http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog A blog by Dublin-based web design company, EdenWeb Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're in the process of making a few changes (big and small) to our company website. It's an ongoing project but one of the immediate changes we've made concerns the blog and it's address. After the redesign of the site, the blog is now integrated directly into EdenWeb.ie and will ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2011/03/web-design-blog-gets-a-new-home/ Despite the recession, there are still a lot of companies out there seeking talented web professionals. A few weeks ago we were contacted by a company that has an urgent requirement for someone in the User Interface / Usability / Information Architecture space and we said we'd help get the ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2009/11/web-design-jobposition-available-user-experience-manager/ One of the greatest things about attending NCAD (all those years ago!) was the exposure you had to a huge range of creative disciplines. So, wether you were studying Visual Communications, Fashion Design or Craft, it's likely that you had friends and mentors across Painting, Sulpture, Industrial Design and Photography. ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2009/09/creative-d-define-develop-and-promote-creative-businesses/ I just spotted a Google Streetview Car pass by the office window. I'm suprised that they're down here in 'rural' wicklow but it was a nice suprise all the same. Rachel managed to take a snap... Another nice suprise was Typeform in Dublin arriving seconds later to deliver scans of the ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2009/03/google-streetview-car-in-wicklow/ Big thanks for Fergus for the tip off here. This looks like a great opportunity for a designer who wants to work with Ireland's best Property Portal. Daft.ie are looking for a talented GUI/interface guy or gal on a contract basis and working remotely also looks possible. If work at ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2009/03/contractfreelance-web-interface-designer-with-daftie/ Melbourne-based SitePoint.com have a great book offer at the moment in aid of the recent Melbourne bushfire victims. You can now buy any 5 of their web design books (in PDF format) for the price of 1 and 100% of the money will go to the Australian Red Cross Victorian ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2009/02/sitepoint-book-offer-for-melbourne-fire-victim/ Happy New Year everyone. It's the start of a brand new working year. Whether you've got big or small plans for 2009, I hope they come true for you and your business. http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2009/01/happy-new-year-from-edenweb/ Best of luck tonight to EdenWeb client Aer Arann who have been shortlisted in the Best Travel & Tourism Website category. We redesigned the homepage a few months ago (Case Study coming soon) and made some significant improvements to the design, layout and usability of the homepage and site in ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/11/edenweb-web-site-golden-spider-awards/ I'm helping a friend get two very basic holding pages together for her choir prior to an appearance on the Late Late show this Friday. The Specular Choir Inishowen Gospel Choir I'm hoping to get these two tiny sites Googled and indexed by Friday. Finger's crossed! http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/10/inishown-gospel-choir-the-specularchoir-late-late-show-this-friday/ I've just been really impressed by the customer service over at Mactivate in Dublin. My Macbook battery packed up while I was working remotely and their service department couldn't do enough for me. They set me up with a brand new battery and told me to come back on Monday ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/09/mactivate_dublin_apple_store_and_repairs/ Before you rush off and download Google's shiny new Browser, just make sure you read their End User License Agreement and are happy with this shocker. And I thought their motto was 'Don't be evil'! 11. Content license from you 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/09/google-chrome-eula/ Cashel Palace Hotel already have some of the nicest staff and now they've just made my day with their free WIFI. The photo below doesn't do their Hotel justice but neither does their website. We decided to come back here almost 3 years later based on their great rooms, staff ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/08/cashel-palace-hotel-great-hotel-in-tipperary/ 5 top things I'm really enjoying at the moment... 1. Not buying the Sunday Business Post for the first time in about 8 years. 2. Losing over 80% of my blog feeds and not re-subscribing. 3. Unsubscribing from several Twitter feeds. 4. Setting Outlook to download emails every 30 minutes instead of every 10. 5. ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/07/five-things/ One of my clients is looking for a Graphic Designer for regular 'above the line' print design work.  If you know of anyone who is interested in producing design work for a high profile, dynamic and exciting company then please send me details (don't respond here). The role would suit a ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/06/graphic-designer-required/ Adobe have just released their new Media Player. AMP is a free download which allows you to view and stream Flash videos on their PC. Active channels at the moment include Arts & Culture, Comedy, Music, Lifestyle, Science and Technology and more. For such a new service, the range ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/04/adobe-media-player/ I've just upgraded to WordPress 2.5 for my design blog. The only bugs I can find at the moment are the SIFR titles on blogs which are now 1/3 the size. Otherwise, it's been a remarkably smooth experience. The hosting control panel actually handled everything so finger's crossed that nothing ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/04/word-press-25/ UPS arrived about 2 minutes ago. I have brand new copy of Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Master Collection) sitting in front of me waiting to be installed. I can't wait to start playing with this. Here's a list of the included software in the Master Collection. Adobe InDesign® CS3 Adobe Photoshop® ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/04/web-design-software/ From one of my favourite web sites ( fontshop.com ) comes the latest FontBook type catalogue. Just like the right photograph, the right font can make or break any piece of graphic design. I love these font catalogues and can easily spend hours browsing through hundreds of pages of Serif, Sans ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/02/choose-great-fonts-for-graphic-and-web-site-design/ The Irish Webmaster Forum.com are organising a few drinks at the Harbour Master pub in the IFSC (Dublin) on Friday 9th February. If you're a Web Master, Web Designer, Marketeer, Search Engine Optimiser (or all 4!) and want to meet a few of your contemporaries the drop by and say ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/02/web-design-and-marketing-meet-up/ A nice feature on the HP Media Server flash demo is the ability to mute the volume on the demo before it starts playing. It’s an impressive yet simple touch that saved me having to turn off my own music. If you work in a shared office I’m sure at some ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2008/01/hp-mediasmart-server-and-flash-demo-usability/ We've been quiet on the blog and news updates lately as we've been wrapping up a couple of great projects. I can't believe it's November 1st today! Anyway, in the interests of publishing *something* this month, I wanted to announce the following clients and welcome them to Eden Web and ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2007/11/latest-web-design-news-from-eden-web-design/ If you've been nominated for an IIA Net Visionary Award or are sponsoring a category, you may want to display a badge on your web site or blog. You can grab a JPEG for your category over at the Eden Web resources page. The full suite of categories are ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2007/09/iia-netvisionary-award-logos-for-web-design-blogging-entrepreneur-etc/ I've been nominated for Web Designer of Excellence in the latest IIA Net Visionary Awards. I'd love your vote so if you like our work please vote for EdenWeb here - http://www.netvisionary.ie/vote2007.htm Thanks! Peter http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2007/09/web-designer-awards-iia-netvisionary-2007/ The IEDR today announced relaxation of the rules for registering personal dot-ie domain names for individuals. This means you can now register YourName.IE for approx 25 Euro per anum. Furthermore, most combinations of your first, middle and surname are acceptable. An applicant named ‘John Paul Smith’ can register the following alternatives: Johnsmith.ie ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2007/09/yournameie/ If there was one industry related to my profession that I'd love to plan, design and build a website for, it'd probably be a Hosting company. UK, Scottish, Taiwanese, Canadian or Irish, they just can't seem to communicate successfully to their target audience(s) and consistently misunderstand what potential customers are ... http://www.edenweb.co.uk/blog/2007/09/the-host-with-the-most-2/