Trailer for The Social Network Movie
By lisa, 27.07.10
They're right - you don't make 500 million friends without making a few enemies along the way too. If you haven't seen the trailer for the new film about the creation of Facebook, check it out below. It looks better than I thought it would, but I find some of…
18a meet Facebook Developer Matt Kelly
By lisa, 22.07.10
We admit it. We're geeks. Which meant it was very exciting to meet Facebook Developer Matt Kelly (left in the pic, with our Technical Director Tom Freeman on the right) in San Francisco as part of our 18a Road Trip the other day. He was a lovely guy and it…
Second Sainsbury's website goes live.
By lisa, 28.05.10
Back in January we launched a website for Sainsbury's new store in Ashton Gate, and so we were delighted to be asked us to build another for the potential store in Wadebridge. It's always nice to get repeat business :) Sainsburys-Wadebridge.co.uk went live today and features a custom built CMS and…
The Times and The Sunday Times to charge for online content
By tom, 26.03.10
I've just read on utalkmarketing that the Times and The Sunday Times will start charging for access to it's content from June 2010. This is truly a big moment for the entire traditional publishing industry and journalism as a whole. But will it work? Personally while I might be happy…
Gmail fetching emails via POP3 which then don't appear
By lisa, 15.03.10
I check my work email address via POP3 using Gmail which just means that Gmail goes to our server and picks up my latest email and shows them in my Gmail account. And I do it this way so I can manage several different email accounts all from one place.…
Update the VAT on your online shop or service.
By lisa, 4.01.10
It's the first working day back for many across the UK (Happy New Year!) - and that means charging the new (or old!) rate of 17.5% for VAT. If your website states the old rate, or uses the old rate for calculations, make sure you ask your web developer to…
Merry Christmas from 18a productions!
By lisa, 21.12.09
It's thick with snow here in Bristol! And we're just closing up shop ready for our Christmas break. So have a lovely Christmas and a very happy New Year - and we'll see you in 2010! (Below is a picture of our 2009 Christmas Card with the snowy view from…
VAT changes back on the 1st January 2010.
By lisa, 2.12.09
....and how much has it cost the country to print all the stickers and paper work and reminders necessary for that little 2.5% holiday we all had?! And how many shops will be disrupted on New Years Day by having to change their systems back again? Personally I really wish they'd left…
What's your website doing for Christmas?
By lisa, 28.11.09
Have you considered what you're doing online this Christmas? If the answer is nothing - then maybe you should think about how you can use your website and online presence as an asset to your company this Christmas. It's easy to think of a website as just a brochure that all companies…