Archive October 2008

• Websites are like… 31.10.08

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  Stripping a man completely naked.. well, not quite.

  This morning I was sent two articles about Progressive Web Enhancement (yeah, I know) – and found myself reciting my learnings in a client meeting this afternoon. So I thought I’d share.. Read more

• Assume Everything 30.10.08

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  Assume that unless they’ve notified you otherwise, all prospects are willing to get spam, press releases, phone calls, newsletters, ads from you. – Seth Godin

  Absolutely! Because customers love that. They do… don’t they?

• Twitter Status 29.10.08

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  Want to display your Twitter status on your blog/site? It’s easier than you think! Read more

• Facebox Take 2 28.10.08

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  A while back I mentioned FaceBox as a really convenient, unobtrusive popup script. The very same that Facebook use (see example) throughout their site. Although it’s very easy to use and customise… it does require the jQuery library.
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• Weekly Review 10 28.10.08

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  20 – 26th October

  In the last weekly review I mentioned that I was going to wind down my freelance – however, I forgot that I’m completely incapable of ever slowing down. So this past week has been busy, but productive…
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• Enjoy Life 27.10.08

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  Throw the Blackberry away and enjoy life.

  Part of the leaving letter of Andrew Lahde, a multi-millionnaire hedge-funder who retired last week at the age of 37. Source

• Coming Soon… 27.10.08

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  I’m launching my newest webapp in the next week or so… so keep your eyes open! This is to be the prelude to a service whereby you can plot travel itineraries on a beautiful interactive map! Update – see the launch here!

• How to be a Good Client 24.10.08

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• Co-Op App 21.10.08

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  I’m always looking for new ways to streamline my (freelance) activity – but so far, I’ve been pretty unsatisfied by existing webapps. Nothing free exists that will do my ToDo’s, timesheets, invoices, tax etc etc all in one place (except Project Bubble… hold tight). Read more

• If the World could Vote 20.10.08

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  On Friday, on Twitter, I mused that if the rest of the world had a vote in the US elections – I’m sure that McCain wouldn’t stand a chance. Turns out I was right… Read more

• UK Online 20.10.08

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  65% of the UK population has internet access at home (source). I always find it useful to remember these stats when I’m backing up points to my clients.

• Weekly Review 9 20.10.08

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  13th – 19th October, 2008

  Every year around mid-November, early December – my freelance workload starts to get hectic with all my clients wanting e-cards and last minute mini-sites and New Years launches. So seeing as this year I’m away for the entire Christmas period, I was looking forward to the break. But… it seems my busy period has come early! So for the past week, I’ve been a bit manic… Read more

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