I am releasing some new website packages as part of my development products. They are aimed at the small business or individual looking for a new website.
There are 3 packages:
Web Starter - Basic website with up to 5 pages
Web Brochure - Convert your product brochure to a website
Web Marketing - Web brochure site with an integrated blog
For more information visit my products page
If you are like me, you hate filing. There are a multitude of filing methods out there. The lifehacker site has an article on a one box filing system.
Let me know what you think.
They say the best things in life are free. As small business, you are looking for quality products without breaking the bank. When it comes to software applications, a lot of money can be spent without getting much in return.
Over at PC Magazine, Eric Griffith has come up with a list of 173 of the best free software around at the moment. The list is categorised so it makes for easy browsing. Maybe you are using some of them already (I know I am) but you may also find something new and useful.
Have a browse and let me know if you find something you like.
Microsoft has now released the Windows 7 beta to the public. Over the last few days I have read a few articles about what Windows 7 actually means to Microsoft. So I thought I would write down some of my thoughts on Microsoft’s next OS.
To start with, there has always been a lot of speculation before the imminent release of a new version of the Windows OS - Will it perform better than the last version? Will your applications still be compatible? How reliable will it be? Should your business upgrade?
Now though, Microsoft has got itself into a make or break situation. Windows Vista has struggled to gain acceptance, especially in organisations. They have a large well established estate running Windows XP and could not justify the cost, time and effort to upgrade to Vista with all of its problems. This is not really, that unusual. Many companies were reluctant to upgrade from Windows 95/98 to Windows 2000 Professional. Instead they skipped to Windows XP. The problem now is that these organisations have grown their desktop estate. That means more time, more effort, and more money to upgrade. In these difficult economic times, it may become more difficult to justify the upgrade to Windows 7.
According to the early opinions of beta testers, Windows 7 appears to be what Vista should have been and then some. Only time will tell if that will be good enough for organisations to upgrade.
A favicon is the little icon you see to the left of the domain name in the address bar, when you visit some websites. A favicon is a great marketing tool as it allows you to display your brand logo to users. The favicon is an image that is saved as a .ico file. This needs to be a certain format for browsers to recognise it.
I found a great favicon generator at Dynamic Drive that will automatically create a favicon.ico from any image you upload. This is what I used to create the favicon for this site.
Why not give it a go now and let know how you get on.
Naturally, there is a ton of stuff online regarding the new releases at CES 2009 in Las Vegas. Below are links to just a few videos showing off some the new gadget and innovations
The BBC website has report on some of the gadgets being unveiled at CES 2009. The big news apparently, is the range of digital televisions being prepared for our future living rooms
More changes to the site. This time to the comments section. I have now added a website box, so you can leave your website address and it will provide a link back within the comments section of the article.
The other fields i.e. name, email address and text are required fields. Please note however, that althought the email address is required, this will never be published on the site or passed on to any third party.
The annual Computer Elecronics Show is under way in Las Vegas. This is one of the most influential shows in the industry as manufacturers show off there new products. Although many will not be available to the public for a while, it provides an interesting look at what technology we may be using in the next few years.
Unfortunately, living in the UK, it is not possible for me to attend CES 2009. There are though, many sites out that are producing daily updates. One of the best is Engadget. It is worth a look just to see what new technology trends are coming up.
Looking for some help on how to do a task in Windows? The site lifehacker has some helpful tutorials that might just help you out.
As a start to the new year, I have changed the default listing of articles. Previously you would have seen all the articles on the one page. I have changed the query, so it will only list the last ten articles on the home page. The older articles can still be read by using the archive section in the sidebar.
I have done this because I felt, as the site grows, it may take longer to view the pages if it is loading all the blog articles. Also, it makes better blog sense, just to have the the latest and up to date articles on the front page.