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We’re hiring!

Rachel Cunliffe — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:57:13 +0000

We’re looking for a new junior designer to join our team here at cre8d in a part time role. You’ll be responsible for designing websites for clients, along with associated assets (logos, business cards, letterheads etc). Preferably, you know how to use Fireworks rather than Photoshop. You enjoy reading a variety of blogs and are [...]

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Messiness

Rachel Cunliffe — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:01:37 +0000

I recently read a fascinating post entitled “URLs are for People, not Computers”. It references a research study by Microsoft which showed that people spend almost a quarter of their time looking at URLs when looking at search engine results. The article goes on to talk about how people use URLs to decide on whether [...]

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Vintage Social Networking

Rachel Cunliffe — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:06:37 +0000

I love this cartoon by John Atkinson which helps explain various social media to newcomers and entertains those who already know:

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Clearing up confusion on Google Reader, Feeds and Feedburner

Rachel Cunliffe — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:37:33 +0000

As a result Google’s recent announcement that they’re closing down Google Reader on July 1, 2013, there’s been a lot of outcry and discussion about the implications of this. We’ve been getting quite a few questions from clients as a result, so have put together these FAQ for bloggers: Do I need to make any [...]

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Resources for bloggers: March 2013

Rachel Cunliffe — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:54:30 +0000

Here’s some recent resources I’ve discovered which are worth checking out: Free social media icon set 100 free icons in eleven sizes with transparent backgrounds, making them nice and easy to adapt. It’s current for 2013 and includes Vine, Pinterest, Good Reads, Google Plus etc. Grab them from Simple Icons. Free website icon set 300+ [...]

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First impressions of my new Samsung Galaxy Note II phone

Rachel Cunliffe — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:52:07 +0000

I’ve been an iPhone user now for four years, but was excited to get offered the chance to review the new Samsung Galaxy Note II phone and compare it with the Android experience. Setting up the phone It felt odd to remove the entire back of the phone case to put in my SIM card, [...]

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When preview images go wrong

Rachel Cunliffe — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:27:56 +0000

Today there was a tragic fatal shark attack at a beach near where I live. Thankfully they’re very rare in New Zealand. There have been 15 deaths due to shark attacks in the past 176 years since records began. When friends started sharing the story on Facebook, this is unfortunately how it looked: Not the [...]

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Pinterest image overlay “Pin it” buttons

Rachel Cunliffe — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:02:55 +0000

A growing new trend is to move Pinterest buttons away from the rest of the social sharing buttons which traditionally appear at the bottom, top or side of blog posts. Instead, bloggers are overlaying Pin it buttons on each image in the blog post when someone hovers over it. Some are using a standard Pinterest [...]

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