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Penguin Books South Africa launches their new website 2008-03-16 11:21:31 Penguin BooksSouthAfrica
launches their new website
I am pleased to let you know that another of my projects has finally seen the internet light. Igroup has redone the penguin books website and I have been privileged enough to have been on the team that developed it, design of course. Go have a look and [...] Read more:Penguin
, South Africa
24 Inch and Widescreen Monitors Increase Productivity 2008-03-16 05:48:08 A study by the University of Utah has concluded that widescreen monitors can save up to 76 days in production time a year. Moving from a single 18-inch monitor to 24-inch widescreen monitor reduced project completion times from 8 hours to 5-1/2 hours. “The study revealed that large widescreen or dual-monitor configurations are recommended for [...] Read more:Monitors
, Productivity
Domain name ideas and tips 2008-02-18 14:31:18 Domain name ideas
and tips
When most companies or individual need to choose the name for their website, they are most likely to look their company’s name, their own name or the company slogan or phrase synonymous to them. For SEO purposes this is most definitely not the ideal situation, questions to ask are the following, [...]
SMS and Bulk SMS Marketing – Mobile marketing on the move 2008-03-24 14:17:33 SMS and Bulk SMS Marketing – Mobile
marketing on the move
SMS marketing enables businesses to interact with their markets on a casual and even personal level via their mobile phones. When looking at the statistics; there are currently more than 2 billion mobile phone users worldwide and growing at [...] Read more:SMS
SMS and Bulk SMS Marketing – Mobile marketing on the move 2008-03-24 14:17:31 SMS and Bulk SMS Marketing – Mobile
marketing on the move
SMS marketing enables businesses to interact with their markets on a casual and even personal level via their mobile phones. When looking at the statistics; there are currently more than 2 billion mobile phone users worldwide and growing at [...] Read more:SMS
Win a FREE SEO website Audit worth $300 at Adii.co.za 2008-03-26 04:16:02 Win a FREE SEOwebsiteAudit
worth $300 at Adii.co.za
Hey guys, Adii is giving away a professinal SEO website audit for your website from Igroup SEO. Check it out.
All you need to do to win is comment on his post. Super cool I say!
Click here to enter!
Nu Metro launches new website, logo and branding - Check out numetro.co.za 2008-03-31 06:52:51 Nu Metro launches new website
, logo and branding - Check
out numetro.co.za
Nu Metro has launched their new online presence early this morning. The site looks very cool and work like a charm, ajax has been utilized to combat the lag that big flash sites like Ster Kinekor experience. The best thing about the Nu Metro’s [...]
Nu Metro launches new website, logo and branding - Check out numetro.co.za 2008-03-31 01:32:30 Nu Metro launches new website
, logo and branding - Check
out numetro.co.za
Nu Metro has launched their new online presence early this morning. The site looks very cool and work like a charm, ajax has been utilized to combat the lag that big flash sites like Ster Kinekor experience. The best thing about the Nu Metro’s [...]
Edreams Promotion - Give Away A Day, Free DVDs and GAMES everyday, forever! 2008-04-02 08:59:29 Edreams Promotion - Give Away A Day, Free DVDs and GAMES everyday, forever!
eDreams.co.za has launched a new feature on their website called “Give-Away-A-Day”. The main idea is that any registered member stands a chance of winning either a DVD or a GAME everyday, for the rest of their life. Every member is automatically entered into [...]
Q & A: What is a short code? 2008-04-07 01:51:31 Short codes are also well known as short numbers, which are numbers that are much shorter than the usual phone numbers we are used to, the numbers are mostly used to send SMS’s and MMS’s to. The fact that the numbers are much shorter and easier to remember make them invaluable to companies wanting to [...]
Digital Camera Quicky - The Sony DSC-T200 2008-04-15 11:35:25 Digital Camera
Quicky - The Sony
DSC-T200
Sony has once again upped its game with the introduction of one of it most beautiful numbers yet, the Sony DSC-T200 digital camera. The DSC-T200 with 8.0 Mega pixels and 5x optical zoom also boasts one of the sexiest looking shells on the market with various color to choose [...] Read more:Digital
, Digital Camera
Photography Inspiration - UK Designer/Illustrator Mike Harrison 2008-04-16 05:00:25 Photography Inspiration
- UK Designer
/Illustrator
Mike Harrison
There I was stumbling around as usual and wham, it hit me. The amazing photography works of Mike Harrison! This is truly some of the best work that I have ever seen, Mike’s use of digital photography and photoshop is definitely awe inspiring.
Examples of Mike’s work:
Gadget Cool - Super mouse Sony’s 2 in 1 Mouse and Skype phone 2008-04-21 10:29:52 Gadget Cool - Super
mouse Sony
’s 2 in 1 Mouse
and Skypephone
This is soooo cool, Sony’s Vaio VN-CX1 computer mouse and integrated VOIP Skype phone. This is a must for all tech afficianados and mobile users alike. Great features and exceptional design as we have come to expect from Sony and it’s top of [...] Read more:Gadget
Nintendo South Africa launches online gaming store 2008-04-24 10:28:56 Good news for the Nintendo
followers in SouthAfrica
, Nintendo today launched their new online
store with the latest Wii, DS Lite, games and accessories available for purchase online!
Go have a look and get a Wii!
Visit Nintendo’s Gaming Store now!
www.gamingstore.co.za
Design gods, they walk among us and inspire us 2008-06-09 06:14:50 Welcome to the newest design feature on Antilogic.co.za, as I am sure the case is with most of us mere mortal designers there are some others that make us drule, sight en stare in envy of their design godliness. Today I want to mention someone who I have known about for a long time now [...]
Dynamic Recessed Watercolor Typography in Photoshop 2008-08-25 13:12:45 In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to mix vector elements and watercolor effects with text to create a stunning design. It’s a quick process that depends heavily on good choices of images and colors.
Final Image Preview
Before we get started, let’s take a look at the image we’ll be creating. As always, the layered Photoshop
[...] Read more:Dynamic
, Typography
, Watercolor
Dynamic Recessed Watercolor Typography in Photoshop 2008-08-25 13:12:45 In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to mix vector elements and watercolor effects with text to create a stunning design. It’s a quick process that depends heavily on good choices of images and colors.
Final Image Preview
Before we get started, let’s take a look at the image we’ll be creating. As always, the layered Photoshop
[...] Read more:Dynamic
, Typography
, Watercolor
Dynamic Recessed Watercolor Typography in Photoshop 2008-08-25 13:12:45 In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to mix vector elements and watercolor effects with text to create a stunning design. It’s a quick process that depends heavily on good choices of images and colors.
Final Image Preview
Before we get started, let’s take a look at the image we’ll be creating. As always, the layered Photoshop
[...] Read more:Dynamic
, Typography
, Watercolor
SearchDay | PPC Bidding Strategies: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness 2008-09-24 03:02:54 Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: PPC Bidding Strategies
: Prudence vs. Aggressiveness; To Fear or Not to Fear: That is the Question; Where’s The 30 Rock Search?; and more.
View the original article here.
Do You Need To Use URL Rewriting? 2008-09-24 03:02:54 Google have just updated their guidelines in regards to rewriting URLs.
Previously, the guideline stated:
“Don’t use “&id=” as a parameter in your URLs, as we don’t include these pages in our index”
Google have now removed this guideline, saying they can now index URLs that contain that parameter. Google have also posted a blog entry explaining [...]
Toshiba gets colorful with external hard drives 2008-09-23 23:15:49 (Credit: Toshiba
)
Despite the no-frills name–Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive–the company’s new line of pocket-size drives boast some unique and colorful designs and features.
The drives are housed in a sleek, glossy chassis embedded with contemporary graphics and available in four color schemes: Electric …
View the original article here.
Au Pair South Africa
New Kodak wireless printers fix old mistakes 2008-09-23 23:15:49 Kodak ESP 7
(Credit: Kodak)
After our mediocre experience with Kodak’s last offerings, the ESP 3 and ESP 5, we’re happy to see Kodak fixing some of its old mistakes.
On Monday, the company announced two new products in the ESP line of desktop All-in-One printers
. The ESP …
View the original article here.
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DAS + NAS = Buffalo’s DriveStation FlexNet 2008-09-23 23:15:48 The DriveStation FlexNet
It can be a hard choice between a direct attached (DAS) and a network attached (NAS) external storage device. The former offers high-speed data throughput but requires a computer, while the latter can work by itself with a throughput speed that’s limited by the network connection. …
View the original article here.
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Get a 500GB external drive for $55 (after rebate) 2008-09-23 23:15:48 (Credit: Vox Products)
I’m eagerly anticipating the day when I can show you a 1-terabyte hard drive
for under 0. (Be patient, it’ll happen.)
In the meantime, eCost has the 500GB Vox V1 external USB/eSata drive for just . There’s a rebate, yes, and shipping will …
View the original article here.
Au Pair South Africa
Logitech vs. Microsoft: Battle of the (boring) cordless keyboards 2008-09-23 23:15:48 They might not be sexy, but the affordable, workaday mouse and keyboard set is a mainstay for any respectable input device maker. And while Logitech
’s Cordless Desktop S520 is more expensive than Microsoft
’s new Wireless Media Desktop 1000, both are reasonably priced for what you get….
View the original article here.
Au Pair South Africa Read more:Battle
, boring
Desk fits it all for geek who has it all 2008-09-23 23:15:48 Introducing (well I’m not “introducing” anything really since this thing has been available for at least a few weeks now) the Pro Gaming Table from Digital Edge. Priced at 0, and designed with CH controllers in mind, the table offers what looks to be eight different platforms.
(Credit: Digital
…
View the original article here.
Au Pair South [...]
Buffalo’s external hard drive serves the way of the ninja 2008-09-23 23:15:48 The MiniStation Shinobi is merely .2 inches thick and weighs only 2 ounces.
With a name that recalls the famed Japanese ninja movie, the MiniStation Shinobi is arguably the thinnest and lightest external hard drive
to date–merely .2 inches thick and weighing only 2 ounces.
Buffalo
announced the drive on …
View the original article here.
Au Pair [...]