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Baby Girl!

I know every parent thinks this but ... she's absolutely beautiful! See more pics on AmieRose.com...

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Solar-Powered Internet

In these days of global financial meltdown, it's comforting to know that some people are working on ways to reduce internet costs. Professor Marcelo Zuffo of the the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has invented a solar-powered wifi access point...

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Popsicle - A Free Wordpress Theme from Heraghty.net

We've created another Wordpress theme called Popsicle, which you can download for free from our web design site. Popsicle is based loosely on the design of the Heraghty.net website. The theme comes in five different colours. The demo shows...

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Usability of Open Source Software

I'm a big fan of open source software. Almost all of our client projects are written in PHP and use the standard LAMP architecure. I love open source products such as Wordpress, which despite some flaws is very usable --...

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Growing Interest in Search Engine Marketing in Ireland

I recently delivered a one-day course on SEO and Google Adwords, which was organised by the IIA. You can still download the slides from the event -- although they will be locked and available only to members in a week...

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Google in the 1960s

What Google (may have) looked like in the 1960s......

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The Elements of User Experience

I just discovered this diagrammatic representation (PDF) of the various elements that make up the User Experience on a website. It was created by James Garrett in 2000, and is still just as relevant today....

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Homepage vs. Landing Pages - Striking a Balance

One of the things I love about my job is that I'm constantly learning. Everything internet-related seems to continually, rapidly evolve (consider recent changes in design methods, standards and styles; online marketing techniques; web-based software tools; electronic payment options; social...

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