Estonian UX design company Trinidad Consulting has won a major international contract – usability study of the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) portal.

Some time ago I attended a local e-commerce seminar where someone mentioned that local online stores suck at conversion optimisation.

On the 13th of November we organized the 9th annual World Usability Day conference in Tallinn. This year we had speakers from Microsoft & Smashing Magazine.

In the past 8 years we have hired around 18 UX designers. During which we have learned quite a few lessons about hiring the right people.

Some time ago I got the chance to interview Marc Hassenzahl who is best known for developing the concept of Experience Design.

Now everyone interested in the Axure RP prototyping tool can also get it through us. Axure RP is one of the world’s leading rapid prototyping tools.

Mart is the latest and youngest addition to our growing system analysis team. I took the time to spend a few hours with Mart to find out why he chose this field.

Previously he worked in the public sector (Chancellery of the Riigikogu) where he handled everyday IT questions, while also doing various analysis projects.
 

Some of you might already know that some time ago we organized a small competition among the teams that participated in the local startup competition Ajujaht, which is the Estonian version of Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank.

The lucky winner was BudgetMatador, who got 5000 euros worth of our UX services. Now let’s take a closer look at the how the team has progressed.
 

Some time ago we had the chance to interview Jettie Hoonhout who is a senior scientist at Philips Research. Jettie was one of the researchers behind the Philips Ambilight technology used in Philips wake-up lamps and Ambilight series of TV-s. 
 

You have probably seen options for making text larger in your web browser and also a mode intended for people who can’t see well. It might have been a combination of a black background and a yellow or white text. Or you might have noticed some accessibility requirements in different projects and tenders.

These options and requirements mean that somewhere someone has made it a priority to think about users who are slightly different from the rest of us. Accessibility is even more important to public websites, online stores and business sites.

Our customers often ask about the events we are attending. Here is a short overview of the events you can catch us at in April and May.

Accessibility is growing more important every year, but for some reason it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. It’s time to change that.