Going Global: The UX Connections Team Takes Dubai!

We are more than excited to announce that this coming November, the UX Connections team will be taking a trip across the globe to Dubai! An international hub known for its futuristic architecture and never-ending innovation, we are so excited to experience everything Dubai has to offer as a team. So, here’s the first post in our Down in Dubai: UX Inspirations series! With its forward-thinking focus, Dubai is commonly…

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SXSW Sydney

SXSW comes to Sydney in October 2023!

It has recently been announced that the world-renowned tech conference, SXSW will be expanding to Australia and Asia Pacific in 2023, being held in the home city of our Australia office, Sydney!  This is a great development for the southern hemisphere, with hopes it will aid the advancement of Sydney’s tech industry. In recent years, NSW has upped technology funding within Sydney in the hope to rival the likes of…

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As AI Grows, So Must Our Code of Ethics

Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping businesses and society as we know them. Caught up in a paradigm of rapid adoption and scaling, are ethical considerations taking a backseat in this race for digital superiority? In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine was sacked by the tech giant for claiming that its transformer-based neural model LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) was sentient. Since June, Lemoine has raised numerous…

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Worldwide Automotive: Motor Shows

If you are a car enthusiast, there are probably a few days that you mark in your calendar for motor shows. Since, for people who are passionate about cars, motor shows are experiential events where they can witness the debut of new models, eye the out-of-reach concept cars and even rare classics. Do not worry if you are new to the community and don’t know where to start. We will…

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Centre for Alternative Technology

The Mission Of CAT: Introduction to the Centre for Alternative Technology

As part of our quarterly charity donation, UX Connections are happy to support an environmental organisation working towards a zero carbon world! The organisation is called Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), and we are excited to champion their cause by making a £1,000 donation to support their work to create a better world for us and future generations. What is CAT? CAT is an educational charity, founded in 1973, with…

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UX Connections Supporting The Centre for Alternative Technology

UX Connections is joining The Centre for Alternative Technology’s efforts in protecting our beautiful planet. To show our support, we reached out to sponsor the charitable organisation with the amount of £1000. Meanwhile, UX Connections is launching a social media campaign around CAT (The Centre for Alternative Technology) and sustainability, to call attention to the environment.  Shifting the focus from social entrepreneurship alongside Guy’s Atlantic Challenge, this quarter UX Connections…

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SEO and UX: A Brief Overview

In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that SEO is a ranking system that is constantly evolving. What was once a practice that involved using a never-ending amount of links, or making a dedicated keyword page, now involves a long list of factors to be taken into account – one of which is user experience. The UX of a website involves not only how it looks, but also how…

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Saying Goodbye to SXSW 2022

Sadly, SXSW 2022 is coming to an end this Sunday, and so the UX Connections team has returned back to London and Gothenburg from sunny Austin! During our incredible trip, we gained considerable knowledge, both industry-wise and skill-wise. So, we thought we would share with you just a few standout lessons from the talks we attended at the conference. We hope you will enjoy reading them as much as we…

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UX Connections Austin

The UX Connections Austin Bucket List

Austin has an international reputation for being an exciting, zany, slightly-whacky place. After all, the slogan ‘Keep Austin Weird’ is seen and heard all over the city, so it makes sense as to why it has such a unique, individual culture. Seeing as the whole team will be visiting as part of our SXSW trip, we thought we would do a bit of research and start to build our ‘Austin…

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UX Connections SXSW Calendar: Our Conference Game Plan

As SXSW begins in T-minus four days, we knew we needed to get prepared in terms of our game plan for the conference – aka how we’re going to make it so that everyone can see something they’re really interested in! We’ve devised a plan, a calendar of sorts, that lays out the top-priority talks that our consultants and team members are wanting to attend, containing dates, times and speakers.…

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5 Must-See Speakers at SXSW 2022

Now that we have introduced SXSW in our previous post, you’re all clued-up on what it is and why we’re going. So, we thought we would list a couple of people scheduled to speak there, and why we’re excited to hear what they have to say, and the insights we’ll gain from their expertise! SXSW invites heavyweights in tech and design industries to the conference every year, and this year…

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SXSW 101: All You Need to Know About the Upcoming Event

We are more than excited to announce that the UX Connections team will be attending SXSW in Austin, Texas this coming March! This is a great opportunity for us to stay updated on tech and ux trends, information and innovation. So, we wanted to create a little ‘SXSW 101’ to introduce the festival to our followers who may or may not know much about it at all, as well as…

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