Legacy

I can’t remember the first time I heard the word legacy but I heard it a lot, as I grew up, in the context of the Olympic Games through my dad’s work for Reuters and the IOC. Nor can I remember ever looking up the definition. Instead, it probably found its...

Mirrors

Yesterday I wrote about a great tool for identifying colours digitally so that you can mirror them elsewhere, online or off. How does it work? When you use Instant Eye Dropper it gives you what’s called a six-character hex code (click here for a definition),...

Bullet the Blue Sky

There’s a great little free tool available for when you want to replicate a colour online. For example, if you’ve created a website for your new business and you want to create flyers or business cards to match that site exactly, I recommend Instant Eye...

Think

When you’re starting a new project or launching a new business, it’s a good idea to think about the logical order of what needs to be done. For example, that means checking to see if the domain name you want to use is actually available before you commit...

Let’s Go Surfing

In order to be ‘live’ on the internet, a website needs a home (a hosting server). Lots of companies provide hosting, some good, some less so; some are cheap, some are dirt cheap; and some are free. I always use Hostgator*: they’re inexpensive, reliable and offer...