General Notes

For years the bane of web designers lives has been the number of different browsers out there – Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera etc…. Quite often it has meant coding different code for each browser. The cries of anguish when a design that works perfectly on one browser crashes on another have been heard around the world for too many years.
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There are more and more programs around these days that will convert documents into PDF (Portable Document Format). PDF files are cropping up on web sites all over the place and we are seeing situations where web pages are replaced by PDF files for on screen reading. This is not a good approach for a number of reasons (more…)

Not many of us get the chance to break a world record, but this might be your opportunity to at least have a taste of glory.

Our friend, Rob Loder-Symonds from Edinburgh-based management accountants and cost consultants Canturian, has been selected for the 12-man crew who aim to break the world record time for crossing the Atlantic by rowing boat.
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If you need to get documents printed at all, here’s a great article given to us by our friends at George Nicol Graphics (0131 332 0449), on the important things to tell your printer. (more…)

We’ve just completed an interesting multimedia project for a client. It’s a multimedia CD showcasing the abstract paintings of Cuban painter Danilo Vinardell. He is represented in Europe by a Scotsman and an Irishman who came across the artist by chance during a holiday to Havana (La Habana).

A multimedia CD is a great way to promote your business or help sell products. You can hand them out at tradeshows and exhibitions, post them to potential clients as part of a mailshot or as a follow-up to an enquiry. It provides a visual and audible sell to your clients that words alone cannot convey. And it can be played over and over if the content is interesting. (more…)