It’s like “Fight Club.” You should only consider features if they’re willing to stand on the porch for three days waiting to be let in. One of my favourite pieces of advise I have heard in the last year or so is that when someone wants you to change something about your product, start with [...]

Using mobiles for just calls and texting is a thing of the past, as a third of Australians now check emails on their handsets and more than 70 per cent access mobile entertainment and information services. source After only getting on the “smart phone” bandwagon recently, I am already  starting to get excited about the [...]

If you have never picked up a hammer, would you build your own house? Having worked in the web industry for the last 5 years or so,  I always get a laugh at the DIY website building crowd – that is, people who have no real experience or knowledge in web design, development and web [...]

I would like to address some of the misconceptions about online security. First lets start with some facts. 11.3 million Australians access the internet 61% of the 11.3 million have shopped online The majority of shoppers are aged 35-54 Around 18% are over 55 Visa International has found that online credit card transactions make up [...]

I have recently witnessed in some discussions amongst fellow web developers regarding the quality of code of the application; in other words, how well all the behind the scenes stuff is put together. The knee-jerk reaction for the “smart” developer is to say “we build web software that meets the clients requirements – if it [...]

Thomas Multimedia is embracing the GoPHP5 initiative which aims to get web hosts and php developers alike serious about upgrading to PHP5. Our full range of products will be compatible with PHP5 by the cutoff date of February 5, 2008. It is time for the hosting and development community to move forward as a whole [...]

I see endless possibilities for integrating the internet into all sorts of existing businesses. Indeed, in many cases, business is slowing (or quickly) venturing into the online world, realising the infinite benefits of basing their database online. Take a conventional video store for example. Clearly they usually run a program on a local PC, that [...]