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Lisa Freeman

Lisa Freeman

Lisa Freeman is a web strategist, founder of 18a and fractional Technical Director.

She started her career over 20 years ago as a coder and now is primarily a “communication bridge” between developers (or tools) and clients, explaining complicated web decisions in easy to understand ways.

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Articles by Lisa Freeman

Why the Government needs coders: the devil is in the detail

Our household is currently going around in circles as to whether we think the proposed return to school the week after next is a good idea. The dilema for us is that there just isn't very much detail about the whole thing yet - and I do love detail. Today a…

Taking your expertise online: how to run your business remotely

If you usually work face to face, what options are open to you in 2020 to move online?

Are NHSX being naive? And when will they delete our data?

Plans are being announced for the UK's contact tracing smarphone app, which will alert people when someone they've been near has started showing symptoms of COVID-19. Apple and Google have both suggested decentralised approaches to this, where you - by updating the app - notify the world that you're showing symptoms and…

Food Home Delivery services now on Hallshire.com

HallsHire.com has been helping the world find event venues for almost 20 years. Initially solely about village halls, it now includes various community centres and conference venues. As the world however, struggles to function with the COVID-19 pandemic turning lives upside down, we've added a new feature to HallsHire.com to help with…

How to help elderly relatives keep intouch with video calls

During this COVID-19 chaos, get your grandparents a smartphone so they can keep in touch.

Keeping motivated when the schools close: class room stand ups

Have a daily video call with your child's class mates so they can stay connected to school.

Is your website displaying an insecure message TODAY?

It is estimated around 3,000,000 websites will be effected today by a bug in Let's Encrypt meaning that SSL certificates need to be cancelled and new ones installed.

Am I the last person to know why Google Images was invented?

It's been 20 years (somehow) since Jennifer Lopez inspired Google Image search.

“We need a good search”: strategies we’ve employed to give clients more powerful search tools and granular control

When we're planning a new website for someone, one of the requirements we often hear in the brief is that "it needs to have a good search".  When I heard that line from a client last week, it ended up that their current keyword search was linked to a 3rd…

Stripe roll out changes to refund fees for old customers

Stripe are needing to make changes to how you're charged when you issue a refund to your customers.

Large site migrations for Cosy Club and The Lounges

We are delighted to welcome Cosy Club and The Lounges to the 18a fold this year as they've asked us to help them with their websites. Last year we designed and built their corporate site - Loungers - with a 2 week turn and so are delighted to be able to work with 2 of…

Internet Safety Day 2020: Our top tips for staying safe online

February 11th is Safer Internet Day 2020, with the UK Safer Internet Centre celebrating the role the Internet plays in our daily lives whilst reminding us all to be careful how we use it. So here at 18a we thought we’d bestow some of our own personal top tips for staying…