http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:11:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's always been a lot of talk online about Internet Explorer 6, and more specifically the perils it brings to web designers.  It seems that when creating IE6, Microsoft decided it knew better than the W3C (the consortium who sets all web standards) and decided against following any rules, instead ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/08/29/no-mr-6-i-expect-you-to-die/ Mondays article on Search Engine Optimisation by Jemima Kiss at the Guardian (link Jemima Kiss name to article here) was very informative particularly for the research stat on the battle of the Search Engines.) With Google commanding a whopping 87.69% of searches is April shows pure dominance of the UK search ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/06/16/search-engine-optimisation/ Whilst managing one of our Facebook pages, it's been revealed to me how important it is to constantly update the content on a page in order to keep people interested.  This is standard practice on the web, if you regularly update your content you will see users returning regularly to ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/04/16/corporate-identity-in-social-media/ During our time at south by south west we experienced a wide range of exciting experiences. One of the most memorable was captured on film for all the world to enjoy. Our last evening in Austin, and the sun was shining, while engaged in conversation with Steve Ganz (Principal Web ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/03/15/fingertap-rap/ Well the Facebook Development Keynote is what we came for but in all honesty the interview was a bit waste of time. It was like watching someone famous getting chatted up by their biggest fan. (she has just wrote a book about him which she plugged on several occasions)I do ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/03/11/facebook-developer-keynote-sxsw-08/ Picture the scene. I am on the 0930 train from Norwich to London to give a presentation to the good and the great of the UK marketing world with less than 24 hours notice. To be fair, I knew we had a show to go to and that I would ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/02/20/how-did-i-get-myself-into-this-situation/ Refreshed from a great night’s sleep and full of the joys of spring, I departed for the B2B Marketing Conference in London on Tuesday – an event that fingertap media were both sponsoring and presenting at. I had a growing sense of excitement knowing that my business had developed ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/02/20/bricking-it-at-the-b2b-marketing-conference/ One of the important things to remember when developing for platforms such as that that Facebook provides is that, whilst it reaches millions of new users, it is still in Beta. This whole Beta thing is constantly being reminded to developers every time something goes wrong, but it has had ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/02/19/facebook-stats-out-of-control/ The SXSW INTERACTIVE FESTIVAL celebrates the creativity and passion behind the coolest new media technologies. In addition to panel sessions that cover everything from web design to bootstrapping to social networks, attendees make new business connections at the three-day Trade Show & Exhibition. The newest element of the event ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/02/02/texas-here-we-come/ As if to prove my point, I just came across this evidence that Facebook users really are starting to backlash against applications that force invitations. Alongside the rapidly growing groups (like this one), this research pretty much proves what was already pretty clear, that users don't want to have ... http://www.fingertapmedia.com/blog/2008/01/30/as-if-to-prove-my-point/