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Twitter API - job done in 30 minutes!

Twitter API - job done in 30 minutes!

By lisa, 22.10.09

Here at 18a we're getting very excited about our new web service - it's been under wraps for a little while but it's very nearly ready to launch! And one of the final stages was for Tom to integrate the Twitter API. He sat down to do it this morning…

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MyDiscountVoucher.co.uk goes live.

MyDiscountVoucher.co.uk goes live.

By lisa, 17.10.09

We recently provided My Discount Voucher with a new design for the remake of their site. And I just received an email from Kunal this morning to say their team have built it and it's now gone live! Always exciting to see your work on the (big) screen! So we wish…

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MuchBetterAdventures.com launches in Beta.

MuchBetterAdventures.com launches in Beta.

By lisa, 16.10.09

This has been a big project for 18a, and we're really thrilled for Alex and Ed from Much Better Travel Ltd that their site has gone live. I'm also pleased to be able to unveil the design at last, as we really love the photography we sourced with the guys…

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muchbetter already; a long day in the 18a office.

muchbetter already; a long day in the 18a office.

By lisa, 8.10.09

We had the guys from Much Better Travel around yesterday to go through every last detail of their new adventure sports holiday site. When I say "long day", I mean they arrived at 11am and left at 11.30pm. That's a long day for anyone! Especially poor Tom who was programming…

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Calling all QuickBooks Pro 2008 invoicing system users

Calling all QuickBooks Pro 2008 invoicing system users

By lisa, 6.10.09

This software has it's fair share of bugs (I keep thinking I'll ask Tom to code us up a different invoicing system instead, but our accounts dept have spent a while getting all our clients details and templates etc in there now), but by far the most annoying one is…

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Brand damage online - and they probably don't even know about it.

Brand damage online - and they probably don't even know about it.

By lisa, 4.10.09

Just had a missed call from an 0845 number... so a spot of Googling later and it ends up it was from a rather well known double glazing company. What actually came up in Google was a discussion about how rude and pushy people who call from that number are,…

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Client reminder HTML email for ChaletinSlovenia.com

Client reminder HTML email for ChaletinSlovenia.com

By lisa, 2.10.09

Last year we made a website and booking system for ChaletinSlovenia.com, and this year, to encourage their previous guests to go back to the site, they're going to send out a pretty HTML email using 18amail.co.uk. Their designers (hotrod creations) designed the mail shot after we advised them on what…

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Can we already get too much

Can we already get too much "on demand"?

By lisa, 2.10.09

Tom just had a call from BT, trying to sell him BT Vision - their TV service where you buy a box for £15 and then for a small amount a month (the prices all sounded OK to be honest) you can get lots of channels, and as well the…

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MuchBetterAdventures.com nearly ready for launch.... including new banner pallette

MuchBetterAdventures.com nearly ready for launch.... including new banner pallette

By lisa, 2.10.09

We're getting very excited here at 18a Towers, as the new adventure sports travel website muchbetteradventures.com is nearly ready to go live! We met with Alex and Ed on Tuesday to run through the first working version of the site and now we're just finishing off some of the wealth…

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