http://www.totallyrich.com Richard Johnson | Internet Consultant and Developer Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:49:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you who I haven't spoken to for a while I have handed in my notice at Masterpiece. I am now a director for great company called GPMD. GPMD Create awesome web sites using Open Source software: SilverStripe, Drupal and Magento. I'm really looking forward to a fresh start ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2009/06/17/time-for-a-fresh-start-gpmd/ Unlike most large retailers Tesco seems to have made a bit of a slip up here. I can't understand why pushing some updates out to a site as large and as profitable as the Tesco food store can't be done without downtime. Surely they have a development environment to test ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2009/02/09/tesco-get-website-update-wrong/ I have recently had a few phone enquiries by start up companies looking for consultation services online. At first I thought this was a little unusual as I don't do any marketing "internet consultant" however it appears my site does quite well with the search engines. Take a look at ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2008/11/23/interesting-search-engine-results/ Every company has something to say and most of them come up with interesting and innovative content. However, there is more to online PR than just writing a good case study or white paper. Content optimisation is the key to promoting your topic well with the search engines hence generating more ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2008/11/23/online-pr-content-optimisation-the-right-way/ My friend has just launched his new web site www.rakebacknow.com If you are familiar with online poker you'll already understand what rakeback is. If not here's a little overview: "Poker rooms charge rake which is a fee on all cash game pots and tournament entries. We can help you to reclaim ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2008/09/24/rake-back-now-new-site-launched/ I have just found out a few of my mates have created a wicked website called SnaffleUp. It's a much better implementation of Freecycle and I have to say I am going to add my first item this evening. Check it out here: www.snaffleup.co.uk. http://www.totallyrich.com/2008/07/31/snaffleup-donate-your-stuff/ This weekend is the first ever WordCamp UK event. Jeff Van Campen and I are luck y enough to be heading up to Birmingham this afternoon, ready for a 09:30 kick off tomorrow morning. The weekend will see various Wordpress enthusiasts give talks and Q&A sessions on the open source ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2008/07/18/wordcamp-uk/ We launched the new website for Masterpiece a few weeks ago. http://www.masterpiececreate.co.uk The whole site is built in Wordpress and can be updated by not technical editors and authors. Check out the website if you have a spare few minutes... http://www.totallyrich.com/2008/07/07/new-masterpiece-website/ Apple Computers Inc have now released a beta version of their popular web browser Safari, but on Windows! Anyone who uses an Apple Mac will know that Safari is a fast, standards compliant browser which gives Firefox a good run for it's money (well not money as it's free!). Now, ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows/ I got annoyed with wireless internet at home so I decided to run a cable up to my bedroom. The cheapest way to do this was to buy a pre-cut 20m CAT5e and attach the RJ45 ends myself. I borrowed the crimping tool from work and downloaded the cable diagram. ... http://www.totallyrich.com/2007/02/18/making-your-own-network-cables/