Manage multiple email accounts with Gmail

When we're developing websites for clients quite often there is a change in where their website is hosted and sometimes their email hosting too. When that happens a common question is; how am I going to access my emails? A lot of people don't actually use desktop email clients. Some people, because they need to travel or occasionally ...

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Branding for non-profits and why its so important

With so many non-profits and charities competing with each other for attention and contributions, understanding what branding is and how to effectively use it is absolutely crucial for every non-profit organisation.

Alongside the barrage of junk mail through my front door every day I get a lot of solicitations from various charities.  And the reality is that more often than ...

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Grid structures in Web design

Problem:

a chaotic world in which parameters are always changing;
a need for control without being controlled;
a desire to find beauty and truth;
vast quantities of words and images that need to be placed on a page.....
The designer and the grid. by Lucienne Roberts, Julia Thrift

For anyone interested in learning about grids in design, this book is ...

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Is Social Media a Fad?

People have been calling social media a fad for years now. So it's interesting to actually go back and look at the definition of 'Fad':

A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze

An intense but short-lived fashion

A personal whim

Keywords like "brief", "intense" and "Short-Lived" immediately jump out ...

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Associate value with functionality

Whether you are creating a new website or revitalising an existing one, one of the most important decisions you will make is choosing the functionality that will be most beneficial to your organisation. If it doesn't benefit your organisation, then it is of no value. None! Leave it out!!

With the myriad of continually emerging gadgets and wizardry, you ...

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We just launched our website. How will people find it?

So, you’ve spent the last few months, diligently writing content, liaising with designers & developers and finally your website is ready for the outside world to see.  You decide to go live, but what happens next? 

Answer: Not much unless you’ve planned for it.

This is where your web strategy comes into play. A web strategy (simply put) is ...

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Guide to planning a web site project

Planning a website project can be a daunting task, especially if it's your first time.  Thankfully, the key to a successful project isn't that complicated. By planning ahead, considering your audience and goals you'll greatly increase your chances of success.  Here's a simple guide to help you through the planning phase of your project.  Every project ...

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Welcome to the new cubedroute

Cubedroute started off many years ago, as just a few guys working in a large big blue chip with a vision of a better life.  The dream of coding away, with laptops on a beach seemed too good to miss out.  The reality was a little different.  There's an incredible learning curve in running your own business.  Things that ...

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Mizen Head to Malin Head in 19 hours

Once our technical director sets his mind on something theres only two things that can possibly steer him off course. Chocolate or windsurfing. Still when he told us he was going to be a part-time ultra-cyclist we didn't exactly believe him..

That was until he finished the Mizen to Malin cycle non-stop in a little over 19hrs. Now we ...

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