Author Archive | Jason Mehmet

The need for speed

I’m old school geek. I’m so old school geek, I remember the days of 4,800 and 9,600 baud modems that squealed excruciatingly like fax machines. But I’m even more old school geek than that. I once ran a BBS in my spare time. On an Intel 486 PC. Using Windows 3.11. With 2 whole MB […]

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5 more great WordPress plugins

Not long ago, fresh from the joys of designing the new WhizzyDigital website using WordPress, I blogged about 5 great WordPress plugins. Well, I’ve discovered a few more in the past few weeks and thought I’d let you know about them. Here goes. Anti Captcha : In my first plugins post I spoke about SI […]

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Leicester City iPad Councillors

Much is made of the iPad as a consumer device but there is no reason why public services should not also benefit from iPad technology. The BBC report below confirms earlier blogosphere assertions that the iPad decreases physical barriers and improves communication between people who are using it, if Leicester City Council can demonstrate a […]

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5 Great WordPress Plugins

Having recently made the switch from BlogEngine.NET blogging software to WordPress I’ve been discovering a lot really great plugins for use with WordPress.  I’ve concentrated on “free” Plugins which you do not need to either register or pay for, but some of them do have paid-for versions if you want even more functionality. All In […]

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How much does a website cost?

The UK Government recently released data detailing the costs of designing, developing, hosting and ongoing staffing of Government websites.  The details are literally eye watering. The headline figure for businesslink.gov.uk alone is that it cost £35m in design, development and hosting in 2009/10 alone.  Don’t forget to add the staff costs of £788,000. With a […]

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Horses for courses

Being technology agnostic has advantages.  It means I can use the best tool for the job, instead of using the same tool over and over again regardless of if it is actually the best fit or not. One of the reasons I’ve not been blogging so much lately is because I’ve been lucky enough to […]

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