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Our new card sorting analysis package, SynCaps V3 has arrived plus we're having a Spring Sale! It includes a number of innovative and powerful features to help you get the most from your card sorting activities, whether in face-to-face sessions or online. Plus, for existing SynCaps V2 customers, the upgrade is entirely free. Visit our downloads page and be sure to check out the SynCaps version comparison chart to see what's new.

Our Guerrilla UCD webinars are underway for 2013. Visit www.guerrillaucd.com for full details. If you can't make the live presentations you'll be able to download recordings and slides.

William's book, Lighting the Road Ahead - The 55 minute guide to usability, accessibility and search engine optimization, is now available through Amazon.

William has an article in the influential Agile Record magazine entitled User Requirements in the 21st Century. It contrasts the enormous changes in the use of information technology in the past 20 years with our decidedly 20th-century approach to requirements gathering and development. If you're trying to create good user experience in an Agile environment, you'll want to have a read.

Free Stuff

• » Our Guerrilla UCD one-hour overview webinar is free
• » Word templates for producing paper card sorts are free
• » Syncaps V1.0, our basic card sorting analysis software, is free
• » Our UX Benchmarking Reports for e-commerce are free
• » Plus we have lots of articles and other free resources

User Experience Strategy

We provide world-class user-centred design, user experience, usability services and training to software developers, web designers and usability companies. Our customers range from small start-ups to global enterprises based in the UK, Europe and North America (enquiries from further afield are also welcome). We can help with a range of problems from simple usability evaluations through to user experience benchmarking strategy and training. We are happy to act as impartial advisors on large UX projects, help technology terms work together or to provide pure user experience strategy advice. » Guerrilla UCD webinars (these can be run on a bespoke basis) » Design, usability and accessibility courses » User-centred design, usability and accessibility consultancy » Card sorting tools and resources » Card sorting and IA services » Free resources (news, articles, discussion lists) Subscribe to our email newsletter. Just click here to send an empty email to our mailing list manager (you will need to acknowledge a confirmation message). Naturally, you can unsubscribe at any time.

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Last updated 04 Jun 2013