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14 Nov 2007

Introducing the work of James Starr

 
Every now and then I come across the work of a talented artist, designer or photographer, and it’s always a great inspiration. James Starr was exhibiting at Room 212 in Bristol a few weeks ago and I have to say he is one of the more impressive artists I have seen there.
James is a painter, [...]

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13 Nov 2007

How important is Google PageRank?

Thought I would do a short post on this subject as it is still a topic for debate and a little confusing (possibly only for me).
What is Google PageRank? PageRank is a numerical scoring system that gives a unique ranking to every page on the internet. The ranking number is based on the number and [...]

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13 Nov 2007

Look out Broadband Providers! – We are coming after you!

Hi Folks, Any of you feeling disappointed with your broadband download speeds? Did the lovely salesman tell you on the phone you would be getting 8mb of band width? Well, what they mean is…”up to 8mb”. All the major broadband providers will give you a contention ratio of 1:50 which means that you are sharing [...]

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05 Nov 2007

Writing Copy for your website

During the process of designing a website I find that very often the job of writing the copy for the site is completely underestimated. I suppose to the client the look and functionality of the website are foremost in their minds. Of course these are vitally important, but getting the copy right is also important [...]

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30 Oct 2007

Outrageous experience with a printer

Yesterday, I had an experience that I thought I would share with you all. Our colour copier in the office had ground to a halt. I urgently needed some A4 proofs printed, so I dashed round the corner to a print shop close by.
I explained my predicament and that I was from Deckchair round the [...]

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24 Oct 2007

Photographing the Dead – ‘The devil’s in the details’

 
This is a fascinating yet possibly controversial series of photographs depicting the process of cremating a human body. Although the usual purpose of this blog is to talk about design, I felt it was an opportunity to highlight what I find to be an interesting topic for discussion and give you a sneak peek at [...]

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22 Oct 2007

New Colston’s Girls’ School website

We have designed a few websites for schools in and around Bristol in the last year and have just launched our latest project; the new website for Colston’s Girls’ School.
Colston’s approached us at Deckchair to design an up-to-date and fresh website using the Colston’s colours and style. They wanted the website to become a resource [...]

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17 Oct 2007

What a nice guy!

Last night, when I got home from work, all hell had broken loose, my daughter (aged 3), had stuck her hand onto a hot light bulb and was screaming the place down. After putting her hand under the tap for 5 minutes I rushed at top speed to the chemist round the corner.
The pharmacist recommended [...]

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16 Oct 2007

Are you taking advantage of your Content Management System?

With a website’s potential to be so dynamic, it’s often a good idea to have a content management system, which allows non-technical staff, with a little bit of training, to update certain areas of a site. This means potentially you can update your website everyday, adding news stories, uploading a photo or changing product details [...]

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10 Oct 2007

SEO – Increase your web traffic – but can you handle it?

Supposing you were to employ the services of an experienced web design company whose SEO consultancy services were second to none. Once on board, your entire online marketing strategy was overhauled. From relevant content, linking strategies and web traffic analysis the job was done.
Within a short space of time you are climbing to the first [...]

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