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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Happy New Year – 2013 Edition

Happy New Year all, I think a small review of 2012 is in order, everyone seems to be doing it so lets not buck the trend…

Monday, November 5th, 2012

Cloud Computing, a help or hinderence?

Unless you have been living under a rock you will know that the next big thing is the concept of cloud computing. The basic idea has actually been around for some time when it comes to apps for authoring documents online such as the popular Google Docs which I have been using for 3 or 4 years.

Now there is one question which I asked myself last night, “what do you when the Internet goes off?”

Friday, September 7th, 2012

Boldly Going Where No Google Doodle Has Gone Before

Today Google celebrate the 46th anniversary of Star Trek first broadcast… and Im going to admit it, yes Im a bit of a Trekkie.

As usual the creative boys and girls behind the Google doodle have turned the Google logo into the iconic Star Trek The Original Series crew.

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

3 years since Graduation

Its now been 3 years since I graduated from Liverpool John Moores, we all had our day at the Cathedral in the robes and mortarboards, unfortunately it was a pretty windy day in Liverpool that day but at least it wasn’t raining like it has been this July.

A great deal happens in 3 years, if your anything like me most people you spent 3 or 4 years with working hard to get your degree will have moved away and you will speak to them once in a while (even the ones you still live relatively near). Thats life though, it moves on.

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

Google Doodle Celebrates Amelia Earhart’s 115th Birthday

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 115th birthday of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. Earhart was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic ocean, following only one year after Charles Lindbergh’s own Atlantic flight in 1927.

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

Alan Turing turns 100

Alan Turing, who is considered to be the father of computing and the man who tackled the problem of decoding German naval enigma would have celebrated his 100th birthday today.

Google marked the occasion in their usual fashion, with an interactive doodle based on the Turing Machine.

Monday, April 9th, 2012

To New Beginnings!

After just off 2 and a half years I am to bid farewell to working in Liverpool and am looking forward to starting my new job in Chester as the sole member of the in-house web team for www.creativeplayuk.com.

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Best CSS3 Techniques

CSS3 is one of the greatest tools in web designer and coders arsenal, even though CSS3 is not fully supported yet, many web developers are starting to use many of the new techniques it brings to the table.

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

Happy New Year!

Goodnight 2011 and Hello World 2012!
Its been a crazy year with big changes all over the world and 2012 looks like it will be more of the same!

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Did you make the Top 10 most searched of 2011?

Unless you are Charlie Sheen or Ricky Gervais, probably not Top 10 UK searches Facebook YouTube Hotmail Ebay Google BBC Amazon Argos Yahoo Tesco