Live blog of our trip to the Jersey Fintech Hackathon

by SDM | Mar 13, 2015 | Bit Of Fun, General, Tech Stuff

We’re going overseas by Shane Marriott | Mar 4, 2015 That’s right. We’re taking a small team to Jersey for the Fintech Hackathon. Not too sure if we’ll get anything built there but we certainly have enough enthusiasm to try. If you’re going to be there… come say “Hi”....

Blackfire.io profiling made things 93% better

by SDM | Feb 10, 2015 | Tech Stuff, Web

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working with Adrian Ritchie from the recently formed Kodo Ltd. I’ve known Adrian for years and since he’s just started out on his own here in Guernsey and my own schedule was a bit hectic, I gave him a call to come...

Create CentOS bootable USB installer on Mac OSX

by SDM | Oct 28, 2014 | Tech Stuff

When you have downloaded the CentOS ISO image that you’d like to run from USB, there are a few simple commands to run from the terminal so that you can create a bootable USB key. This has only been tested on the CentOS 7 download but it should work for any...

The ultimate guide to social media graphics sizes

by SDM | Jul 1, 2014 | General, Tech Stuff

Cover image and banner sizes are just about the most common thing I lookup for clients when they require an image to be used on their social media site of choice. I’ve often referred to this image which is being shown here with thanks to Jeff Berezny. I’ll...

26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known at 20

by SDM | Jun 19, 2014 | Bit Of Fun, Tech Stuff

I’ve been putting together a presentation recently about the architecture I developed for a fairly large project that I’ve been involved with. The presentation part is actually quite simple and I want to find a nice way to share the content online...

Guernsey Swimming Club mobile app

by SDM | Mar 21, 2014 | Community, General, Marketing, Tech Stuff

A few months ago we introduced our first mobile app into Apple’s iOS App store and Google’s Play (Android) store. The app was built for The Guernsey Swimming Club and was to provide a number of features for club members including; Pull in Facebook and...