If you are a project manager or have been part of a team responsible for the delivery of a project, you will understand how important it is to effectively manage the lifecycle of a project from conception to completion.
We will briefly discuss what it takes to effectively manage a project lifecycle and concentrate specifically on effective communication and managing client expectations.
So let's dive right in by first taking a look at Wikipedia for an extensive definition of Project Management.
Disclaimer: This blog post is in no way intended to serve as legal advice but merely an informative run-down of some of the main elements of the 'EU Cookie Law'.
So what is the EU Cookie Law all about?
In 2009 a European Directive – 2002/58/EC – concerned with the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector was updated with Directive 2009/136/EC. This included a change to Article 5(3) of the E-Privacy Directive requiring consent for storage or access to information stored on a subscriber or users terminal equipment – i.e. a requirement to obtain consent for cookies and similar information recording technologies.
In the world of Search and Search Engine Marketing Google has always been the dominant force and when Google says "Jump", we all say "How high?" To be effective at marketing your services and products in the Search Engines, it is imperative that you stay up to date with developments of the inner workings of Google and its search algorithms and actively modify your strategies and SEO methodology.
Google makes regular changes and updates to its Search Quality guidelines in order to deliver users with the most informative and relevant search results according to their search terms, (and they are pretty damn good at doing that, if you ask me). Google reports on the more substantial changes that are made to its algorithms via the Official Google Search Blog - Inside Search. The latest round of updates is geared toward penalising websites that are "over optimised" according to Google’s Matt Cutts.
The Costain Annual Report 2011 went live this week showing the financial summary for the Costain group for the previous financial year. Bluegrass alongside the UK agency The College Group, developed for the third time the annual report for the group.
With over 40 successful Umbraco implementations under our belt and now with recently certified Umbraco developers on our team, we finally achieved the status of a Certified Umbraco CMS Parter including the new Umbraco v5.
Bluegrass Digital have been communicating with Umbraco for sometime to arrange Umbraco training and certification in South Africa. The time has arrived and Umbraco is officially expanding into Africa. Umbraco v5 Level 1 and Level 2 certification will be held at Bluegrass offices in early March.
The buzz going on at the moment is all about how the US Government is attempting to control internet piracy. A new bill called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which has been put before the US House of Representatives, has sparked a fierce battle between the creative industries and the free speech lobbyists.
If passed in its present form this bill would affect sites like Google, PayPal, YouTube and even Facebook. Thanks to an infographic by Lumin Consulting, we can see exactly what is being proposed... [View the infographic in this blog post]
And just because today is Friday, we thought we'd share this picture with everyone.
How do you spot a serious Mac fan? Well easy really... he's the chap who casually takes his 27" iMac into a Starbucks coffee shop!!
Hope you enjoyed that as much as we did.