Author Archives: Natasha

HTML Writer: Edit web pages from your iPhone

Have you ever wanted to edit your website when you’re away from your computer? Perhaps you’ve been sitting on the train and seen a sneaky spelling error on one of your pages or you’ve finally decided on a hexadecimal code … Continue reading

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Checking in to vote

If you’ve seen the banner ads, the billboards and the commercials over the last month or so, then you may be aware that there’s a referendum here in the UK tomorrow. Voters are being asked to choose between two methods … Continue reading

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When everyone’s twittering, how do you get yourself heard?

Growing up on an orchard, I didn’t need an alarm clock. Instead, in the early hours, the local birds would start their morning chorus: singing to the sunrise at an unmissable volume. While that was usually enough to wake me … Continue reading

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Caramel Cupcakes

I seem to be doing far more baking than blogging at the moment. I blame the long weekends. No sooner have I settled into my ‘me and the baby’ routine of feeding, shopping, washing and comforting the teething pain, then … Continue reading

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Tappi Bear All in 1 – Pack 2 for the iPhone

How fast are your fingers? Fast enough to conduct an orchestra? Keep a football in the air? Serve donuts to an increasingly demanding collection of teddies? Put your tapping skills to the test with Tappi Bear All in 1 – … Continue reading

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Social media and live events: Tips from the Royal Wedding

According to Wikipedia, back in 1981, approximately 750 million people watched Princess Diana’s wedding on television. This Friday, when Prince William and Kate Middleton marry, the television audience is anticipated to be closer to two billion. While I’m likely to … Continue reading

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Easter Banoffee Cupcakes

Hope everyone had a wonderful Good Friday, St George’s Day, Easter Sunday, ANZAC Day combo over the past four days. For me, it was a wonderful long weekend of sunshine and picnics, time with family and friends, and a slightly-earlier-than-expected new arrival. … Continue reading

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Five iPhone applications for the Royal Wedding

At the end of this month, two university sweethearts will wed. The bride used to be an accessories buyer for Jigsaw and she still makes the best-dressed lists. The groom is a helicopter pilot and also His Royal Highness, Prince … Continue reading

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NFP Social Media League Table

Earlier this month, research consultancy NFP Synergy, published a social media league table for UK charities. This league table measures social media presence – the number of likes a charity has on Facebook, subscribers on YouTube, followers on Twitter and … Continue reading

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Spotting comment spam

I got some lovely comments on my blog last night. Regards for this post, wrote one Justine Lamaack, I am a big fan of this site and would like to go along updated. Another commenter added: okay without appearing too … Continue reading

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