Category Archives: Technical

thoughts about the technical aspects of what we do

The many pointless arguments over Mobile development

If you’re debating which mobile development option is ‘best’, you’re very probably missing the point… Continue reading

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ZipGenius “Native error:00020″ on Windows 7 x64

We’ve been using the brilliant ZipGenius for some time now on our old Windows XP machines.  It’s worked flawlessly for years, so now we’re rolling out Windows 7 x64 across the company, we naturally decided make ZipGenius part of our default installation. … Continue reading

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Freelance Senior Systems Analyst wanted

Systems Architect / Analyst Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, we are an award winning full service digital agency specialising in Social Media and Search (SEO) led projects. We now have a requirement for  a freelance Senior Systems Analyst to work … Continue reading

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We’re hiring: Front End Developer wanted

Bloom Media is a leading digital agency based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Our solutions are totally ROI focused combining strategic, creative and technical innovation to realise maximum commercial value for our client accounts. An opening has emerged for a talented, … Continue reading

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Google Confirm – DoubleClick caused Denial Of Service

Over the last couple of weeks, some users of DoubleClick may noticed server outages and massive spikes in server connections.  The connections were apparently referrals from DoubleClick banner adds, but coming in such massive waves that they caused the target … Continue reading

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New Google Analytics Reporting Features!

As no doubt many of you are aware, there have been some big changes in Google Analytics lately, especially with the ways you can track how people interact with your site as well as the way you can structure your … Continue reading

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Web Browser Statistics

The latest browser stats from W3Counter make for interesting reading… Continue reading

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Follow the Money …or engage Warp-drive?!

Being a ‘silver surfer’, Chairman, CEO, NED, etc., gives me a privileged position of ‘outside-in’ insight into this industry which is still highly embryonic and quite naive in some ways; occasionally exhibiting the inconsistency of an early stage teenager! I am also ‘contemporary’ (some … Continue reading

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Digital Britain?

About 9 or so years ago I attended a conference in the USA where BT ‘proudly and confidently’ announced from the platform that they were not going to invest in installing another single km of fibre optic cable into the ground because … Continue reading

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Firefox 3: Europe’s favourite web browser

At least according to StatCounter it is. Continue reading

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