We are all creative, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has a creative side to themselves. We simply get stuck in ruts, or allow our minds to close to the idea of being creative. If you think you are creative, you will become more creative. Task it with coming up with ideas, both large and small, and aut...

Many companies miss a trick by not having in place an open discussion, for their staff to discuss solutions to problems, or to discuss and develop business ideas that they may have, and that you may not have thought of. Granted some of these ideas may not be the direction you wish the business to...

I had a project at work recently that requires me putting together a small desktop client to provide data to Kelkoo. In need of the XML specification for Kelkoo, I filled in the form on their site expecting a quick turnaround via email from a company as big as Yahoo. It appears that even though they...

One of my New Years resolutions was to get myself firmly settled into blog routine. Unfortunately this has well and truly fallen by the wayside, and here we are at the end of January and I've went from posting one item a day to now, once or twice every week. There are plenty of posts around the web ...

Every blog needs a post explaining RSS feeds. RSS, as a technology still feels very "nerdy", but as more people begin to understand and use it, as a medium for content distribution it will become ever important. The major browser manufacturers have at least started to integrate RSS reading into t...

First of all if you need a website - get yourself over here to get a quote.. As most website developers know, quoting for a project based on the clients vague "I need a website, how much does it cost" statements can be a royal pain in the behind. You often seen developers asking how much to charg...

I've seen these guys on numerous blogs, and sites. Advertising their ass off. I'm all for seeing a giant slayers win once in a while but it still amazes me how some startups just don't get it. They have a brilliant marketing strategy. I mean, gents I love your banners. I clicked at least twice to fi...

I've just got myself back into Windows, I'm now dual booting with Ubuntu Linux, and things appear to be good to go. I've been forced to revert to Windows for some ASP.NET development work - it appears that whilst the mono-project will allow execution of .NET code, it still has a long way to go with ...

There are a number of ways of promoting a site, however any webmaster worth his salt knows that search engine referrals are where you are going to win the majority of points. Link building is hard work, and it is much better to simply create content which will serve two purposes - generate search en...

One of the best ways in any business to maintain a competitive advantage is to keep a close eye on the competition. The secret is not to follow, but to predict the direction that they might take, before it actually happens. There are a number of ways you can keep an eye on the competition online. T...