On the 1st of December 2022, we met again at the Snowdog HQ to talk about accessibility. This time the goal was to get more insight into the lives of visually impaired people. We had two speakers and as always a very active audience, that asked a lot of interesting and insightful questions. Do you want to know what we’ve learned? Keep reading!
Do you remember the last time you were on a beach and someone called or texted you? You wanted to check it, but the sun was shining so hard that you couldn’t see anything. You squinted your eyes, covered yourself with something and then finally after a great deal of effort you were able to read it. That is neither the most comfortable nor the most optimal way of using your smartphone. The thing is that a lot of people have to deal with much worse obstacles on an everyday basis when it comes to using technology. To get a better understanding and insight into the lives of people who are visually impaired, we talked to Przemek, a man with vision impairment, and asked him how he’s using the technology.
We created a SaaS solution for machine learning product recommendation. Product is the one - but how to present it in an intuitive way? Check how our UX/UI team approached it.
The series of Poznan Accessibility Meetup is still quite a fresh idea. We organize it because the topic is important to us. We implement accessibility, and we wish to educate others on that matter. That’s why in the middle of September, we have gathered for the second time to talk about the issues with A11y in both online and offline world. We’ve listened to three lectures and some very insightful questions. We prepared a sum up of it all. Enjoy!
Happiness, determination, sadness, anger, shock — research shows that people are perfectly capable of accurately recognizing these (and many more!) emotions from pictures that have been cropped to only show eyes. The way they can squint, widen, shrink or expand can tell us a lot — after all, as the saying goes, eyes are windows to the soul. But with technology, our eyes can tell us even more. Eye-tracking is by no means new. With a history dating back to 1879, it began with researchers observing naked eyes during reading. Nowadays, this technology has advanced and become accessible even to smaller businesses, who can use it and gain valuable data. At Snowdog, we are always eyeing the next thing to assist us in helping our clients in new and innovative ways. We decided to invest in eye-tracking equipment and analysis software because of its on and offline applications, and it’s potential to further enhance the capabilities of our UX research department. We’d like to devote this space to talking a bit about what eye tracking is, how it can be applied in user experience research and how we are going to use it at Snowdog.
We talk with Patryk, Konrad, and Agnieszka about their experiences, expectations, and challenges while interviewing with Snowdog. Let’s be honest, no one likes job seeking. It’s pretty much a full-time job by itself, wouldn’t you agree? You send out dozens of applications, each with a CV tailored specifically to each company. You anxiously wait for replies to come flowing into your inbox for weeks or months on end. And that’s just the first stage of the recruitment process. Then, you enter an uncharted territory of interviews, tasks, and talks…
Recruitment processes may differ between companies, but most of them begin with the same step — CV screening. Squeezing all your experience and skills into a short PDF file, and simultaneously highlighting all your achievements is definitely no piece of cake. That’s why I decided to share a few helpful tips on how to make sure your CV stands out from the crowd and gives you a good chance at getting your dream job.
In WWDC 2020, one new iOS14 feature shone brighter than the rest: App Clips. With App Clips on their hands, users will have an opportunity to save time, interacting with certain app functions faster. Let’s take a closer look at how this feature works and what advantages businesses can get using this tool.
I sat down with Martyna Maciejewska, our Junior Backend Developer to talk about her experience at last year’s Snowdog Academy.
Bartek Igielski has been with us for quite a while. He joined Snowdog as a Front-End Developer in 2014. His story is far from typical. He only spent one year at university. At school, he didn’t like maths. Now, he works with us as one of our most forward-thinking specialists. But how? Without having graduated? Do you need an IT degree to get started in Front-End Development, though? There are so many ways that can lead to a fulfilling career in IT — we’d like to show you the one we find ourselves inspired by!