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28.06.2008

Reconsidering My Stance On Flash

by Ross Allchorn

Since I’ve recently taken a step back from certain aspects of website design and development (specifically hosting, coding and marketing), I’m delving more and more into the layout and aesthetic concerns of creating a website. That doesn’t mean that I don’t go through the proper discovery steps that precede the design phases, but since I […]

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13.06.2008

Designing Email Newsletters Properly

by Ross Allchorn

Mr/Mrs Client:
“Whip me together a quick newsletter to send to my subscribers. Oh, and make it look like this design”…
I am then handed a design created by a print designer. Background images, fancy fonts, overlaying text etc.
“It needs to look exactly like that and must work in all mail clients.”
Wow, thanks… I’ll get right on […]

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12.06.2008

My Thoughts On Time Management And Productivity

by Ross Allchorn

Managing my time is something I used to struggle with. Nowadays, I seem to have more spare time than a lot of people and even making a decent living. I don’t believe I’ve stumbled onto some secret, but rather through reading up a bit about it and actually acting on advice (some good, some bad), […]

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11.06.2008

Enough With The Generic Web Directories Already!

by Ross Allchorn

Please note: This is all meant in good humour, but it’s the gospel truth, so pay heed.
Really people. I know it’s exciting when you first start using the internet and you think:
“wow, imagine if there was a web site where people could list their company, and I could charge them to list, and I can […]

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