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Because nothing is really free!

I cringe every time I hear ‘free’ and ‘cheap’ whenever people speak about the web. It astounds me how most of us have come to expect everything available online to be free.  The simple truth is, everything comes with a cost. The massive amount of computing power, electricity consumption, time, effort and money that is [...]

Viewing ASP.NET / .ASP pages outside Visual Web Developer

Are you using Windows XP and having problems with viewing your .asp pages via localhost?  If you’re having trouble viewing your ASP.NET / .ASP pages, and can swear that IIS has been installed successfully like I did (hah), perhaps these steps will help you, like they helped me. I was able to view the .asp [...]

Problem installing Skype on Vista?

Getting error messages while installing Skype on Vista? A quick search on google shows there are many challenges to installing Skype on a Vista machine. I tried installing Skype sometime ago on my 64-bit Vista OS machine, and it refused to install properly.  I since learnt that Skype works only with 32-bit Vista OS machines, [...]

Retrieving Emails from your Hotmail account using Email Clients and iPhone

Having searched in vain for this information since last year, I’ve decided to migrate to gmail. The frustration I faced was mainly with the fact that I can retrieve my emails from gmail using Windows mail and outlook, but I couldn’t do the same with hotmail. In December, I finally got an iPhone, and faced [...]

Ada Lovelace Day – Heroines Who Inspire Me

It’s been a while since I last blogged (almost a year, I think) as I trackback and try to find a new way forward.  I have to thank @goatlady for giving me that extra push and a great excuse to get the ball rolling with her Ada Lovelace Post.   For those of you wondering [...]

Anyone using iPhoto?

I was previously using iPhoto to put my album and photo book together, but later on realised that it is not possible to get the books printed. As a result, I gave up that notion, and used iPhoto purely to manage my photo archive. However, in my search for photo book today, I came across [...]

Looking for a good photo-album / photobook tool

Yea, I’m at it again. I’ve been rather slack in finishing that Chiang Mai scrapbook but I’m very pleased to say I have made some progress last weekend. I got stuck at page 5 since February last year and managed to complete the layout for page 12 last Sunday! Yay! At last. I have not [...]

Web analytics solution guide

I truely digg the effort that has been put into this! This is to-date the most comprehensive web analytics provider list. If you are looking for some information regarding web analytics, this is a good place to start. The list gives an overview of what’s out there, but there is little offering of details, although [...]

Great news for Web Analysts!

According to WISTV, things are looking for those of us working in the Internet arena. In her article, “Today’s Top Careers: 2008 and Beyond“, Debbie Strong highlights how technology has been a factor moulding the job markets. Companies everywhere are allocating resources to developing effective Web sites, says O’Donnell. [GL1] She points to Web analytics [...]

10 common web design mistakes

Suddenly remembered an article from Techrepublic which I read a couple of months ago on the above topic.  Definitely something beginners and seasoned web designers need to remember: Failing to provide information that describes your web site Skipping Alt and Title tags Changing URLs for archived pages Not dating your content Creating busy, crowded pages [...]

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