Cheese pie and its content August 27, 2010 No Comments
It might astound you to know that of the redsauce clan, only three people have sampled the wonder that is a cheese pie.
The office was ablaze with questions when Javaria announced her lunchtime intentions of cheese pie. I stared at her with wide, innocent eyes and implored her to describe this “chee-se pi-e” of which she spoke. Sadly, her thick NAAAARRRRTHEEEERRRRNNN accent made this an impossible code to crack. I was none the wiser upon turning up at our local B-list celebrity themed cafe. My heart leapt when I saw ‘Cheese and onion pie’ scrawled on across the specials chalk board and I ordered it without hesitation.
Work-out writings August 26, 2010 No Comments
I may head to the local gym tonight for a quick tour of the premises because I’m hoping to join up.
I started going to the gym when I was 18 to try and shed some excess pounds. My mother used to come along and walk on the treadmill positioned behind the exercise bike that I was using. Unbeknownst to me she was secretly praying that my bottom would shrink to a manageable size while she quietly sweated away muttering to herself in a giant t-shirt and trainers from God knows where (I have made her sound crazy but she isn’t). Read the rest of this entry »
Could an iPad newspaper really be the next step? August 25, 2010 No Comments
Rumours are rife this week that king of the newspapers Rupert Murdoch is busy designing a newspaper exclusively for iPad users.
A report from the illustrious Los Angeles Times states that the digital newspaper would feature short, bitesize stories which would initially be written by staff at Murdoch’s New York Post and Dow Jones. If the venture proves successful, it’s believed News Corp would take on more staff to cope with growing demand. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 5 blogging mistakes to avoid August 24, 2010 No Comments
Here at redsauce.com, we love blogging! It’s one of our daily activities and it’s something which we like to think we’ve become… well pretty good at over the years!
That’s not to say we’re perfect though… we all make mistakes from time to time (some of us more regularly than others!) and sometimes it’s worth re-assessing your writing to see if it’s really packing the punch you intended. Sometimes the mistakes can be quite sneaky and hard to spot and can often take another pair of eyes to track them down – that’s why we often help to proof-read one another’s blogs to check for errors on spellings and grammar.
The redsauce.com content team have kindly put their heads together to come up with a list of 5 mistakes which should always be avoided if you want to be the seasoned blogger you know you can be! Read the rest of this entry »
Land of the Rising Frustration August 23, 2010 No Comments
Today I was going to talk to you about how SEO is a bit like a plate of chips, but then a car alarm went off outside and that made me think of Selena.
Rumoured to have once visited Japan, this mystical being is part-woman, part-fringe and brings joy, wonderment and occasional frustration at tiling stories composed by our resident cyborg, Milton. And by occasional, I mean constant.
Designing websites for the masses using web analytic statistics August 21, 2010 No Comments
In today’s world of varied computer hardware and software, from PC to Mac’s to Linux and all the hardware variations that they bring, it’s sometimes hard to know exactly where you should be pitching your design structure and what market to cater for.
Yep, today I’m going to be talking about website width and how statistics help you to know how to base your site structures around them. Let’s take a look at the resolution statistics below from hitslink.com, which gathers usage statistics through their analytics software on a variety of metrics. Read the rest of this entry »
Media multi-tasking – a generation of Inspector Gadgets August 20, 2010 No Comments
If you’re anything like a certain techno-wizard in our office, a trip to the porcelain throne might not feel complete without taking your iPhone 4/iPad/Mac Book along for the ride. It has been revealed that the average Joe Briton spends nearly half their waking hours multi-tasking a number of different gadgets. That’s HALF OUR LIVES people!!
Ofcom have found that a flabbergasting number of folks are dabbling in a number of media gadgets at any one time, from talking on the phone while they watch TV to using their laptop or notebook in front of the box. We are greedy gadget gannets, but the most interesting finding is that we’re just not getting bored with our old kit, rather, we’re using everything at once! It would seem we are an unstoppable generation of Inspector Gadgets.
Words, power, authority and influence August 19, 2010 No Comments
The great thing about being a writer is that you get to set the agenda.
A writer has the power to write powerful words. These words, once published, have a greater importance and authority than the words uttered from the mouths of many.
People are becoming increasingly aware that the internet contains a host of misinformed articles, useless trivia and items of prose that are neither journalistically sound nor ethically minded. However, in the main, we still believe that written facts are more likely to be true than the same facts communicated through the spoken word. And that’s what ultimately appeals to me. Read the rest of this entry »
Has Murdoch’s paywall scheme backfired big time? August 18, 2010 No Comments
Rewind 12 months… Media mogul Rupert Murdoch had just announced plans to start charging for some of his online titles. Fed up of scrounging internet media consumers, he stuck his bottom lip out and insisted he was going to make a stand. Cue lots of worried media organisations and an amused Google.
Fast forward12 months… is Mr Murdoch now rubbing his hands together in glee over how much money he’s made from charging for online content on such sites as The Times Online? Erm… that’d be a no! Far from it in fact! New figures out today show audience figures for the site have fallen by around a third since the title began charging at the beginning of July. Ouch! Read the rest of this entry »
The top 6 adverts of all time and SEO August 17, 2010 No Comments
OK, we’ve all got out favourite TV adverts but why are they our favourites? Is it because they have a catchy jingle, a gimmick or maybe because they make us laugh?
Well with SEO in mind let’s go through the Top 6* TV adverts of all time and see why they are so special.
*It was going to be the top 6 from the channel 4 100 greatest adverts but I’ve just picked my favourites instead.
