On Sunday I was lucky enough to wake up to a Google Wave invite. I was pretty excited and jumped right in to have a look. These are my thoughts so far.
First though, for those who don’t know what Google Wave is, it’s a new app that blends email, instant messaging and document collaboration. Rather [...]
As you may have noticed, I’ve rebranded this blog and myself as “The Optimization Strategist”.
I realised that a lot of what I do is optimizing a web presence to achieve better results.
I’m hoping the new positioning will make it easier for people to remember me, and what I do. I’m looking forward to writing content [...]
I’ve decided to make my blog a “dofollow” blog. That means that if you post a comment and put your website in the url box, you’ll get some page rank passed from this blog to your site.
I see it as a great way to promote discussion and also to give back to those that take [...]
There are so many reasons that video calls should be popular
Access to high speed internet is widespread and increasing
Pretty much all laptops these days come with a webcam on them
Laptops these days come with a mic on them
Live Messenger and all other instant chat programs, and probably even Skype, have one click video calls
It takes [...]
That’s right! We’ve just launched our new design for VDP Websites. It took longer than expected but was worth the effort that went into it. Check it out – VDP Websites
Some highlights of the design
The portfolio runs on a directory so that they can be filtered by what year they were made. It can be [...]
I’ve been reading a couple of self development books that I was given for Christmas, so I thought I would review a couple here.
The 4-hour work week – Tim Ferris
What it’s about: The 4 hour work week opens up a new perspective on life and work. Tim Ferris recommends streamlining your life, eliminating unnecessary tasks, [...]
VDP Websites has just launched the new Mooroopna Park Primary School website. This was a quick, nice and fun project for me because I got to get out of the office and take some photos, including the virtual tour.
I also like how the colour scheme worked really well in the end.
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