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Firefox download day is 17th June. That’s Tuesday, in case you’re wondering.
To date, there’s around 1,2m people in the mix. Get yours.
I reckon this is a good cause: Firefox Download Day. If you’re still on Internet Explorer, well, sort yourself out. This is your chance for redemption.
I just hope that they have some pretty robust servers. And a techie or two on standby.
I’m apparently number 531 in South Africa.
Saw this on TechCrunch; it’s a demo of iPhone Earth.
Interesting, especially since the iPhone is now going to be available across all our fellow developing countries*.
* Apple pretty much considers this as any country other than USA.
So it’s competition time over at Smashing Magazine again and this time round you can win yourself a fancy Canon DSLR.
Unleash the creative within and go out this weekend and take some pictures of all the lovely textures we can find just about anywhere. Your efforts might make you the proud new owner of a Canon Digital Rebel XT, but hurry because entries close 21st May! Everyone has an equal chance to win since the judging will be completely random and not skill based.
We over here at the Heavy Chef absolutely love Smashing Magazine and have already submitted our entries. Good Luck and happy shooting.
I have finally given in.
After resisting for some time now, The Maven has convinced me to get with the program. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Mike, you’re next…
Someone was writing about the fact that Facebook had reached a plateau, and we must look to Twitter for the next big wave of social interaction. Check out this list that Compete.com released. Heard of Fubar? Well, you will. Take a gander at the growth in the last column…
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Once again, Smashing Magazine have come up with a winner. This latest article is all about usability, and outlines things to watch out for when creating a website. Read More
I know there are quite a few people who read Joel on Software, a blog written by a programmer who used to work for Microsoft. Joel is a legend, an iconoclastic voice that assails any mainstream dumbass lemming-like thinking. If you’re in IT, web development, or even web marketing, you should add him to your feedreader. Here’s an excerpt from a recent post, predicting the death of Gmail. Read More
Since placing our profile on Biz-Community* pitching World Wide Creative’s services as a web marketing company, we’ve seen an increase in online referrals by around 150% (not a confirmed stat - this is using my overtaxed, non-administrative brain). Not sure if the traffic through our site has been generated by the Biz-Community website, since not a lot of the visitors to the World Wide Creative site actually come directly from their site - but maybe our increasing number of people ’stumbling upon’ us results from better search results for marginalised words. Read More
World Wide Creative SA are stoked this morning. South Africa won a pretty important rugby game on the weekend (there’s radio silence from the UK office today) and it looks like we’ve got a good route to the final if we play our cards right. Nice boys. Read More
Woohoo. Bring on the boks baby! Tonight is the big game, and the excitement is already starting to mount in the World Wide Creative studio.
And so, in cognisance of the enormity of tonight’s match, we cast our minds back to a similar event two years ago (a dark day for the northern hemisphere studio). It was a day that World Wide Creative UK decided to bet World WIde Creative SA that the northern hemisphere would thrash the southern hemisphere in a once-off rugby match. Sadly it didn’t happen, and Mike Perk (UK Director) had to pay the consequences. The bet was that if the north won, Fred Roed (SA Director) would have to go down to Camps Bay and make ’sand angels’ in a speedo on video. If the south won, Mike would have to make snow angels, in a speedo, on video.
Needless to say, the south won, and here we have the fruit of that little arrangement.
Mikey - any bets on tonight’s big game?
- Fred
[Update: Mike has said that if South Africa lose the game, he's going to put a video up of me singing 'Angie' at the karaoke bar across the road from the World Wide Creative studio. I haven't thought of a forfeit for him yet...]
This article, maybe more than any other, explains why website design costs a fair amount of money if you want to get it done right. Great stuff from Joel Spolsky once again (lifted from his brilliant blog - Joel on Software).
Joel talks about the website designed by their chosen design firm. Joel goes through all the design phases and then tells them to ’start all over again’. Hectic. To the website firm: we feel your pain, whoever you are. This is something that we’ve experienced more than once.
We understand from the client’s perspective, and from our point of view, the site must be exactly right. Throw in browser compatibility at the end of the process, and you realise why the small guys are getting killed out there.
Web design is not for the faint hearted, fellas.
World Wide Creative is excited about the big web marketing drive we’re on. Pawnee is working full tilt on SEO, Mike is on the case with Pay per click and we’re all on the case with optimising our latest sites for optimal ranking.
A good article on the basics, check this out: How to optimise your business online.
Quick post today since we’re cracking on with all of it.
Just to show that we do actually do have lives outside of work, here’s a pic of me getting into the spirit of the Rugby World Cup. I played an old boys game last week Wednesday in a mud bath.
That’s me 5th from the right.
- Fred
Mike
Fred
Paul
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