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@pnefc Anyone in Tenerife?

Thrilled to announce that @hippodigital has acquired @TheDataShed! Can't wait to work with the talented team from The Shed and learn from their expertise. Together, we'll continue delivering exceptional products and services for our clients. Let's make great things happen!

We've just kicked of a project with @hippodigital to re-build our online advance decision service. We'll be making it even better, and we'll be explaining how as we go! Fun Friday fact - the team we're working with refer to themselves as hippos 🦛🦛🦛

You can read my controversial opinions on roll, barm, teacake debate. Also how I found my way to Hippo and what I love most about the company.

OK, Twitter friends, I'm looking for help! 🙏🏻 @CastRoomsHQ - the startup that @mimooks and me founded - is now raising money for our seed round which closes in summer 2023 💰 We need your help with investor intros 👩🏿👨🏼👩🏽🧑🏻‍🦰🧑🏾‍🦱👩🏻‍🦱

Happy International Women's Day! Let's Embrace Equity by promoting diversity & breaking barriers. Check out our top 5 tips for women & ethnic minorities interested in a career in tech. Find out more about it here ➡️ https://t.co/GauD8goDmN #EmbraceEquity #IWD2023 #WomeninTech

We are delighted to announce our first official #LDB23 platinum sponsor @hippodigital We want to say a massive thank you the team for their tremendous donation and contribution to the event. We look forward to seeing their team in the evening. #LDB23 #platinum #sponsorship

Yesterday some of the Hippo herd helped out at @StVincentsLeeds, a community support centre. They were given the opportunity to provide a helping hand to a charity in need this Christmas, and the team helped to wrap presents, make food hampers, write Christmas cards and more.

How a service design-led approach helped The Dart Charge service out of alpha after almost eight years. View the case study here ➡️

Delivery is a team game

Your task management system can be brilliant but sometimes you still just need to write everything out. Also Miro has made information collection and storage worse.

In our latest blog, Rachel Abbott, a senior user researcher here at Hippo Digital, tells us how one of her recent usability research sessions made her question how she has been doing things. Find out more about it here ➡️ https://t.co/cZPSZeEccm #UserResearch #HippoDigital

Talking to our @hippodigital research academy tomorrow about user needs. The core message is that writing: As a [user type] I need [what does the user needs to do?] So that [why does the user need to do this?] is not enough! With thanks to @myddelton for making it easier.

This event is always a hit. Thoroughly recommend it if you're able to get to it #bristol #UCD #BTF2022 @tech_bristol @hippodigital

I've written a blog for @hippodigital about how we talk about 'user-centred design' to people and how what we do is risk mitigation. You can read it here:

Watching people jump onto the underground when there will be another along in 2 mins and getting charged by the door amazes me.

We are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Tech4Good award at the #LDFAwards, an award for an organisation delivering positive change. We can’t wait to see you all there! #LeedsDigi22

We're happy to be part of this year's Leeds Digital Festival, hosting a workshop demonstrating a framework for empathy in design where participants will learn to put the user at the forefront of design and development. Find all the event details here ➡️ https://t.co/doQMZJA5ZB

My hobby is going to hotel rooms and trying to figure out how the shower works