The panel at the #cocreateDESIGN FESTIVAL 2022 from left to right: Georgia McTaggart, Help Up Initiative. Charon Büchner-Marais, Co-Go Collaborative Governance for Water Security. Romy Stander, NGO Water for the Future. Africa Melane, MC Creative Exchange. #cocreate #TheCDI #CreativeExchange #DesignThinking #design #innovation #DesignInspiration #creativity #ServiceDesign #HumanCenteredDesign #DesignIdeas #Collaboration #Governance #Craft #LoveCapeTown #CapeTownForFree #Blogger #YoursTrulyJuly (at Youngblood Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkN76f4qCHv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#BrandFail: X (formerly Twitter)

Brand Fail: X (formerly Twitter) #YoursTrulyJuly #TechBlogger #TechBlog #TechTuesday #TechTip #tech #techie #digital #online #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #usability #UX #UserExperience #UsabilityFail #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #BrandFail #GoodPractice #Twitter #X #TwitterX

  I guess everyone who knows about Twitter, also knows that it’s now known as ‘X’. However, when people refer to ‘X’, they often add: “Formerly Twitter” or “Previously Twitter”.   It’s been 2 years since Elon Musk initiated the acquisition of American social media company Twitter, Inc. on April 14, 2022, which finally concluded on October 27, 2022. Following Twitter’s change in ownership, Musk…

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#LocalisationFail: Windows Spotlight features Spring when it's Autumn

Localisation Fail: Windows Spotlight features Spring when it's Autumn. #LocalisationFail brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #GoodPracticeTip #GoodPractice #YoursTrulyJuly #TechBlog #tech #online #digital #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #UsabilityFail #usability #UX #UserExperience #uxdesign #design #DesignTips #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #WindowsSpotlight #Windows #promo #Promotion #Advertising

Windows Spotlight presents me with a spring themed campaign, when it’s autumn here in the southern hemisphere: “Springtime means performance reviews are just around the corner”   Quite a statement Microsoft makes here, because none of this applies to me: not even that it’s springtime, let alone some kind of performance reviews around the corner. Since the entire computer is configured for and…

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#TechBlog: If the url says 'Twitter', it's 'Twitter'

Tech Blog: If the url says 'Twitter', it's 'Twitter'. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechBlogger #TechBlog #TechTuesday #TechTip #tech #techie #digital #online #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #usability #UX #UserExperience #UsabilityFail #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #GoodPractice #Twitter #X

  The whole X dilemma apparently comes from Elon Musk purchasing the x.com url back in the day and when buying Twitter he could finally put it to use. Well then: Why does the url still use ‘twitter’? If it’s meant to be ‘X’, why does the url say ‘Twitter’?    

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Happy #WorldRatDay 2024!

Happy #WorldRatDay 2024! 🐭 ❤️ #RatsMakeGreatPets #WorldRatDay #EmotionalSupportAnimal #RattieSitting #RatSitter #RatHotel #pet #rat #rattie #PetRat #FancyRat #RatLove #RatsAreAwesome #CuteRats #RatsAsPets #PetsNotPests #ILoveRats #RatMom #humom #YoursTrulyJuly #AdoptDontShop #RatBodyLanguage #RatBehavior #RatCare

  Happy World Rat Day!   Rats make great pets! On World Rat Day we celebrate how pet rats intuitively know their humans, show empathy, love, care and are always there to uplift the mood. To remind us what amazing animals they are and how to better understand rats, a lovely little visual guide to read their body language by Lili Chin:   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lili Chin 🍉🫒…

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#UsabilityFail: Wrong shades of grey

Usability Fail: Wrong shades of grey. #GoodPractice #Tip brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechTuesday #TechBlogger #TechTip #tech #techie #digital #online #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #usability #UX #UserExperience #uxdesign #WebDesign #UsabilityFail #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #GoodPractice #BetterDigitalWorld #ContentIsKing #QualityOverQuantity #VAC #ValueAddedContent #typography

  If you want your audience to read your content, start with the basics: Make it readable.   Unlike this example:   I cannot even read the grey font on the slightly lighter background. My watermark is more prominent than their copy.   You can say what you want about design, if it doesn’t follow function, it fails. What is the point of fancy looking copy if you can’t read it. This clearly is a…

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#TechBlog: It's #MyTwitterAnniversary, not #MyXAnniversary

Tech Blog: It's #MyTwitterAnniversary and not #MyXAnniversary. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechBlogger #tech #techie #digital #online #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #usability #UX #UserExperience #UsabilityFail #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #GoodPractice #Twitter #TwitterAnniversary #X #GrammarNerd

  Logging into Twitter I’m being alerted to check my notification where X informs me: “It’s your X anniversary! Celebrate with a special post created just for you” (Yes, with a missing full stop:)   I’m invited to “Celebrate with a post”   Choosing this results in a prewritten post: “Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary”   Except I didn’t join X. I joined Twitter.   It's…

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#TechTip: How to hide HTML Code

Tech Tip: How to hide HTML Code #TechTip brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #TechTuesday #online #digital #internet #Hack #Trick #Tech #Tip #HowTo #usability #UX #UserExperience #TechBlogger #YoursTrulyJuly #techie #techtrick #techhack #techsupport #tipsandtricks #HTML #code #CommentTag

  In case you want to hide online content rather than deleting it right away off your website: In the code editor, simply add the comment tag to the section of your webpage you want to hide: Start hiding the content with the opening tag: < ! – – Stop hiding the content with the closing tag: – – >  

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#TravelBlog #SANationalParksWeek 2023: 16 to 24 September

#SANationalParksWeek 2023: 16 to 24 September. #TravelTip brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #ItsMySouthAfrica #TravelWiseMzansi #SouthAfrica #MeetSouthAfrica #CapeTown #LoveCapeTown #CapeTownForFree #WesternCape #SANParks #KnowYourParks #LiveYourWild #TravelBlog #YoursTrulyJuly #MahalaWeek #NatureAwaitsYou #RethinkingTourism #ResponsibleTourism #ResponsibleTravel #PlacesToSee #TravelInspiration #HoodUplift #ILoveMyHood #PowerOfTravel #travel #tourism #destination #journey #wanderlust #vacation #holiday #lifestyle #hiking #beach #sea #mountain #fynbos #outdoors #optoutside #getoutside #naturelover #nature #wildlife #wildflowers

Today Minister Creecy launches #SANationalParksWeek @SANParks @SANParksKNP pic.twitter.com/gzg3EdqWfU — Environmentza (@environmentza) September 15, 2023   The 18th annual South African National Parks Week runs from 16th to 24th September 2023. SANParks General Manager: Media, PR & Stakeholder Relations, Rey Thakhuli said, “under the established theme ‘Know Your National Parks’ the weeklong…

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#TechNews: WordPress automatically shares posts to Mastodon

Tech News: WordPress automatically shares posts to Mastodon. #Tech #News brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #WordPress #JetpackSocial #Mastodon #Twitter #TechNews #CyberTips #online #digital #HowTo #usability #UX #UserExperience #TechBlogger #TechBlog #YoursTrulyJuly #techie #techtrick #techhack #tipsandtricks #TechTip #GoodDesign #UXdesign #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #ContentMarketing #ContentIsKing #QualityOverQuantity #VAC #ValueAddedContent

Jetpack Social now allows you to auto-share your WordPress content to Mastodon.   Mastodon is one of the Twitter alternatives, and although the tech world seems to agree Mastodon is not going to replace Twitter, it always gains in numbers when Twitter messes up.   Now there is another channel Mastodon takes over where Twitter disappointed: Twitter auto-sharing stopped due to API pricing increase…

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#DarkPatterns: LinkedIn lures with more when there isn't any

Dark Patterns: LinkedIn lures with more when there isn't any. #GoodPractice #Tip brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechTuesday #TechBlogger #TechTip #tech #techie #digital #online #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #usability #UX #UserExperience #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #UsabilityFail #FOMO #MonopolyIsBad #DarkPatterns #LinkedIn #BetterDigitalWorld #JOMO

I recommend LinkedIn, as it’s a great professional networking platform for jobs and business. But also LinkedIn has its flaws, especially since it was taken over by Microsoft: LinkedIn ‘0 Activity’ but prompts to ‘Show all activity’.   While the statement “This person hasn’t posted yet” with the added explanation: “Recent post this person shares will be displayed here.” should be enough…

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#UsabilityFail: Vague advice is no advice

Usability Fail: Vague advice is no advice. #GoodPractice #Tip brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechTuesday #TechBlogger #TechTip #tech #techie #digital #online #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #usability #UX #UserExperience #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #ValueAddedContent #UsabilityFail #Microsoft #MonopolyIsBad #BetterDigitalWorld

Windows very vague: “You can also connect by pushing the button on the router.”   As I am connecting to the internet on my laptop, Windows offers me some advice: “You can also connect by pushing the button on the router.” I’m not connecting to the internet via a router, so thanks for nothing, Microsoft. But also: Which button? The button. Sorry, which button? The button. Ah, ok: The…

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#UsabilityFail: Google's logo requirements are too restricted

Usability Fail: Google's logo requirements are too restricted. #GoogleFail brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechTuesday #TechBlogger #TechTip #tech #usability #UX #UserExperience #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #UsabilityFail #ValueAddedContent #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #BetterDigitalWorld #MonopolyIsBad #Google

Usability Fail: Google asks for 512px, so 500px is too small   In Publisher Center, Google offers to publish an RSS feed, but can’t fetch the associated logo image. Instead, I have to upload the logo myself. I have to. Without it, my profile is incomplete and won’t go live. Not only do I have to upload my logo as a square image – not all logos lend themselves to be boxed into a square – the image…

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#UsabilityFail: Writing in ALL CAPS

Usability Fail: Writing in ALL CAPS. #GoodPractice #Tip brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechTuesday #TechBlogger #TechTip #HowTo #tech #usability #UX #UserExperience #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #UsabilityFail #BetterDigitalWorld #ValueAddedContent #DataProtection #privacy #DataPrivacy #InternetSafety #ConsumerProtection #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing #GrammarNerd #Wordsmith #Writing #Grammar #Capitalisation

#UsabilityFail: Ts&Cs in all capitals.   WRITING IN ALL CAPS FEELS LIKE SHOUTING. Using only capital letters is a typographic style that represents a forceful tone of voice. It is often used to convey importance or vehemence. So it is understandable if the most crucial information of Terms & Conditions is written in a way that stands out, to alert the attention of the user to the importance of…

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#UsabilityFail: No more tick required, but what about privacy laws?

Usability Fail: No more tick required, but what about privacy laws? #GoodPractice #Tip brought to you by Yours *TrulyJuly*. #YoursTrulyJuly #TechTuesday #TechBlogger #TechTip #tech #usability #UX #UserExperience #uxdesign #WebDesign #DesignThinking #CustomerJourney #ContentMarketing #UsabilityFail #BetterDigitalWorld #ValueAddedContent #GDPR #DataProtection #privacy #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #InternetSafety #OnlineSecurity #DataSecurity #GDPRcompliance #ConsumerProtection #DigitalMarketing #OnlineMarketing

  Eventbrite did away with the tick box for consenting to its Terms & Conditions. Instead, it now reads: “By selecting Register, I agree to the Eventbrite Terms of Service” Eventbrite has no more tick for its Terms & Conditions   This might feel like one hassle less – after all it’s always tricky hitting that tiny little tick box for agreeing to the Ts&Cs – but there is a reason for asking you to…

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