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Twitter in Plain English

Leon Poole — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:59:07 +0000

There’s been a lot of buzz twittering about Twitter lately, especially since it went gang-busters in 2009. Despite all this noise, there are still people that don’t understand what this “Twitter” stuff is about. Enter Twitter in Plain English – probably the best video that explains this social media phenomenon:

Since the making of this video, Twitter has further evolved. Why not check it out ... Read more » Related posts:

Brisbane Web Design

Leon Poole — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:38:59 +0000

Brisbane Web Design is a meetup group that I’ve been involved with as assistant organiser and occasional speaker for just over 3 years, and somehow during the crazy December 2009 time of last year it occurred to me that I had never really spoken about the web design group in much detail here on the Creative World blog – so I began this ... Read more » No related posts.

Brisbane Chinatown Mall welcomes the Tiger

Leon Poole — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:54:16 +0000

The Brisbane Chinatown Mall was officially re-opened yesterday, Sunday 14th February 2010 just in time for the year of the Tiger with Lord Mayor of Brisbane Campbell Newman centre stage for the launch.

The highlight of the day was the unveiling of the mall’s new Carp statue by local Chinese artist Catherine Chui. The statue is a playful and dynamic design consisting of two primary ... Read more » No related posts.

Brisbane’s New Chinatown Mall

Leon Poole — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:38:02 +0000

For some time now Brisbane’s Chinatown Mall has been under going a major facelift. With only a few days until the mall is officially reopened I was lucky enough to be passing by to see some of the light sequences during testing on the new Street Gate entrance.

The Chinatown Mall officially opens this Sunday 14th February 2010 in sync with Chinese New Year Celebrations. ... Read more » Related posts:

Creative World adds to activeCollab Giveaway

Leon Poole — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:58 +0000

Creative World is excited to announce that we’re joining in on the activeCollab Giveaway! It’s a great time of year to give and it also syncs nicely with the launch of our new Modern theme.

17 Dec 2009 This giveaway is now over! Congrats to all winners and thank you to ActiveCollab for putting on the Giveaway and allowing us to participate. ... Read more » No related posts.

Modern 1.0

Leon Poole — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:26:24 +0000

Features: - Liquid Layout Design - Classic Icon Bars - Easy to Customise - Icon-tastic navigation - ActiveCollab 2.3+ Compatible Buy Now ($69 AUD) | Learn More No related posts.

Creating a WebClip Bookmark Icon

Leon Poole — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:22:07 +0000

Remember the excitement you had when you realised you could customise that little 16×16 icon next to your web address in the browser? (called a favicon) – Well today I’ve re-experienced that feeling with the discovery that we can customise the icon used when you add a bookmark to the homescreen on the iPhone or iPod Touch!

Adding a favicon to your website is simple, and ... Read more » No related posts.

Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong!

Leon Poole — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:50:36 +0000

Recently I listed to a great talk by Dan Willis from Sapient on how “Everything you know about web design is wrong”. Presented at a 2009 SXSWi, he talks about how web design is much more than just creating “pretty pictures”, and if designers are to be successful we need to try new things.

… what does design ... Read more » No related posts.

10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress

Leon Poole — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:57:04 +0000

Recently at a Brisbane Web Design meetup I participated in an active discussion on CMS’s. It was a great night with people speaking for at least 5 different CMS’s! I was batting for WordPress which was no problem at all – I’m a huge fan!

I thought other people might enjoy knowing the benefits of using WordPress to run your website too, so I’ve posted ... Read more » No related posts.

Access 1.1 Released

Leon Poole — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:19:10 +0000

After only 3 days of the Access 1.0 release we got a message from Brandon that we had completely missed stylings for the “Compare Versions” page in the Pages module – how embarrassing after all that beta testing!

In light of this, we decided to quickly edited the theme and release Access 1.1 to addresses this issue. Download the new Access 1.1 ... Read more » No related posts.

Access 1.0 Final

Leon Poole — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:26:25 +0000

Since March this year, Access 1.0 for activecollab has endured 2 tough rounds of beta versions (Beta 1 and Beta 2) that were developed to work with the new advancements in ActiveCollab 2.0+. From these betas, the feedback we received has been fantastic. Thank you to everyone who reported bugs, suggested ideas and supported us throughout the development process!

We’re now ... Read more » No related posts.

Access 1.0 Beta 2 Released

Leon Poole — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:54:15 +0000

Finally a more up-to-date version of Access theme for activecollab that integrates better with the new enhancements since the release of activeCollab 2.1!

What’s new? Re-think of the panel based layout on the Project Overview page New styling for buttons (mainly change/edit/add types) Colours have been tweaked sitewide – including background, links, highlights and hovers Improved styling for category tabs Overhaul of the ‘action’ links for on the detail pages Plus lots ... Read more » No related posts.