Recently I’ve been developing a custom CRM solution for a client using SugarCRM and it’s got me thinking about the whole ‘cloud’ term and how companies have confused consumers as to exactly what it means. Just as full disclosure – I’m developing a CRM solution for a client on his own server using SugarCRM. If […]
Recently I went with my friend to the city and we walked past the Scientology centre on George St. They had recently expanded and for some reason my friend wanted to do a “stress test”. Now keep in mind this guy is a Muslim and I don’t think he was considering joining Scientology, but I […]
Recently I’ve had a client who stopped midway through when a website was 90% complete and started being totally impossible. Basically he wouldn’t reply to my emails for 2 weeks, then come out of nowhere and complain that the website was running late. He’d try to cause arguments and threaten me with mediation (even though […]
So I should probably preface this by saying most of the clients I work with are great, and if not great at the very least logical. There comes a time when after you’ve been working long enough that you’re going to run into some a$@#les. I don’t know why I’m writing this, but if you […]
Thought I’d take a quick moment to vent – is that ok with you? The thing I wanted to vent about was testimonials on marketing agency sites and a common strategy that’s popping up amongst digital “agencies” that’s complete bullshit and should be illegal. Ok, so here’s how it works. Have you ever been on […]
I used to read these advertisements you see where companies say “Increase your leads by 400%” and would think – ok, I smell some bull s#$t. That is until I got the results myself. So here is the thing – sometimes a very minor change to a website, a small element can completely blast open […]
Maybe someone somewhere has had a thought that big SEO companies have more experience or whatever the 2 bit salesman tells you on the phone. Firstly, I’m not an SEO expert by any means but the more I see how useless these established companies are the more it makes me lose faith in the human […]
Video has always been an effective medium, however how has the change to online impacted the creative and script choices that are made by video production and creative companies? We’ll talk about YouTube since it’s the biggest online video hosting company in the world. As far as advertising goes we’ll talk about pre-roll ads, which […]
It’s a brave new world. The book industry, as we know it – the paperback is dying a slow, agonizing but almost certain death. It seems the only book shop still in operation is the Dymocks in Sydney. When it comes to book publishing, I am sure many authors are still doing things the old […]
After following the recent news regarding Mundine’s fight leading up to and after his defeat I’ve realized that Anthony Mundine is either very smart or very, very dumb. Let me explain. Even the most casual boxing fans will know that there is another boxer with a big mouth that says things that tends to get […]