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
I got back from our two day honeymoon on the Isle of Wight to find that my latest book – co-authored with Kevin Yank – is out. It is currently available from Sitepoint and should be on Amazon before too long as well as in local bookshops. One of the things that always amazes students … New Book – “Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong”
Last Saturday Drew and I got married. This post is really just to point people to the pool and tag on Flickr where photos taken by the massed camera-wielding geeks are accumulating, and to say thank you to everyone who came along and made it such a special day for us both.
This summer we have Ed Kelly from Exeter University working at edgeofmyseat.com. Ed is studying Computer Science and will be working with us for 8 weeks as part of the Shell Step Programme. The programme aims to get students working in business on a real project during their summer break. The project we are working … Summer project
I’ve been doing a macro photography course for the last 4 weeks at Bracknell and Wokingham College. It’s great fun but the problem with doing a course like this is that it is then very tempting to rush out and buy a whole lot of kit to try and replicate the set-ups in the college … Off camera flash fun