Shaun Mccran

My digital playground

07
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2011

Removing the recommendation videos from Youtube after playback

You know when you watch a video on Youtube there are recommendations that follow it? Well you can turn those recommendations off if you want.

Here's how.

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14
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2011

Confusing Form handling from the new www.Game.co.uk website

www.Game.co.uk recently re-launched their website. There is a new design and a they have changed the search and categories system.

One of the other things they have changed is the 'Your Account' system including the login screen. Login screens have long been both a requirement and a barrier to users on transactional websites and how you allow users to interact with them can have a massive impact on your usability and sales.

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15
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2011

How best to approach introducing new development standards into a team

One of the issues I've been faced with is applying a hard and fast set of standards to a team of developers, whilst maintaining a balance of getting work out the door.

I can't just wade into the team with new process and Quality Assurance routines and not expect there to be a few bumps in the road.

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22
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2011

Book review: CMS Design Using PHP and JQuery

I was recently approached by Packt Publishing to review one of their new books, CMS Design using PHP and JQuery. They mentioned that I'm always talking about JQuery so thought I'd be an ideal test subject.

I've dabbled in some PHP, and JQuery is an everyday tool in my arsenal so I was more than happy to give it a read.

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