Notes from the Large Pantry
- 21 Dec
by Peter Wilson
No commentsConfirming a caller’s identity
The ATO called me last week and asked for my middle name and date of birth to confirm my identity. I told the operator that I wasn’t in the habit of giving out my personal details to incoming callers.
- 4 Dec
by Peter Wilson
No comments10 Ways to Draw Traffic to Your Site
Once you’ve started your site, your blog, or real time web app, there’s no point publishing and just hoping people will come.
- 27 Nov
by Peter Wilson
1 commentNever too old
At 94, my granddad decided to get a computer and onto the internet.
Dedicated to R Feltscheer, 1-1-1912 – 22-11-2009.
- 24 Nov
by Josh Kinal
No commentsThe "D" Word
To call oneself a ‘Web Designer’ is about as accurate and explanatory as saying ‘I work with computers’.
- 20 Nov
by Peter Wilson
No commentsCraig McLachlan, Who Knew?
This week, Boxcutters featured Craig McLachlan as their guest, in the process providing a great example of the advantages of podcasting.
- 17 Nov
by Josh Kinal
No commentsAssigning roles and sticking to them
Much like everything else that needs doing when starting up, it is the most important thing to do. Books about building a new business are full of suggestions about the most important thing to do. I suppose listing something and just saying it’s a helpful tool for getting the business on track is just not strong enough for the self-help book market.
- 12 Nov
by Peter Wilson
No commentsCharging for themes? Do the right thing!
Of all the Wordpress functions, I think wp_register_script, wp_register_style, wp_enqueue_script, and, wp_enqueue_style are the most elegant.
- 10 Nov
by Josh Kinal
No commentsMYOB Invoices: Building Brand Identity
We asked our accountant what accounting software package we should use. This is why we went with MYOB and how we’re dealing with the headaches.
- 6 Nov
by Peter Wilson
No commentsPartying like it's 1999
Within a couple of months of writing that I prefered my own base JavaScript file to an exisiting framework, I was a convert to jQuery. Why the turnaround?
- 3 Nov
by Josh Kinal
No commentsExpectations go both ways
Recently we had a potential client ask for a quote for a database application. The price we gave the client and the amount they were expecting to pay were vastly different. Their budget was almost one-twentieth the cost of the application.
So who got it wrong and how did it end up so completely out of proportion?