Soak blog

Get the lowdown on what we love, what we hate and everything in-between.

Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Social media and social responsibility in digital marketing

11.01.2010 By: alanofford">alanofford Under: General Comments: none

alanofford

Social responsibility and marketing aren’t phrases that sit together very comfortably, but in this age of openness and accountability, they’re increasingly being used in the same breath. At a glance you’d think that communication solutions produced digitally would be more environmentally sound than traditional printed methods, an email, for example, doesn’t use up any trees, or expend any petrol to get to its destination. However, recent research has found that reading the news online for 30 minutes actually produces more CO2 per year/per reader, than reading a printed newspaper.

Read More

Favourite Google Chrome features

24.11.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: General Comments: none

ronansprake

As a front-end developer, a new Web browser on the market brings mixed feelings. I’m always keen to see new technology, especially anything that promises to improve user experience on the Web, but I’m also uninterested in yet another platform to test our Web applications against (as if Internet Explorer 6/7/8, Opera, Safari and Firefox on both Windows and Mac isn’t enough!).

Read More

Google Wave: One month of waving

15.11.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: General Comments: none

ronansprake

Google Wave is the new online tool from Google which offers real-time collaboration on threads called ‘waves’, which are treated as both a conversation and a document.

Read More