The Original Social Network

For anyone who's getting fed up of all those social networking sites out there, take a look at this brand new social network that's taking the world by storm. Check out The Original Social Network

The World’s ‘Local’ Bank

Only a couple of months ago 18a Productions opened a business bank account with HSBC. They seemed as good as anyone else, and we'd heard good reports. And out of the 2 banks only a short walk away, they were the ones who returned our call, unlike Barclays. After a…

Shocking Tesco Typo

From working in PR and updating websites 24/7 (or so it seems sometimes!) I've developed a keen eye for typos. But I don't think it even takes a 'keen' eye to spot this striking blunder on a banner outside a Tesco store in South Somerset! A blunder that's very likely…

MSN Messenger Trojan Alarm

We've just heard that a new malware (software designed to infiltrate and/or damage a computer) is spreading like wildfire through MSN Messenger. The Trojan is an IRC bot which sends itself in a .zip file, either as a file including the word 'pics' with a double extension executable (DSC00432.jpg.exe) or…

Magical list generator using jquery

Just found this simple but effective javascript code, utilising the invaluable jquery library to create linked select lists. You select the first list and it magically goes off and generates the options in the 2nd and 3rd lists. This in itself isn't anything particularly ground breaking, but this code connects…

The Affiliate Marketing Board Game

It occurred to me the other day, just how much affiliate marketing is like playing monopoly! It's probably the reason I like it so much. Everyone trying to make it around the board, picking up as many properties as they can, in the hope that some will make decent returns.…

Cool CSS Dim Effect

I'm always looking for cool new effects to build into our sites. It can be tricky to balance out supporting older browsers and keeping things interesting, not only for our visitors/clients, but also for myself! I've been experimenting with a few cool CSS effects and AJAX widgetty things lately, including…

Resources for Web Design (tutorials, tools, code libraries, templates and more)

Some great links to resources for design tutorials, inspiration, tools, code libraries, browser bugs, galleries, templates, articles and web forums. http://www.softwaredeveloper.com

Future-proof your CSS with Conditional Comments

Anyone who has ever made a website, then tried to make it look the same for everyone will have come up against the nightmare that is cross-browser compatibility. Things are no doubt easier than they used to be. Back in the days of ie4/5 and Netscape you practically had to…

The Internet is Illegal

I've just been sent an interesting article about the, now infamous, tv-links.co.uk website. For those that don't know TV Links provided links to TV shows online and in effect gave people the opportunity to view them. From my understanding they didn't actually host anything themselves, rather just gave people one…

a4uexpo Affiliate Marketing Conference 2007

If Carlsberg ran conferences they would probably be something like a4uexpo! That was one of the comments I've read today about the a4uexpo affiliate marketing conference held last week at ExCeL London. It was a fantastic event although probably the most exhausting couple of days of my life! Here's a…

Why Web2.0 is 90% Rubbish

Whatever happened to editorial control? Since when has every Tom, Dick or Harry been an expert on everything and anything!? Sharing information and ideas is a great thing and the internet has given everyone a voice. Web 2.0 has taken this a step further by taking control away from the…