But you? You’re more cautious about putting yourself out there online. Perhaps you think Google+ is no different from that other time suck, Facebook. Or perhaps you’re too weirded out by Facebook “poking” to care about learning the difference between a Google+ “huddle” and “hangout”.

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Jim is able to offer his services as technical tier 2 supplier for clients in London and the South East, including Brighton ;)

He has built up a strong reputation for delivering high quality web sites and apps for some of the worlds best known brands.

The award was for the WordPress development for Microsoft Xbox which was for their E3 conference in 2010.

What the judges said:

The complete freelancer, Jim is not afraid to take original, highly creative approaches to high-pressure assignments. With so many clients unaware of the vast, untapped pools of creativity out there in the freelance market, his work is a reminder that that a fresh approach can be worth a whole boardroom of full-time company thinkers.

Jim Callender, Will Russell, Matt Potter & Emma Brierley, Chairman

Further links

• Read his comments on his freelance / contracting site – Jayonline
• See the full results on at Xchange team

A panel of executives at top phone manufacturers came to agreement on this forecast at the CTIA Wireless 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla.

It’s a logical transition for a lot of companies. Most major enterprise companies like Salesforce offer a tablet-friendly mobile-app version of their desktop software. Many companies have already begun their transition to tablets for field work and other corporate necessities. About 80 percent of the largest companies in the world on the Fortune 100 list have already begun testing or deploying applications for Apple’s iPad tablet.

“Android is becoming more enterprise-ready every day, we’re all working on hardening android to make sure the security is there,” said Omar Khan, chief strategy officer of Samsung Mobile. “We want to make sure So we can address the enterprise so it can become a true laptop replacement.”

Android devices only account for around 30 percent of enterprise activations, while Apple’s devices account for 65 percent, and growing faster than Android.

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Thank you WordPress!

Pretty much the main reason we redesigned, and in record time – is due to WordPress finally coming of age and being the CMS that everyone who publishes and manages content on the web.

Quick history of our sites

Our first site, Version 1 was static HTML / CSS, Version 2 static again with a WordPress powered blog, and now finally with Version 3 – we have a fully content managed site with some lovely features such as jquery goodness giving some nice animated interactions – drop downs, galleries, etc.

New technology available

We have also embraced the latest CSS3 and HTML5 standards – you will see this scattered throughout the site. If a browser does not support these new standards, then it just degrades nicely and the user just gets served the ‘normal’ experience.

Redesign more often

Redesigns in the web industry are set to become more common as new technologies are adopted commercially, lessons from improving past designs from user experience feedback, and company products can change more often to keep up to date with the market and demand of customers.

Any questions let us know

History of our web sites since we began in 2005

Version 1 – 2005 to 2008

Version 1 – 2008 – 2011

Version 3 – 2011 onwards

As a result, I tried to focus on books that would retain their usefulness to readers over time. The following list was researched from the stack of books on my desk, from the good Tweeple I follow on Twitter and a few private recommendations. Enjoy!

• Cluetrain Manifesto – Rick Levine, Chris Locke, Doc Searles, Dave Weinberger
• New Rules of Marketing and PR – David Meerman Scott
• Do It Wrong Quickly – Mike Moran
• Join the Conversation – Joseph Jaffe
• Groundswell – Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff
• Personality Not Included – Rohit Bhargava
• Tribes – Seth Godin
• Here Comes Everybody – Clay Shirky
• Age of Conversation – Gavin Heaton, Drew McLellan
• Social Media Marketing An Hour A Day – Dave Evans
• Secrets of Social Media Marketing – Paul Gillin
• Naked Conversations – Shel Israel & Robert Scoble
• Freakonomics – Stephen Dubner & Steven Levitt
• Buzz Marketing – Mark Hughes
• Radically Transparent – Andy Beal & Judy Strauss
• Web 2.0: New Tools, New School - Gwen Solomon & Lynne Schrum
• The Long Tail – Chris Anderson
• The Wisdom of Crowds – James Surowieki
• Marketing to the Social Web: How Digital Customer Communities Build Your Business – Larry Weber
• Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking – Andy Sernovitz, Afterward by Guy Kawasaki
• Social Media is a Cocktail Party: Why You Already Know the Rules of Social Media Marketing – Jim Tobin, Lisa Braziel (TopRank is quoted on back cover)
• Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations – Amy Shuen
• Now Is Gone: A Primer on New Media for Executives and Entrepreneurs – Brian Solis, Geoff Livingston
• SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate (Voices That Matter) – Joel Postman

I hope you find these useful, if you have any favourite feel free to add them to the comments.

We wanted to link to a great rundown of no-no’s in social media etiquette you want to avoid on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media sites. From the Interactive Insight group

If you or your client want to learn from a series of case studies. Head on over to the article here.