Insights

At Cyber-Duck, we pride ourselves on producing award-winning, responsive web solutions for our fantastic clients. We’re happy to announce that our re-design for Sparks Direct has been highly commended for the ‘Best Electrical Wholesaler Website’ at the Electrical Wholesaler Awards last month. The Sparks team were joined by leading suppliers and wholesalers in the electrical industry for the prestigious award ceremony, which took place at the Guoman Tower Hotel in London.

We were selected by UX London to deliver our “User experience design for the responsive web” and “Become a better UX designer through code” workshops at last week’s conference. On day one, eager participants were guided through a hands-on implementation of Cyber-Duck’s refined processes and insights to improve user experience techniques. On day two, we gave a lesson in coding a responsive website from scratch.

Have you experienced an unusual fall in enquiries since the end of May? Check your website statistics – a loss in traffic could have affected your new business pipeline. This could be linked to Google’s announcement of their latest algorithm update, Panda 4.0, on the 19th of May 2014. If you’re still struggling to regain your rankings, have a look at our 10-step guide on the actions you can take to improve your website.

As part of Cyber-Duck’s R&D culture, we constantly evaluate emerging technology trends, to optimise our workflow and be prepared for the future. So, we developed Hoisin.scss, a simple, responsive mini framework, which standardises the work of our front-end team, while giving us full, creative control to tailor work to each project. Here, I will explain the process behind the framework’s creation, and the advantages it brings.

We are delighted that Danny has been selected as one of BIMA’s Hot 100 digital personalities of 2014; being listed alongside the best in UK digital for 2 years in a row is a fantastic accolade, which reflects the great work of the team, both in and out of the office.

Yesterday, I was selected to present a case study for ‘Rackspace Unlocked: The Hybrid Cloud’ in London; this event is part of the Rackspace Academy, where experts are invited to help educate businesses and developers on how to make the most of cloud hosting solutions. My practical expertise on how to build the most effective payment portals in the Cloud became a crucial element of the eCommerce track; I’ve recapped the highlights of the conference here. 

I’ve been wanting to break some of the negative myths surrounding CSS pre-processors for quite a while, so when I got the opportunity to speak at SXSWi 2014 in Austin, Texas, I knew this would be the perfect forum to do so. I also wanted to provide useful tips and techniques to get started, and reveal how this technology can help developers to vastly improve their efficiency when coding CSS.

Cyber-Duck were excited to get involved in Startup Weekend London, based at Google Campus. Danny revealed the importance of prioritising basic user experience (UX) principles in startup business models before the 54-hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation began; he also returned to judge the final pitches at the climax of the weekend.

Digital agencies, organisations, and their customers have all been affected by the Heartbleed vulnerability, which was discovered earlier this week. We take internet security seriously here at Cyber-Duck; here, we explain what the issue is, our response and provide top tips to help you deal with it.