Posted in Basics of Web Design, Articles, rotate on December 15th, 2007 3 Comments »
If you are looking for free web design tools then look no further than here:
The Peoples Toolbox
The peoples toolbox lists hundreds of free tools to assist in designing your website.
Some of my favorites include:
The Color Scheme Generator
The name says it all, this site helps you select complimentary colour schemes for your website. I really like […]
Posted in Articles, rotate on December 2nd, 2007 3 Comments »
Google maps are fantastic!
You can add a map to your site showing the location of your business, holiday home or just a point of interest.
In the UK this is a bit awkward due to the fact that the Royal Mail have complete control over postcode date. I have not found a way of reliably […]
Posted in Articles, rotate on November 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
I was a bit surprised to be asked this by a friend a few days ago.
Try it is the obvious reply.
Yes, Gmail is worth having:
Gmail gives you unlimited storage so you never have to clear your inbox
Gmail allows you to organise mails with “labels”, which allows you to organise mails into categories
The address / contacts […]
Posted in Articles, rotate on November 27th, 2007 5 Comments »
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Posted in Articles, rotate on November 12th, 2007 2 Comments »
Since I started learning to develop websites and applications things have changed dramatically, changing the outlook for web designers / developers and customers. I am not able to use the skills I developed in the way I envisaged as the landscape has changed so rapidly. For the small western based developer and customer, emphasis is […]
Posted in Articles, rotate on October 17th, 2007 14 Comments »
My first PC was a 486 DX 33MHz machine with 4Mb RAM, for which I paid £700. It was my first purchase with the wages from a part time job I had at the time. I thought it would be useful if I learned how to use a PC properly.
By the time that PC went […]
Posted in Articles, rotate on October 2nd, 2007 7 Comments »
I met my wife in the middle of the dot con boom.
One of her friends, at the age of 21 was already a Millionaire… “on paper”.
He was a co-owner of a company developing three dimensional browser technologies.
They had received a significant investment of venture capital and were moving onto the next stage of their development, […]
Posted in Articles, rotate on October 1st, 2007 6 Comments »
I recently wrote an article on the theory of the Greater Fool.
This reminded me of someone I used to work with who took early retirement from the place we were working at.
As part of his retirement package he received a lump sum payment.
This person had always played the stock market, and so, upon leaving he […]
Posted in Articles on October 1st, 2007 9 Comments »
Last week I got into the worst dispute of my blogging career over something I saw as a scam.
During the ensuing “mini flame war” I was told amongst other things that I “get cheap thrills and attention by bashing others” and was attention seeking.
Today I see the same blogs involved in that incident […]
Posted in Articles on September 27th, 2007 25 Comments »
This is my hundredth post on SiteLogic (and probably my longest!), I don’t know how many more there will be, I tend to blog as and when I feel like it.
I have never subscribed to the regular posting schedule idea. I suppose regular posting matters if you want to build RSS readers, but I have […]