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What Happens to Newspapers?
How can newspapers survive falling circulation figures and spiralling ad revenues? Has new media led to their destruction or can it help to reinvent and rejuvenate the format? Join the debate to learn more.
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Approaching the Crossover
Crossover is a series of ‘innovation labs’ for creative professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds: game developers, tv and film producers, web designers, animators, theatre practitioners and others.
moreI'll Show You Mine
Part showcase, part confessional - ten of the UK’s finest digital designers bare their creative souls and share their work and wisdom. Each will reveal - in less than seven minutes - ‘the best advice I’ve ever been given’.
moreCreative Juice
Creative companies and individuals based in London are being offered a unique opportunity to develop their business skills, gain a better understanding of how to put their creative skills to the best use of their businesses, and how to maximise the revenue derived from their talents.
moreMind the Skills Gap
New research from Chinwag confirms what many working in the new media sector already know. There is a severe shortage of suitable digital people despite increasing numbers of posts that demand them.
moreAccessibility for Better Business
Businesses of all sizes are missing out on opportunities to create new leads and make more sales because they aren’t following basic web accessibility practices. That’s according to a new white paper from CMS developer Squiz. Ian Delaney reports.
moreVisibility in Search
The UK’s small and medium sized businesses are wasting an estimated £3bn investing in websites that are virtually invisible to search engines according to a new report. With nearly 70 per cent of the UK population online, Tim Hoang reports on whether UK firms are missing a potentially lucrative trick.
moreBuilding a Business on Free
Fantastic. Prince gave away his new CD for ‘free’ with a national newspaper, former Kinks frontman, Ray Davies, is soon to follow and Radiohead recently invited you, Joe Public, to decide precisely how much (or not), to pay for the digital release of their latest oeuvre, In Rainbows…
moreUser Centred Design - Course
In order to make sure your site meets your audience’s needs, you need to start by understanding your audience. This one day course demonstrates a variety of industry-standard tools and techniques that allow you to gain insight into your audience, what they are looking for online, and how to give it to them.
moreFOWA: Turn Your App into a Business
Ted Rheingold, the founder of the Dogster and Catster social sites for pet owners, advised delegates at the Future of Web Apps on the teething pains that attend turning a simple gimmick or tool on the web into a full-time job.
moreTime to go Freelance?
Pay rates for design freelancers are up in many cases, particularly when it comes to digital disciplines, according to DesignWeek’s second annual survey.
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