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So what is 'Ignite Karaoke'?

When we came to announcing dates for Ignite Cardiff #3, along with new speakers a couple of our previous Ignite speakers got in touch saying they had such a good time before that they'd love to speak at Ignite again - but also wanted to give the newbees a chance. Not wanting to say no I discovered that a lot of Ignite's in the States run 'Ignite Karaoke' presentations, where I (as Ignite organiser) would put together a slide deck of random slides and our volunteers (in this case the lovely Mark… Continue

Added by Claire Scantlebury on October 14, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Cardiff Design Festival set to Ignite Cardiff

Imagine that you're on stage in front of an audience of hundreds of people, doing a five-minute presentation using slides that automatically rotate every 15 seconds, whether you're ready or not. What would you do? What would you say? Could you stand the pressure? If you think that you could, Ignite is for you. Following the overwhelming success of the previous Ignite Cardiff events, Cardiff Design Festival thought that the night would make a great addition to their month of festivities in Octob… Continue

Added by Claire Scantlebury on September 16, 2009 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Nice Resource :)

Check Out Web Designer Depot for daily emails and some great ideas and pointers :) Continue

Added by vicmcd on August 26, 2009 at 7:51am — No Comments

Great Tips when Developing a Website

Minimize HTTP Requests from site 80% of the end-user response time is spent on the front-end. Most of this time is tied up in downloading all the components in the page: images, stylesheets, scripts, Flash, etc. Reducing the number of components in turn reduces the number of HTTP requests required to render the page. This is the key to faster pages. One way to reduce the number of components in the page is to simplify the page’s d… Continue

Added by YODspica Ltd on August 23, 2009 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Creative code graduates: pitch your idea for TV Platforms to win an industry placement

Pitch your idea for TV Platforms to win an industry placement and attendance to a BBC workshop The BBC’s aim is to make available its TV and radio programming to everyone in the UK We are looking to find talented individuals who combine great software skills with creative flair and who want to work with world-class content enhanced by the latest technological developments The “creative code-swingers” will have skills in the latest web-programming code, including Flash, Java, XML and mo… Continue

Added by Greg Povey on August 10, 2009 at 11:35am — No Comments

Branding Talent: win £1,000 and potential commercial commission

Enter your seed idea, win £1,000 idea development money, and a potential commercial commission with Shop Direct! Just-b. Productions have teamed up with Aegis, NESTA and Shop Direct for Branding Talent #2 Shop Direct is a massive (and massively successful) home shopping organisation that has moved online in a big way over the last few years. They are currently in the process of preparing to launch a new fashion clothi… Continue

Added by Greg Povey on August 10, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Hey

Been a webdesigner for 7 years, curently running a few projects from cardiff including, my own hosting and development company http://digitalxtremes.co.uk innerbassradio.com and inspiremanagement.com to name a few, looking forward to meeting like minded people... Continue

Added by mike uncles on July 10, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

My hello here

I'm a sales copy writer by trade, but am looking into breaking into travel writing. Check out my sites below and tell if you think I've got what it takes -- but be warned, these sites are VERY "salesy"! lateral thigh trainer
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Added by Gorge Le on July 1, 2009 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Web Design - Getting your foot in the door!

This post was originally a reply to a comment Nadeem made on a few peoples walls. Basically if your just starting out in WebDesign here's a few tips to get you up and running. If your looking to further your knowledge try a subscription @ http://www.lynda.com they have very detailed tutorials on everything you need and for a relatively small price. Alternatively most collages and university's do short one semester courses in web design at higher and lower levels. If your looking for clients or… Continue

Added by Barry Madden on May 13, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Follow Me On Twitter! | @BarryMadden

Follow Me On Twitter! | @BarryMadden Continue

Added by Barry Madden on May 12, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Helping undergrads, grads and new businesses!

I match undergrads, grads and businesses together in unpaid work experience for mutual benefit! Email me for more info! tasters@cardiff.ac.uk and check out www.gowales.co.uk HELEN HARE Taster Manager GO Wales Continue

Added by HELEN HARE on May 11, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, in an interview by Veronica Belmont

The first question from Veronica Belmont was, what advice would Evan give to someone trying to build their own business startup. Evan's answer: The core thing would be just do something awesome. Try not to get caught up in the echo chamber. That is probably the toughest thing when you are trying to break out and do something original. A lot of things are evolutionary, and it is easy to get caught up on what the geek subculture thinks. There’s lots of valuable businesses that can be built there… Continue

Added by YODspica Ltd on May 1, 2009 at 1:27am — No Comments

How to create a best selling info product

Just about anyone who has spent some time in the internet marketing field understands how fantastically profitable information products can be. However, creating an information product and actually making money with that information product are two totally different things. Creating a profitable and successful information product can be quite a challenge to the average internet marketer. To actually be successful you need to find a topic with a lot of demand, research and write the material, cra… Continue

Added by daniel molano on April 30, 2009 at 12:58am — No Comments

How to be successful with google adwords

Pay per click traffic is one of the best means ever devised for delivering traffic to your website. Even if you have a very small budget to work with you can still use pay per click advertising to jumpstart your online marketing. There are many pay per click platforms available but the most popular is Google Adwords. Instead of offering placement in the standard search engine results, Google Adwords allows advertisers to place their ads in the right hand column of search results. Although Adwor… Continue

Added by daniel molano on April 30, 2009 at 12:56am — No Comments

A Confession of an Addict

I confess. I am an addict. Oops! Don’t be too harsh. Let me finish my confession first. I am addicted to reading books authored by one of today’s bests, Paulo Coelho.

The last book I read is The Witch of Portobello, which indeed is another book that catered mag… Continue

Added by Georgia C. Farrelly on April 23, 2009 at 2:12am — No Comments

Huw David Design blog

For the latest on the farm please visit: http://huwdavid.wordpress.com Continue

Added by Huw David Design on March 29, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Ada Lovelace Day, Tuesday 24th March

Just wanted to flag up Ada Lovelace Day - which is almost upon us. The aim is to highlight the role of women in technology. All the info is here http://findingada.com/blog/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/ The brief is very open: write a post on your blog about a woman in technology who you respect / admire / revere. Hundreds of bloggers are signed up and it's open to anybody. Get involved! Continue

Added by carl morris on March 23, 2009 at 10:23pm — No Comments

99 Essential Twitter Tools And Applications

If you haven’t heard of Twitter by now, you must be living under a rock! It is everywhere, and everyone is using it. To say that the rise of Twitter has been explosive would be an understatement. As a result of this growth, the number of Twitter apps and tools available has become extensive. So, here I have filtered them down to a respectable 99. find them here http://TwitPWR.com/90X/ Continue

Added by YODspica Ltd on March 19, 2009 at 12:21am — No Comments

60 Free Vouchers up for Grabs

60 vouchers up for grabs, each voucher entitles a free entrance to: Any rugby match cardiff blues, Any session at any Leisure Centre owned by cardiff city council, entrance to the theater and cinemas in the city cardiff. to enter simply send email to contact@yodspica.com with your details. Terms and conditions apply. Continue

Added by YODspica Ltd on March 18, 2009 at 2:16am — No Comments

National Theatre Wales needs Online Social Network Designer

Highly ambitious, innovative new national theatre company would like to meet web 2.0 and online social media genius, to create and assist in the growth of a thriving online social network. Project fee.… Continue

Added by Hannah Rudman on February 26, 2009 at 8:28pm — No Comments

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