I went on a bit of a Cheat Sheet binge this month. Working on a couple of projects using various technologies means I keep bouncing around looking for stuff so I thought I’d better get some cheat sheets up on my wall to save me time.
Most of these are from one site, the brilliantly named […]

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Last month’s Inc. magazine featured clothing company Threadless on the front cover, a company founded by 2 college drop-outs (an interesting trend in itself - so many successful start-ups have college drop-outs at the helm) Jake Nickell and Jeffrey Kalmikoff.
Founded in 2000, Threadless is set to hit $5million is sales this year selling, wait for […]

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Childnet International is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to keep children safe when using the Internet.
The open-ness and accessibility of the Internet by anyone from anywhere unfortunately means the Internet has become the hunting ground for those who prey on children.
One way in which children can be protected when using the Internet is […]

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With the credit crunch truly making itself felt, retailers should be pulling out all the stops to get eyeballs on their products and making sales.
Gartner research found that UK retailers are missing a trick by not using Social Networking as a marketing tool. With social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo getting so much […]

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As I mentioned in an earlier post Firefox 3 has been released with many an improvement.
With more than 15,000 (yes, you read that right!) improvements over the venerable Firefox v2, the good people at the Mozilla foundation have put together a field guide to bring us fans even more joy from using Firefox 3.
Check out […]

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Yep, Firefox 3 is here! The latest incarnation of the web browser sports many new and improved features; in true community spirit Mozilla have heard their customers and acted to create the most advanced web browser to date.
All this excitement may seem a little silly but after years of using the backward and cumbersome Internet […]

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It goes without saying that at the present time the most influential search engine on the web is Google and keeping that in mind there is some very important documentation the boffins at Google have created that every web-site owner should read and be aware of when having their web sites designed and built.
Written so […]

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When shopping online, you’ll have noticed most if not all shopping carts have a “enter coupon code here” section before you checkout.
Many online retailers give out, for promotional reasons or otherwise, discount coupon codes to be used in just that spot.
currentcodes.com is a service that researches and maintains a database of discount coupon codes […]

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SEOmoz, a Search Engine Optimization specialist offers SEO tips and guidance through their web site at www.seomoz.org. They’ve also just released the results of their Web 2.0 Awards competition, the results of which can be found here.
What’s interesting and very useful for web entrepreneurs is that there are a lot of categories covered, each with […]

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What version to use for a Joomla project is a question that requires some thought, primarily regarding the functionality you want your Joomla site to have.
Joomla 1.0x has been around since about April 2004, with the latest version 1.015 released on 22nd February 2008, and because of this it has a large number of […]

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There may be times that you’d like to drive massive traffic to your web site e.g. maybe your recent visitor statistics haven’t been as high as you’d like or you do see an opportunity to create some content for your site or blog that you know many readers will be interested in.
I’m always on the […]

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Why Startups Fail is a blog post by David Feinleib at a venture capital company, one he wrote in response to an entrepreneur asking him “why do startups fail?” The post makes for great reading but even better and more insightful is the response by Jason Fried of 37 Signals, a highly successful startup turning […]

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A great tool that I’m getting more and more use out of is the online survey-manager web site SurveyMonkey.com
As any business person will tell you, “you need to know your market!” Common sense, no doubt, but how exactly does one go about gathering market information without paying oodles of cash to a research company?
Enter SurveyMonkey!
It […]

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There are many challenges to face and overcome when starting up a business, from the administration to sales, marketing and PR.
O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures is sponsoring a Startup Camp to be held on the 10th and 11th of July this year for 6 to 8 startups that will be selected by June 20th from applicants.
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What is Web 2.0?
This is a question I get asked a lot and unfortunately, as is typical with all things Internet, there is no true fixed definition.
User-generated-content (UGC) and Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX) are just two of the terms that get bandied around when trying to nail down just what Web 2.0 is.
Recently a […]

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