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Windows 10 Review

Dated: 3 February 2016

As a user of Windows since it first began back in 1985, I like to think that I know Microsoft pretty well. Microsoft and I have a love/hate relationship. For my purposes, a Windows laptop and Windows PC are the only viable options for me and my business. However, it always feels like Windows is […]

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3 reasons you don’t need a website

Dated: 19 August 2015

It’s shocking really – A web designer talking about not needing a website?! However, I’ve spoken to a few people recently that have very old websites, or no website at all, and believe, rightly or wrongly, that their website isn’t an important part of their business. It’s vital to how we help clients to respect […]

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Useful translations of ‘marketing speak’ and what they really mean

Dated: 18 August 2015

Getting confused by marketing speak? Here’s some quick translations of what marketing people say and what they really mean for us people who remember a time before computers… Adwords What they mean is Google Adwords, which are adverts that appear at the top of Google that help drive traffic. If your marketing company is talking […]

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Xmas advice for fellow workaholics

Dated: 17 December 2014

If you’re like me, about this time of year you start totting up the days off you have (or haven’t) had in 2014, and realise that possibly you’ve been over doing it a little. Then you vow that you’ll have Christmas off – knowing that an important client could phone up at any moment from […]

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What is The Dark Net?

Dated: 12 December 2014

Today, I am using the Truesilver blog to have a little rant about bad journalism. I apologise in advance to the good journalists out there, as I am about to make a few generalisations which don’t include you, but I’m hoping this might enlighten a those people out there who don’t code and may have […]

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