch for in 2013 I thought I’d jot down just the key words around some the big things happening – almost as a tag cloud. Opinions are all mine and many will be wrong but it’s a lot of fun sticking your neck […]
Ok, not strictly true but when the US DoD decides that due to the continued failure of waterfall (read: traditional) project control, all projects must be agile it sends an interesting signal to the outside world. If you believe the proponents of Agile/Scrum, there has been a twenty-fold increase in the demand for Agilists over […]
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We’ve been huge fans of 37Signals over the years, using Basecamp, Highrise and Backpack for almost 5 years. Recently the folks in Chicago moved to BCX, a new platform that actually doesn’t suit us at all well and whilst they continue to support Basecamp Classic you have to think the time is almost up. We […]
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How times have changed for web-design companies: Back in the 1990’s a web design company would be responsible for close to 100% of the code deployed. This is not the case today, web sites are built on development frameworks and use a plethora of plugins and layered applications. A typical web site uses countless third-party […]
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We are not, and I repeat, not an SEO company. In fact it’s fair to say we’ve had a healthy disregard for the blackhat boys that have loitered on the fringes of our industry since the dawn of search engines. However, there are some standard best practices around meta tags that we all should adhere […]
Despite the temptations of heading south we’re proud to have been based in the heart of Yorkshire since 1997. Today is the day that all Yorkshire folk stand-up and loudly proclaim their love for God’s County. Maybe not. We’ll sink a couple of beers tonight and toast to the rain, flatcaps (thanks Tim) and whippets. […]
If we don’t actively get involved with protecting what the Internet is and what it stands for then it will be twisted to benefit corporations by ignorant politicians. Probably. The greatest Brit of the current generation (no, not David Beckham, I’m talking about Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the world-wide web … and then gave […]
The battle rages on as Apple seek to dominate the mobile space via the ubiquitous Apple App Store – this is forcing companies to ask huge questions about development platforms. Should we develop an App or build a mobile web-site? The process to decide which route you go down is clouded with the terribly subjective […]
Here at Connected Towers we are huge fans of putting users at the centre of application design. At its most simplistic level it’s pretty easy to understand what works and what doesn’t. However, we have to start somewhere. We need to lay the first brick, so to speak. A great place to start is the […]
myBookingWizard.com is our self-contained, high-performance Online Booking application that is cloud-hosted and offers a best-in-class experience with KISS at it’s heart. With lots of new clients coming along for the ride it’s developed quite a following. From financial services to healthcare to the auto industry, myBookingWizard.com is proving to be highly adaptable and popular. As […]
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There has been a lot of talk recently about the missing decade and I was very kindly sent a really cool infographic from Julianna Davies who has kindly allowed me to reproduce it here. Enjoy. […]
I remember a time before App Stores, before controlled content, before Apple dominated personal devices. Hands-up, I like Apple devices and I really like how they’ve turned the Keep It Simple, Stupid (KISS) into fastest growth story the world has seen. It’s impressive. But I have a little voice nagging away at the back of […]
This post was inspired by seeing the mainstream adoption of platforms and wondering where it all ends. I’m not comfortable in a world controlled by Apple, Google or Facebook and whilst the masses are happy at the moment I can promised you that will change, it always does. Remember Alta-Vista, mySpace and FriendReunited? The platform […]
The world of BRAND is changing and charging headlong towards SOCIAL BRANDING but what does that really mean? It’s not a case of throwing up a Facebook page and waiting for engagement to occur, it’s more fluid and far more interactive than that. At the core it’s about building relationships with engaged consumers and weaving […]
Not all of us are huge fans of Facebook but you certainly can’t ignore it and as something like 75% of online time for under 25s is spent on the monolith we thought it was time to update our presence and make it look a little better. We’ve taken out our best blunt crayons and […]
