Gavin Jones

Gavin Jones

Gavin Jones is Co‑founder and Head of Innovation at Elixel, which he helped launch straight out of university in 2012. He specialises in product strategy, user experience and shaping ideas into practical, scalable digital services. Gavin has worked with startups, researchers and established organisations on projects ranging from online safety tools for young people to AI‑enabled services and process automation. Alongside Elixel, he co‑founded Digital Plymouth, helping put the city on the national map as a thriving tech cluster and building a community of designers, developers and digital leaders across the region

Posts

Listicle

Top 10 Best April Fools' Pranks In Tech

Come every April 1st, in true time-honoured tradition, there's always some carefully placed April Fools’ prank, hoax, or stunt lurking somewhere in every newspaper to reel us in.

Mobile Apps

4 public sector examples that show every industry needs apps

Since Apple and Android launched app stores in 2008, we’ve gone from being satisfied with basic handsets and inbuilt features (Snake, anyone?) to carrying the world around in our pocket.

Mobile Apps

Director's pick - Keeping Your Cash Ahead Of The Curve

With both Becky and Paul reviewing their favourites apps over the last few months, it’s time for me to get in on the app review action. So what’s been grabbing my attention recently?

Listicle

Top 5 tech trends to look out for in 2019

With the Christmas holidays well and truly behind us for another year, we thought we’d get our techy brains back into gear as soon as possible.

Events

Once upon a Digital Plymouth: key takeaways

A week ago today we were rubbing shoulders with friends in Christmas jumpers at the final Digital Plymouth event of 2018 and here are the highlights.

Elixel News

The Elixel bumper Christmas update

It’s the most wonderful time of the year….here's a little round up of what we've been up to over the last 12 months.

Listicle

When tech goes wrong: 5 of the biggest fails in tech

Looking back over recent years, there’s been some quite spectacular tech fails that have hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Product Strategy

How to prototype your mobile app in 6 easy steps

Here’s our 6-step guide to creating a successful prototype of your mobile app that will leave investors desperate to get a piece of your action.

Elixel News

The Elixel summer update - July 2018

It’s been another crazy and manic year for us so far here in Elixel Towers! Come and find out what we've been up to.

Product Strategy

How to use a mobile app to market your business

The global app economy is massive, and it’s growing. By 2021 it will be worth well over an eye-watering £5 trillion according to reports.

Listicle

5 of the hottest apps for Android and iOS this summer

We've picked 5 of our favourite apps to use during the summer.

Product Strategy

How mobile apps can make you money

You need to spend money to make money, as the saying goes. So monetising your model and creating a mobile app to generate revenue for your business is worth your investment.