I read with interest Clay Shirky’s post, A Rant About Women and a response by Tom Coates – Should we encourage self-promotion and lies. Clay’s premise is that, “not enough women have what it takes to behave like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks”. Now I’d hope that most people, male or female, wouldn’t like to be described … On self-promotion, lies, and being a woman
One of the great mysteries of life as a web developer is the number of people who are willing to spend several thousand pounds getting a site or web application developed, only to then want it to be deployed on the cheapest of cheap hosting. At edgeofmyseat.com we pride ourselves in developing efficient, scalable applications. … Choosing web hosting
A little late, I thought I would kick off the new year here on rachelandrew.co.uk with a round up of last year and some hints as to what I might be up to during 2010. Despite the recession 2009 was a good year at edgeofmyseat.com. We launched our mini Content Management System, Perch, at the … Looking forward to 2010
As I mentioned in my last post, last year we moved the business accounts for edgeofmyseat.com from Quickbooks to Xero. I’ve been asked for my opinions of Xero a few times recently and so thought I’d write this up here and it may be useful to others. Why move from Quickbooks Before discovering Xero.com I … Moving accounts from Quickbooks to Xero
It seems obvious that cashflow and accounts are important elements of running a business. However when you first start your business, bookkeeping and accounts isn’t something you easily get excited about – unless perhaps you are starting a business as an accountant. If you watch the television programme ‘Dragons’ Den’ you can see how many … Keeping an eye on cashflow – accounts and bookkeeping for web businesses
At edgeofmyseat.com we have been developing content management systems since the company began in 2001. We have developed completely custom systems, implemented third party and open source systems, moved data from one system to the other, and developed our own CMS framework that we now use for most of the websites we develop that require … Perch – a lightweight but powerful CMS for small sites
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. I like the idea of this day, it is far more positive than the perennial “where are the women in tech” debates, and by highlighting a wide range of women and telling their stories it shows exactly … Ada Lovelace Day
I had this post in mind for a while, prompted by Neil Dixon’s post on the same subject, however the recent post over at Carsonified and the responses to it reminded me of this subject, and that is might be a good time to add my thoughts to the debate having been on the receiving … Web design or development profit share agreements
It is certainly shaping up to be a tough time for a lot of people right now. Several friends have found themselves unemployed and I’ve seen a number of people mentioning on Twitter how they are considering starting their own business. From my own experience I would encourage people to go for it – even … Starting your own business during a downturn
24 ways – the advent calendar for web geeks – is back. Each day throughout December check the site for a new article on web design or development. Drew has kicked off the proceedings with Easing the Path from Design to Development an article full of real-world tips on how to ensure a good result … 24 Ways returns and edgeofmyseat.com evolves