iPad me up!

Well, the rumour mill has been churning for months now, and finally the new Apple iPad has officially broken cover, and what a device it is.  I was smitten with the MacBook Air when it came out and I regularly see them at peak time in my local coffee shop. People bought them as much for as […]

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The Golden Hammer

A colleague recently introduced me to the phrase ‘Golden Hammer’ in relation to software development.  I’d never heard the phrase before, though the actual concept it represents is all too familiar in web and software development circles, and in fact, anybody who is halfway to being IT literate can probably identify a company that is applying […]

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I am not Harry Potter

Contrary to some schools of thought, web design does not require one to gather rare and enchanted items into a bubbling pot and mutter secret words of magic in the hope that if the stars are aligned correctly and you got the potion just right that somehow a beautiful and functional web site will appear […]

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Doing no evil?

Google recently launched The Data Liberation Front. A typically – for Google at least – bold move that has the aim of, and get this, making it easier for users to leave Google and take their data elsewhere. You might at first think this to be a counter-productive move, surely Google wants to stop users leaving and taking […]

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Jacks of all trades

Back in the day I read an article about how, in the future, web professionals would be mini organisations themselves.  In effect, the skills pertaining to web design and development, and content creation would reside in a single individual and people who could demonstrate this wide range of skills should launch and manage their own […]

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Why have an intranet?

If you are thinking about building an Intranet it is critical to understand and communicate to others why you need one in the first place.  Intranet projects initiated without a clear set of goals and priorities are almost certainly headed towards failure from the start.  The success of an Intranet essentially stems from any cost […]

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Google keyword rant

I use Google Webmaster Tools to try and figure out how my site performs in terms of keywords. It just makes sense. If Google wants to tell you what 100 keywords it thinks you have, you should probably go and take a look. Recently though, I discovered something that made me stop and think about how […]

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Sharepoint Competition Comparison

Not long ago I mused on the possibilities of Open Source, and yes, I took a swipe at Microsoft, but I’m a great believer in the right tool for the job, and as such, if you want an out-of-the-box jack of all trades (intranet, enterprise content management and web content management), then without a doubt, I’m […]

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When one website is not enough

Many businesses have a main web site. A digital corporate presence into which Internet users can delve to retrieve all sorts of information about the company, the products or services that it offers, or its personnel and ethos.  Occasionally though, a single web site may not easily cater for the wide range of people who visit a corporate web […]

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Is search really dead?

Unless you have been living in a dark cave for the past few years, you will have noticed the inexorable rise of Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,Bebo and countless other social networking sites.  Social Networking has been The Next Big Thing for a long time now, and whilst Google et al have been holding on to our hearts and minds, they […]

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