Veteran journalist and editor of leading technology website TechRadar, Paul Douglas recently published an article reviewing the most influential online trends and technologies over the past decade. The article was an amalgamation of opinions, experiences and interviews with a number of leading online professionals including heavy-weights like the father of web standards - Jeffery Zeldman, the usability and accessibility guru - Jakob Nielson and the brains behind Carsonified - Ryan Carson.

Contrive Digital’s Usman Sheikh was also one of the select few asked to share their opinions on the subject. As a strong supporter of open source technologies and an experienced ecommerce consultant, Usman was asked by Paul to share his thoughts on how the advancement in open source technologies has affected online retailers. “The web has truly matured over the past decade.” - Usman replied. “We’ve seen businesses starting to understand and harness the power of the Internet to support their operational and commercial objectives. Ecommerce is no longer a luxury only the larger retailers can afford. With great open source and feature-rich platforms arriving in the market, we’ve seen smaller retailers give the big boys a run for their money.”

The article continues with great insight over the advancements in dynamic websites, standards compliance, the adaption and acceptance of video on the web, usability and accessibility and the realisation of the importance of good user experience design. If you would like to receive a digital copy of the complete article then just send us a quick email and we’ll be more than happy to send it to you.