We are always looking into ways we can improve the performance of our sites.
Recently I stumbled upon an open source project... Combres (Client-side resource combine library).
".NET library which enables minification, compression, combination, and caching of JavaScript and CSS resources for ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC web applications. Simply put, it helps your applications rank better with YSlow and PageSpeed."
Heres the link...
http://combres.codeplex.com/
Just stumbled upon Jean-Yves Lemoigne via a link on cpluv, lovely work.
Google have announced that they are moving forward with an OpenID API, allowing users to login in to sites (addopting the API) with their google username and password... could be interesting, read more here.
Update: Seems like Microsoft are also doing the same... read more
For anyone reading this blog who lives in and around the area (or just passing through), I thought you may be interested in a Fun Day which my parents have been organising in memory of my brother... it's basically a nice day out in the country with lots of fun & entertainment (sheep racing, pig roast, bar and more) - it's happening on the 6th of September, you can see the full details on the poster below...
It's been a while since my last post this is mainly due to the fact that we have been very busy over here at TAK! towers, working on both client projects as well as a few of our own.
When developing new projects we like to investigate and use various technologies that we feel are best suited to the project and so we get to play with quite a lot. Recently we have been having a good look at the forthcoming ASP.NET MVC (Currently on preview 4) follow the link for more information - in our opinion this is shaping up to be a very welcome addition to the .NET framework.
As we investigate this further we are going to start posting source code and snippets of our findings and also linking to articles which we think are useful.
A little project we've been working on has just gone live. It’s a product catalogue micro-site for THQ to promote their games available with Tesco. We designed and built the site to work within the Tesco framework with a nod towards THQ’s own style. A content management system allows them to upload product and integrate into Tesco’s e-Commerce store. Product banners can be Flash or static images and the site features a screenshot gallery and media player.
Visit the site to view more.
Impressive image manipulation found on
YouTube, thanks to Phil for the link.
We are looking for a über hot Junior Web Developer to work hand in hand with our designers and developers. Knowledge of .NET, MSSQL, XHTML, XML, Javascript and CSS is essential, whilst extra clout with PHP, MySQL, Flash is beneficial.
(Hot beverage making skills a serious advantage.)
If you have the skills to pay the bills then contact us for more details.
* EDIT * This position has now been filled but we are always keen to know who is based locally with the skills we need. If you want to say hello then contact us and say hello.
Really nice commercial found on YouTube.
click here to go and see.
Pretty amazing demo, follow the link to view... thanks to
Phil for the link.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129
Take some time to have a look around
Virb a new social networking site. Much easier on the eye than myspace.