Insights

Our team was crowned as winners of the Barclays Hackathon at unBound London! Participants were challenged to ideate and create products that could help shape the future of FinTech. In less than two days, our team combined Barclays’ APIs with an innovative Internet of Things concept that the judges loved.

We are delighted the Wirehive 100 Awards have recognised the passion, skill and experience of Cyber-Duck’s leading figures for the second year in a row. Against a striking theatrical backdrop at Guildford’s G-Live, our CEO Danny was announced as their first Digital Leader of the Year, while our Design Director Craig took the the Creative of the Year crown. 

Our project with Cancer Research Technology has earned a third accolade! Ximbio was shortlisted for the UXUK Awards this year, amidst tough competition from household names including HSBC, NatWest and Amnesty International. As yet another benchmark for UX excellence in user-focused design, this collection of nominations demonstrates the power of our proven UX process.   

MozFest is an annual, hands-on festival held by the Mozilla Foundation that celebrates the open Web. It brings together technologists, industry leaders and creators to inspire, teach and hack innovative solutions with the community. Our team was thrilled to be a part of this year’s festivities, running our third workshop with MozFest – this time on user-centred design. 

From November 18, 2015, Cyber-Duck will be hosting drop-in hours at our Farringdon office every Wednesday. Come by for a chat with our experts over coffee, tea and croissants! We’re open to anyone in the community – from small businesses and social enterprises, to charities and independent projects.

With long-standing client Wilmington plc, Danny and Sylvain recently offered insights into the five key elements all businesses must include in their digital marketing strategies for 2016. Here are the main takeaways.

It’s time for Cyber-Duck’s fourth annual Quack Hack! Inspired by our business challenges, 19 ducks dreamed and developed creative, ambitious projects in our intensive, 24-hour Hackathon. Here’s a snapshot of our weekend.  

At this year’s Quack Hack, Craig and I teamed up to build ‘Can I Ride?’. Our animated app allows users to check the weather and see if the conditions are best for riding their scooters. More importantly, this project was a way for us to experiment with coding performance-optimised animations. 

Working against challenging briefs, budgets and timelines, our days are often focused on getting things done to the best of our ability. Giving someone the congratulations they deserve can get lost along the way.