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		<title>ohhh, fabulous! Our Tesco app is featured on LadyGeek.tv</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week at LadyGeek.tv, the girls reviewed some of the recently released mobile shopping applications, including Amazon, Ocado and the ribot-designed-and-built Tesco app. The conclusion? Well, just look at @Hermoine&#8217;s face as an indicator. 

The girls at LadyGeek.tv also have a FaceBook page, where you can post feedback and questions and generally catch up with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/ohhh-fabulous-our-tesco-app-is-featured-on-ladygeek-tv/</link>
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		<title>Over the Air 2010 &#8211; 24 hours of mobile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re currently planning your September diaries, then don&#8217;t forget about Over the Air, a mobile event now in it&#8217;s third year and going from strength to strength.

This year&#8217;s event will again host the almost-legendary mobile competition, which has featured Lastminute.com&#8217;s phone fight, and Future Platform&#8217;s Project Bluebell. The event got coverage by the BBC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/over-the-air-2010-24-hours-of-mobile/</link>
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		<title>Ribot and Tesco release mobile shopping app for Nokia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re really excited to announce the release of the Tesco Grocery app on Nokia allowing everyday Tesco users to do their shopping on the go.

Having worked closely with the Tesco folk (@angelamaurer, @rpatey, @nicklansley et al) over the last few months it’s great to see our app out there with a simple, engaging experience on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/ribot-and-tesco-release-mobile-shopping-app-for-nokia/</link>
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		<title>Oh la la! Oui are in France</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer time called for a little surprise here at ribot. We were taken to an English port and set sail for unknown lands. A glass of pernod, some rather lovely french mashed potato, a nap in a cabin and 11 hours later we were greeted by the French sands of St Malo.

Our adventure in France [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/oh-la-la-oui-are-in-france/</link>
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		<title>Client feedback via iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We discovered this rather lovely feedback left on one of our iPads during a review meeting with one of our clients.

You&#8217;ll be hearing a lot more on the what the client is launching later this year! Stay tuned.
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		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/client-feedback-via-ipad/</link>
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		<title>60,000 downloads for our mobile wordpress plugin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were very happy to discover that one of the wordpress plugins we&#8217;ve been participating in has now had over 60,000 downloads! As of May 11th 2010, there have been 61,164 downloads of the WordPress Mobile Pack! 
Check it out at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/. Our role was in designing some base mobile templates for the mobile WordPress [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/60000-downloads-for-our-mobile-wordpress-plugin/</link>
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		<title>SparkUp conference &#8211; The future of mobile UX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been invited to speak at SparkUp 2010, a design and development conference hosted in Poland!

Antony will be giving a presentation on the future of Mobile User Experience, with a focus on our changing behaviours, re-connection to physical interactions and how the boundary between mobile web and native app experiences is beginning to blur.
SparkUp is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/sparkup-the-future-of-mobile-ux/</link>
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		<title>3 button interface shortlisted for MEX 2010 Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DXTR (short for dexterity) is the name given to the government-funded project which we worked together with ixPocket. We&#8217;re very happy to announce that it has been shortlisted into the finals of the Mobile User Experience (MEX) 2010 Awards.
So what is Dxtr? It&#8217;s an interface design concept for a simplified mobile experience, that anyone could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/3-button-interface-shortlisted-for-mex-2010-awards/</link>
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		<title>Mobile design articles for .net magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been busy on many things including a few articles for .net &#8211; the UK&#8217;s leading magazine for web designers and developers. 

The 3 articles include a two-part tutorial by Jerome and Mark on how to &#8216;appify your mobile web experience&#8217; and an in-depth 6 pager by Antony on the current state of the mobile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2010/mobile-design-articles-for-net-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Lead Designer from Rightmove joins the ribot team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big news this one. We&#8217;re incredibly happy and excited to announce the arrival of mister Rob Douglas, former lead designer of Rightmove. Long overdue, we&#8217;ve managed to coax him down to the coast, with persistent offers of sun, sea and surf (not in the contract).

Rob brings to the team his expert understanding of the user [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/lead-designer-from-rightmove-joins-the-ribot-team/</link>
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		<title>Ribot announce support for Mobile Heroes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 7th 2009, the first &#8220;Heroes of the Mobile Screen&#8221; event will be held. A big thank you is in order for the team behind it, which includes none other than Helen &#8220;Technokitten&#8221; Keegan and Dominic Travers. We&#8217;re very happy to be one of the partners for the event, providing the look and feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/ribot-announce-support-for-mobile-heroes/</link>
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		<title>Feeding back into Brighton&#8217;s upcoming talent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re participating in two local events in Brighton today. The first as part of &#8220;Make it into Media&#8221;, where we will be part of an industry panel, providing advice to the upcoming creative talent of Sussex.
Later on in the day, we are providing one-to-one advice and feedback at the Wired Sussex and Brighton University Portfolio [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/feeding-back-into-brightons-upcoming-talent/</link>
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		<title>Interested in beta-testing our little spender app?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re getting close to releasing a beta version of little spender for all you casual expense fanatics out there. We&#8217;ve launched a mini-site with a sign up form so that you can register your interest. 
Ideally, we&#8217;re looking for people who have an N-Series Nokia phone (e.g. N95, N86, N78&#8230;), an iPhone or an iPodTouch. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/interested-in-beta-testing-our-little-spender-app/</link>
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		<title>Motion designer Ben joins the team!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ribot team is growing and we&#8217;re extremely happy to announce that Summer intern and recent interactive design D&#038;AD award winner, Ben Breckler has joined as our motion design specialist. 

Ben graduated from UCA Maidstone as a graphic designer. A few words from the talented Mr Breckler:
&#8220;From my very first experiences as a designer, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/motion-designer-ben-joins-the-team/</link>
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		<title>Little Spender a finalist in the Smaato Advertising Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re pleased to announce that Little Spender has been recognised for its advertising potential at this year&#8217;s Smaato Advertising Awards. The award is in its second year and is going from strength to strength, with the number of entrants more than doubling to 325. 

We&#8217;re extremely happy that a product as simple as little spender [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/little-spender-a-finalist-in-the-smaato-advertising-awards/</link>
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		<title>little spender wins lifestyle category award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Onwards and upwards for little spender! We&#8217;ve just been notified that we&#8217;ve won the lifestyle category of the Flash Lite Developer Challenge and with that $15,000 US.

Congratulations to all the other award winners too! There&#8217;s some great things going on in the Flash Lite world at the moment. Thank you to all who supported us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/little-spender-wins-lifestyle-category-award/</link>
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		<title>Flash Lite developer nomination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just been notified that little spender, our expense tracking app has been nominated as one of the finalists in the Flash Lite Developer Challenge!

Voting is now open to the public (quick registration required) and the winners will be announced on Wednesday 17th June (next week!). Good luck to all the nominees!
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		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/flash-lite-developer-nomination/</link>
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		<title>Ribot win MEX Mobile User Experience award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s MEX Mobile User Experience Conference was the second year of our attendance, and this time we decided to enter our first app into the awards. We were delighted to be selected as finalists in the &#8220;professional&#8221; category, happy that our work was valued by industry experts. However, we were shocked, albeit jumping for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/ribot-win-mex-mobile-user-experience-award/</link>
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		<title>little spender nominated as finalist in the MEX awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been contacted by the organisers of the MEX Mobile User Experience Awards to inform us that &#8220;Little Spender has been short-listed for a 2009 MEX Mobile User Experience Award in the Professional category&#8221;! 
This is great news for us, having put so much effort into designing and building an app that revolves around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/little-spender-nominated-as-finalist-in-the-mex-awards/</link>
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		<title>ribot give mobile Wordpress a splash of colour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Behind the scenes, we&#8217;ve been little busy bees, working with the team at dotMobi on their fantastic plug-in pack for Wordpress that helps you mobilise your Wordpress site and blog. 

There are many components in the toolkit, and ribot focused on the look and feel of the &#8220;mobile blog&#8221;, supplying a number of default themes. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ribot.co.uk/2009/ribot-give-mobile-wordpress-a-splash-of-colour/</link>
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