As a blogger, I write my fair share of  software reviews, both for paid, and for free software. One thing that continues to irk me when I'm dealing  with these companies, is the lack of forethought in their sign up process. All too often, signing up for a free trial results in numerous automated e...

I'm sure many of you will have heard the massive news at Techcrunch Disrupt today, but to quickly summarise, Windows Live (formerly MSN) Spaces is shutting down and migrating their 30m+ users to WordPress.com. Without a doubt this will present a number of challenges for bloggers coming across to WP...

The emergence of the social web has given rise to a number of startups, and provided eco-systems that now support thousands of applications. With the high quantities of existing users that are active within these networks, and the ongoing technical problem of user management, it's little surprise t...

Occasionally, I've found that fully featured CMS systems, aren't always the best solution for particular projects. Sometimes, the client will only want to update a single page on their site, or they won't be prepared to shell out the dough on a full fledged, full integrated CMS build. Other times, y...

Developing new content is hard work, but critical to growing your presence online.  Often there are missed opportunities that are overlooked, particularly within larger organisations to build great content using the resources, which are often unused, or gathering dust in your filing cabinet. This p...

Google have just rolled out their real time search interface, (Wednesday) bringing instant AJAX  generated SERPS.  Not only will Google try to now predict what you are potentially going to type, using existing data, but they will also now actually change the results in front of your eyes, trimming...

Many web startups are based around the basic principle that more users equals greater success, and more revenue. Whilst getting traffic to your site is one thing, getting users engaged enough to actually signup, and convert into active, repeat visits is quite another. One technique that many bus...