As the Year of Young People 2018 has drawn to a close it's good to remember that young people's voices have been at the heart of the Year, since planning started in 2015.

Following the success of the Voice of the Child seminar in Edinburgh earlier this year and with an ever-increasing footprint in Scotland, we had the pleasure of visiting our friends over in South Ayr and East Dumbarton.

Good product management is ensuring that three sometimes conflicting influences on our decision-making are balanced. These influences are usability, feasibility and desirability.

Earlier this week, in need of some head space to think creatively and problem-solve some tricky issues, some of the Mind Of My Own team went first to the Royal Academy's exhibition on Renzo Piano (famous architect of the Shard among other outstanding structures) then to a show of Roman Vishniac's work at the Photographers’ Gallery.

We receive lots of requests for new features, changes and improvements to our apps. All suggestions are logged and mapped, before being assessed against each of our 10 design principles.