Kids, work & websites
Judging by our website you wouldn’t know it but we’ve been flat out over the last couple of months. We’ve had babies, deployed several websites and undertaken more consultancy work than we’ve done since starting out in 2006.
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Planning or developing an App?
If you’re planning or developing an iPad or iPhone application then you need to check out the iOS Reference Library.
Happy 2011 from Border Crossing Media
As this year draws to a close we’d like to wish all of our customers, collaborators and friends all the best for 2011. We’ll be taking the Monday and Tuesday off but come the 5th of January we’ll be back up and running.
Google releases updated SEO starter guide
Google have updated their SEO starter guide. We always recommend that clients familiarise themselves with this document as it provides a comprehensive and perhaps more importantly free overview of how best to approach search engine optimisation (SEO) from Google itself.
What’s getting tacked on to your web development brief?
I’ve started to notice a recurring trend in the briefs and request for proposals we receive. Every one we’ve reviewed of late has one line in it that is totally out of sync with the rest of the document’s content.
Alpha, beta & official releases: What’s the difference?
We do our best not to use jargon when communicating with clients. That said, we do use the terms alpha, beta and official release. These terms are useful because they help everyone understand where we are with a technical development project.
3 best practices for blogging
Here at Border Crossing Media we always try something before we recommend it. This month I have signed myself up for the HubSpot Inbound Marketing University.
WordPress 3.0 has been released
WordPress 3.0 has been released and is available to download. Tip: sign-up for the mailing list to receive notifications whenever a new stable release is made available.
3 things that made us better
Here are 3 things that I’ve introduced since joining Border Crossing Media. You’d most likely see them in a large organisation but they’ve certainly helped us grow as a company:
Our approach to collaborating on a design
We always prefer to work with a design team throughout a project but when this isn’t possible we’ll provide as much help as we can. More often than not this entails providing guidelines and prototypes that showcase potential improvements.
Determine your online strategy
I am going to start this post with a simple assumption – you have a business plan. As part of your plan you may have noted that you need to develop a presence online.
Defining the scope of a project
Now first off I want to state that I have learnt this the hard way. There was no epiphany this is just something I’ve learnt by being burnt.