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		<title>Mashup Australia competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Multimedia is participating in the Mashup Australia competition which invites professionals from around Australia to create new and interesting web applications utilizing data made available by Federal and State Governments.
After only finding out about the competition a week before the deadline (3 weeks after the competition commenced) the pressure was on to create something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/news/mashup-australia-competition</link>
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		<title>Mobile phone web integration (should) be a serious consideration for SME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
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After only getting on the &#8220;smart phone&#8221; bandwagon recently, I am already  starting to get excited about the future potential [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/web-development/mobile-phone-web-integration-should-be-a-serious-consideration-for-sme</link>
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		<title>Tips on UI design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another great presentation from the guys at 37signals, this one focuses on the key aspects of UI design.
Once I start applying this advice to my everyday web browsing, it doesn&#8217;t take long to find a site doing something very wrong!

Isn&#8217;t it odd how the best designs and applications are the most logical &#8211; and yet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/web-design/tips-on-ui-design</link>
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		<title>Tonnes of new features</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the previous couple of months our TM Auctions application has improved in many areas.
More backups, more regularly

Even though our entire systems including all auction account data is securely backed up every night, it still left the possibility of losing a partial days activities. Now new pictures are backed up every hour, and all pictures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/tm-auctions/tonnes-of-new-features</link>
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		<title>Inspiration is perishable</title>
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Really great insights here from the 37 Signals founder Jason Fried.
&#8220;Inspirations are like fresh fruit, like milk &#8211; they have an expiration date &#8211; they don&#8217;t last very long&#8221;
If you want to do something, you have to do it now, because the motivation will inevitably fade.
The other comments I really enjoyed from this video are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/business/inspiration-is-perishable</link>
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		<title>Traditional media&#8217;s answer to declining revenue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting read today about how traditional media companies (mostly newspapers) are adapting to capture and monotenize the web audience.
The concept of a newspaper subscription will change completely.
Instead of throwing a paper over your fence we will offer you:
- a much more sophisticated package of print and electronic content
- incentives for loyalty
- and tools that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/news/traditional-medias-answer-to-declining-revenue</link>
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		<title>Opera Unite &#8211; Will things change?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opera clearly has ambitious ideas on its mind with the release of Opera Unite.
It is essentially a way for you to share files on your PC, over the internet, and turn your home PC into a file server.
While the concept is not original by any stretch, what they are proposing has a certain freshness and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/news/opera-unite-will-things-change</link>
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		<title>When is internet banking going to get with the times?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I started using Quicken to manage my business and personal accounting.
At the time it was a great tool to manage my tiny cashflow  &#8211; I was a poor student, and delivering pizzas  for $8.50 an hour plus tips a few nights a week. I had to be ultra careful with my spending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/rants/when-is-internet-banking-going-to-get-with-the-times</link>
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		<title>Reserve Auctions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the recent article on No Reserve Auctions:
On the other hand you could list an auction starting at $1 with a reserve of $20, and until a bid matches $20 or more, the item will not sell. In Thomas Multimedia&#8217;s auction platform, the reserve price is hidden from the buyer &#8211; in other words they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/tm-auctions/reserve-auctions</link>
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		<title>Some interesting numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About 11.3 million Australians use the internet. Ninety per cent of them are aged 18 to 44 &#8211; that is, consumers in their prime.
According to the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the internet is now the most trusted media source in the country. Ninety-five per cent of small-medium companies use the internet.
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Is your business maximizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thomasmultimedia.com.au/blog/news/some-interesting-numbers</link>
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