Some things I’ve found some recent CVs

I’m probably a little over anal when it comes to checking CV’s that people have sent across. But I’ve gone through nearly a hundred from our latest job posting and I felt it would be of benefit to a few people to mention some things I’ve noticed on the vast majority of CV’s sent in…

Students: gain valuable experience for free

Most students have come into our offices talking about what’s covered in their modules at college/university. They’ve come in, sat down and spoke reasonably passionate about what they want to do within the roles they’re applying for. Though there’s no depth knowledge when questioned, no portfolio or diversity in what they say and no opinion…

Why Virgin Media is better than Sky (from a Sky customer)

When I moved into my new house one of the first things I did was purchase myself a nice new Sky+ box. Boy, was that a big mistake. Virgin, please read the following and adapt your advertising appropriately: You don’t own the box: Virgin don’t sell you a box, they let you rent it. Which…

301 and 302 redirects with .htaccess

I’ve been asked this question time and time again, so here we are. How to redirect directories and old URL’s to new ones when moving your site from one domain to another, or launching a new version with re-structured URLs. Here’s a sample structure of a re-direct line: Redirect 301 /about.php /about.php here is the…

Common mistakes of outsourcing

Through my vast amount of experiments in outsourcing I’ve made quite a few mistakes here and there that would have been better avoided if I had simply thought about it before I did it. Here are the common mistakes I’ve either been a part of or have witnessed myself through others, in a hope that…