Wed Sep 22
One billion people – 15% of the world’s population – experience some form of disability, meaning accessibility should be a core aspect of all platforms designed to help others build better products. Working with our friends at Fable, we’ve devised four solutions for building platforms to employ to make the internet more accessible for everyone.
Wed Aug 4
Get to know Polina Cherkashyna, Group Engagement Director, in her own words as she answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Wed Jul 28
Get to know Ramiz Khan, Group Engagement Director, in his own words as he answers questions under the Connector Spotlight.
Wed Jun 30
A Product Thinker’s toolkit needs to be robust, filled with frameworks one can pull from at the right moment to unlock product impact. Here we walk you through the seven steps of a Connected favourite: Hypothesis-Driven Validation. On numerous discovery and delivery engagements we’ve seen this versatile framework help product teams build better products and avoid building bad ones. Click to learn more.
Wed Jun 2
Get to know Matt DeLuco, Engineering Manager, in his own words as he answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Wed Apr 21
Get to know Simon Tolkin, Business Development Manager, in his own words as he answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Wed Mar 24
Accessible design requires an intentional focus on the user experience. In this piece, we teamed up with accessibility experts Fable to guide you through the process of designing impactful products for everyone.
Wed Mar 3
Building new products is hard, and it’s even harder if you want to build them at the speed and scale required to seize market opportunities. Our latest piece takes you through the main benefits of applying a Product-Thinking approach to each of the major product development phases.
Wed Feb 24
Get to know Katie Luke, Marketing Graphic Designer, in her own words as she answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Wed Feb 10
A continuous testing and validation framework for building the right product to be applied throughout the product development lifecycle from earliest discovery to launch, release, and evolution.
Wed Jan 20
The core principles of product discovery are designed to guide the thinking and actions of your team. They create a unified vocabulary that helps ensure that everyone is working together and moving in the same direction. In this article we walk you through these six core principles.
Fri Dec 18
2020 has been a tumultuous year. However, at Connected, thanks to our best-in-class team, we’ve found ways to make it a year to remember! To celebrate all that we’ve achieved, our year in review breaks down our achievements into numbers and celebrates the impact we’ve had.
Wed Oct 14
A group of our best-in-class product practitioners share their answers to the question: Is it time to ditch the Minimum Viable Product (MVP)?
Wed Sep 30
Get to know Alex Christodoulou, Engagement Lead, in his own words as he answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Thu Sep 3
Get to know Paul Sobocinski, Connected’s Engineering Manager, in his own words as he answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Thu Jun 4
Get to know Mikkel Lunding, Connected's Senior Product Strategist, in his own words as he answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Tue Apr 28
Money is universal. However, how people manage, understand, and use it varies from person to person, and from community to community. For a recent Financial Services project, Connected’s research team engaged with our trusted partner GRIT to ensure that we could guarantee a truly representative cross-section of Canadians for our user research and an end goal of a more impactful product.
Thu Apr 2
Get to know Tammy Chiasson, Connected's Global Managing Director, in her own words as she answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Tue Mar 24
Get to know Tina Goyal, Connected's Director of Engineering, in her own words as she answers questions under the Connector Spotlight.
Thu Mar 19
A few weeks ago, a group of Connected’s Designers attended the Inclusive Design Conference in Toronto bringing back to the office ideas, insights, and inspiration on how the product community can build better for everyone. Read their thoughts here!
Thu Feb 27
Get to know Zachery Oman, one of Connected’s rockstar Product Strategists, in his own words as he answers questions under the Connector spotlight.
Wed Nov 13
We met with engineering leaders in Toronto to discuss achieving product excellence through innovative engineering capabilities. Here are our 3 main takeaways from the event.
Tue Oct 1
Read what the product leaders from Elevate Product 2019 had to say at this year's event.
Thu Aug 8
Thinking of applying to Connected? Check out this guide to succeeding in your interview!
Thu Aug 1
Software Engineer, Dancer, Musical Fanatic. Meet the one and only Shannon!
Wed Jul 10
With over 280 sessions to go see between July 22-25, we decided to create a top 9 list of sessions you should check out if you’re attending Voice Summit 2019, the largest Voice event in the world. Tuesday, July 23 Sessions […]
Fri Jun 28
A recap of our Pride month and how we – and other companies – can take Pride celebrations beyond June.
Wed Jun 12
Software Engineer, sports fanatic, and juggling master. Meet our very own, Scott Wallace
Fri May 31
Our key takeaways from attending the hottest tech conference in Canada.
Tue May 28
Headed to WWDC 2019? See which sessions and events we'll be at!
Mon May 27
We often ask ourselves this question when looking at a new online financial product. We know nothing about it, and the one thing we are confronted with is its appearance.
Sat May 18
Senior Product Designer, Eco-Friendly Citizen, Goalie to our Heart. Meet the one and only Jacky Li!
Tue May 14
With so many great talks happening at this 3-day conference, we decided to narrow down the list to highlight some to look out for based on your practice.
Fri May 3
Ask him to quote Back To The Future. We dare you. Tell us a bit about your role at Connected.I currently help manage the Engineering Guild alongside an amazing leadership team. We focus on the growth of the guild—whether that’s through recruitment, […]
Thu Apr 25
Key takeaways from ProductTank TO’s meetup with Gibson Biddle
Wed Apr 24
Software Engineer, U of T Alum, Certified Rock Climber. Heads up, it’s Enakshi Shah!
Tue Apr 23
As known, the Connected company has been striving to help different ambitious companies leverage the power of their business product since 2014. The primary mode of this process is implementing software-powered products.
Tue Apr 16
Connected is excited to announce third-year-in-a-row win of Canadian Top Small & Medium Employer
Mon Apr 15
Software Engineer Manager, Cloud Native Aspirant, Nintendo Nerd. Introducing the great Dave Doyle!
Tue Apr 9
Software Engineer, National 30 Under 30 Developer, Animal Foster Momma. Meet the incredible Erin Gallagher!
Wed Mar 20
Tech Marketer, Marathon Master, Dog Mama. Get to know Kelly O’Hara.
Thu Jan 10
Web Engineer, Smart-Home Connoisseur, Hapkido Black Belt. Nice to meet you, Peter Chow-Wah.
Thu Jan 3
Product designer, powerlifter, self-care guru. Nice to meet you, Hilary Hayes.
Sat Dec 15
Android developer, Pong wizard, PUBG commando. Get to know Tsun Yin.
Thu Dec 6
Engineer, Power Mom, Major Foodie. Get to know Katia Maeda.
Tue Nov 27
A Lesson in Product Development from Catherine Ulrich
Fri Nov 23
Engineer, Security Whiz, NBA fanatic. Get to know Anusan Sivakumaran.
Tue Nov 20
Thoughts on Product Management from the Connected Product Guild
Thu Nov 15
Designer, urbanist, cartoon-master. Meet the multi-talented Lisanne Binhammer.
Wed Nov 14
Connected built a record-breaking IoT cloud messaging service on Kubernetes. Learn all about it during their presentation with Bose at KubeCon on Dec 12.
Wed Nov 7
Engineer, pun-master, Guinness World Record-holder. Get to know Stephen Khuu.
Sun Jun 17
Connected to compete in the first ever Cannes Lions “Change for Good” Hackathon
Wed Feb 17
VR offers users the exciting possibilities of creating user interfaces in any size and any shape all around them.