Moving on to pastures new

Posted February 19 by Dan Cryer

I got a call a couple of weeks ago about a great opportunity at a small full-package media and marketing agency in Leeds, Media Wow. After a short, successful interview process, I was offered the job on Monday. I’m going to be helping them create a web development department from scratch to compliment their recent addition...

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Google Chrome Frame

Posted February 11 by Dan Cryer

I’m sure by now, if you work in web development, you’ll have heard of Google Chrome Frame. The plugin for Internet Explorer that replaces the entire rendering engine with Google Chrome, on demand. Whilst I understand that this is a less than ideal solution, as if a user can install a plugin, they can probably replace...

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PHP UK Conference 2010

Posted February 11 by Dan Cryer

I’ve been meaning to post about this for weeks now, but haven’t got around to it. The PHP UK Conference is coming up on the 26th of February in London and my boss, Remo Biagioni, is one of the speakers. Here’s some information about Remo and the talk from the official site: Remo’s Bio: Remo is Head...

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Google Buzz Followup

Posted February 11 by Dan Cryer

I posted on Wednesday, just as Google Buzz was announced, asking whether Google Buzz was just Google Wave done right. I’ve now had Google Buzz in my GMail account for just over 24 hours, and I think I can answer the question: Not quite yet. Why? Google Buzz has a lot of the hallmarks of Google Wave....

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Is Google Buzz just Wave done right?

Posted February 9 by Dan Cryer

I’m sure those of you who read this blog will have heard what Google Buzz is already. If you haven’t, Buzz is a real time sharing service, much like Twitter. It allows you to post status updates, like Twitter, but what it adds is the ability to share pictures and videos directly. Services like TwitPic...

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