May 19A beginner’s guide to accessibilityAccessibility isn’t anything new, but for years has been viewed as an afterthought by many organisations when it should be a continuous commitment. However, we’re now seeing accessible services shift to the forefront, and it’s something many of us at Code care passionately about. At least one billion people —…Accessibility4 min read
Apr 1How to design for autismAbout 1 in 100 people have autism. That makes 700,000 people in the UK alone, and around 1% of the entire world population. Research suggests that many autistic people feel the most comfortable online, which results in a high representation of autistic online users who socialise, shop and learn frequently. …Design3 min read
Jul 14, 202110 things we’ve learned since becoming a digital product studioAs little as five years ago, businesses that designed websites and created digital solutions were all termed ‘digital agencies’. They were categorised as a web build business or a digital design agency, but that all changed when a new approach came to the fore — product thinking and product development. …Product3 min read
Jan 27, 20215 reasons why major businesses are adopting agileIn a new industry survey, 89.7% of client businesses said that the most significant thing they are changing in 2021 is ‘ways of working’, with more than a third of those questioned planning to change something as fundamental as a business model. A major trend in line with this wave…Agile4 min read
Oct 14, 2020We need to talk about pairingTeam dynamics are a big thing at Code, influenced by thinking like Susan Wheelan’s work on creating effective teams. When you mix disciplines together in a team, collaboration becomes easier. Natural even. But not all problems need solving by a whole team at once. Whilst most product team routines happen…Collaboration3 min read
Published in Computerlovers·Sep 17, 2018Why you can build quickly, cheaply and well — but rarely at the same timeProduct | August 10, 2018 Most working professionals know the fragility of best-practise guidelines in testing times. When a shouty boss, a looming deadline or a budget crisis comes along, these guidelines are often cast aside. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In those scenario, short-term thinking takes…Agile4 min read
Published in Computerlovers·Jun 22, 2018We asked 1000 people; ‘what do you ask your Voice Assistant?’It’s no surprise or incredible insight that there’s been a massive rise in the ownership and use of Voice Activated Virtual Assistants in the UK. Especially since Christmas 2017, when almost 50% of the smart speakers in our homes today were under the tree. …Voice Assistant2 min read
Published in Computerlovers·Jun 4, 2018What we’ve learned from the 100,000 people who’ve completed our ‘What kind of designer are you?’ quizThe ‘what kind of designer are you?’ quiz started as an internal workshop exercise to help our Experience Design team better understand how their skills and interests overlapped so that we could learn how to collaborate more effectively. In doing this, we realised we had a formula that might be…Design3 min read
Published in Computerlovers·Jun 4, 2018A beginner’s guide to agileTony Foggett, our CEO, talks agile and why it is so important to Code. Here is what Google says is the definition of Agile. It’s wrong actually. Agile is not a project management methodology. …Agile5 min read
Published in Computerlovers·Jun 4, 2018What we learned from our first Build WeekAs a team, one of our objectives for 2018 is to create a variety of new products, separate from the company’s traditional portfolio of client work. …Experiment5 min read
