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iPhone 4 – 12, 18 & 24 Month Contracts (July 13th, 2010)
I done some research on iphone 4 contracts before deciding on who to go with. The values in bold are the actual cost of the phone once you pay your monthly bill and the cost of the phone.
24 Month Contracts
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Web Conferences – Are they worth it? (May 20th, 2010)
I have been to about 8 major web development conferences over the past 5 years. So at a rate of more than 1 per year I would say I am quite well placed to comment on whether they are worth the money.
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HTC Hero vs Nokia N97 (March 28th, 2010)
After 6 months of frustration I have decided to bite the bullet and get rid of my Nokia N97 and replace it with the HTC Hero. Nokia’s flagship device of 2009 is a big failure and here are a few reasons why:
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Google Rich Snippets – Review and Events (March 7th, 2010)
I have added event and review rich snippets to the venue pages and business pages on STVLocal. Rich snippets allow you to tag information within the page which Google can then take and use as part of the Search Engine Results Page. For a venue Google will pull out 3 …
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Modern CSS techniques (February 18th, 2010)
I have updated this site with a few techniques that I have been reading about in the web dev community. Some of them are pretty obvious and others are simply code tweeks. I have took the attitude of using advanced CSS techniques that will only get seen in …
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Nokia N97 for Mac OS X users (September 28th, 2009)
After some consideration I bought the Nokia 97 last week over a few other phones I was looking at. My decision was based on the camera and FM radio that I felt gave it the edge over the iphone + I am would not be tied to a 2 …
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Positioning ad code at the end of the page (March 16th, 2009)
Sites that need to generate ad revenue are often littered with ad scripts throughout the HTML. If these ads break or take a while to download it can delay the time it takes your site to appear. It would make more sense to serve the ads as the …
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Right aligned CSS sprites (March 9th, 2009)
The benefits of CSS sprites are well document.
Improved web site perfomance due to a reduced in http requests
Simple rollovers without JavaScript
Easy management of multiple images within one file.Due to these benefits I find myself keen to use CSS sprites whenever I can. However, until recently there has been one …
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Haka Dance at Queen Street Station Glasgow (February 9th, 2009)
The Haka Dance, performed by the stvjobs crew at Queen Street Station in Glasgow. Must admit the flamehead is my favourite. You can see the Haka Dance from another angle here
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High level figures for Google page weighting (January 29th, 2009)
Read this document about factors that contribute to your google ranking, its a very interesting piece and gets right down to the nitty grity. It reminded me of a couple of figures that have been pitched to myself whilst managing a relationship with a well know SEO company. The figures …
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