Two weeks ago we took the wrapping off Artwiculate, a word-of-the-day competition for Twitter.

It’s had a phenomenal reception with Mashable, Swiss Miss and Lifehacker blogging about it. In just two weeks we’ve gained over 4000 followers and had some 16,000 visits to the website.

Tamahome Jenkins kindly wrote,

“If I wasn’t already on Twitter, I’d probably sign up for a Twitter account just to play this…”

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On 2 September 2009 the Future of Web Design Tour visited Belfast. Six speakers covered topics from typography to microformats – here are six highlights for an interesting and thought-provoking day.
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In an astounding feat Eddie Izzard is running 1000 miles around the UK to raise money for Sport Relief.

In support of this amazing challenge we were invited to help create eddieizrunning.com – a Twitter / Google Maps / Twitpic mashup where you can follow Eddie on his journey.

eddieizrunning.com is a joint venture withSteve Jones (concept + app) and Lee Ellis (animation). We provided some server-side expertise.

It’s a work in progress but hopefully it will help raise a few extra pounds for Sport Relief.

We’re proud to announce that we are now members of the Transformation Business Network (TBN).

TBN is a group of businesses seeking to use their skills and experience to make an impact in some of the most needy areas of the world. Continue reading »

Today we are proud to launch ReportBox – a new startup from the Johnston North team.

ReportBox is a website that enables primary schools and teachers to write their annual reports. It was designed and built in consultation with teachers and is full of clever features to make writing reports quicker and easier.

We’ve already had some great feedback and the website was recently featured on Web Designer Depot, FeedMyApp, KillerStartups, CSS Based and eHub.

Find out more by reading our case study or visiting the website – http://www.reportbox.com.

It’s been a little over a month since my first post on Twitter. I was skeptical that I’d ever get beyond 2 or 3 but embraced it wholeheartedly. Now with 40+ updates and 50+ followers it’s slowly becoming a habit.

Here’s some reflections on how Twitter has improved my business in the first month. Continue reading »

Websites can take a long time to put together. Between designing a look-and-feel and writing your content you’d be well justified to think the hard work was done when you launch the site.

Time and time again I see websites left alone once they’ve been launched. It’s understandable but there’s a lot more to be gained from treating your new site as an ongoing project.

Here’s six things you can do to ensure your new website remains an effective and useful tool for your organisation. Continue reading »

Recently I was interviewed by Alison Osborne from jobs.ac.uk.

Alison has blogged about our interview and you can watch it in full at jobs.ac.uk.

We discussed the research recently completed by Johnston North for jobs.ac.uk and chatted through some of the key lessons learnt.

johnstonnorth.com was featured today in Lee Munroe’s article on Smashing Magazine: 10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website

The article covers 10 excellent tips for creating an attractive and effective online portfolio. Continue reading »

jobs.ac.uk have published “How to make your recruitment website more effective“, a report written by Johnston North.

The 73-page report reviews 50 UK university websites assessing them for usability, accessibility, credibility and findability. It contains over 30 recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of recruitment websites. Continue reading »