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Recent content by TK421
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Cheap Web Hosting / Domain Registration ?
Hi, I use 123-reg to register the domains (if it's a .co.uk) and then use PowWeb.com as my hosting service. They do some good deals if you pay for 2 years in advance (which isn't too expensive), plus have a free site builder service that you can use to build your site. Alternatively, they...- TK421
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Company name
One other thing - I used to work for a BIG software company / consultancy. Whenever I was working on producing bid documentation for projects, one thing that we were not allowed to put in was the word "Solution", since this implies that you were going to solve the problems. All a customer...- TK421
- Post #9
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Company name
My company name is really generic, so that I can use it for anything that I want to, should I ever want to get out of IT. So 50% of the business is IT related (mine), and 50% is my wife's hand made cards and wedding stationery business - only one set of accountants fees to pay! We then have...- TK421
- Post #8
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Contacting Newbie
When I made the move from permie to contractor this year, a friend of mine advised to work for a year or so to build up cash in the business, and then after that take time off. His main advice was to make the holiday / break plans and then stick to it - if the market is bouyant then it's...- TK421
- Post #21
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Woman fined for feeding pigeons
Good on the council :yay: Unless the feed contains arsenic, feeding flying vermin should be outlawed. Come to think of it, didn't Ken Livingstone ban pigeon feeding in London? "Sensible policies for a happier Britain" - Prince George, 1815 -
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Frustration
I must admit, I did have a very understanding boss! It depends on the situation really - I was a permie in an IT department which was two years into a very complex Oracle implementation. The chances of going to a competitor were negligible, and there wasn't much company specific logic that I...- TK421
- Post #39
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Help please - contract termination
If only that was the offending sentence - that refers to a customer I worked with in 2000, nothing to do with the current one! The 2000 one was a financial client, this one was a public sector body with large sales of data (approx 150000 order lines per month) who want to keep the data for at...- TK421
- Post #17
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Good and Bad IT agencies..recommendations?
Some time ago I had dealings with MSB International - avoid! The agent had lined up an interview, client definitely interested, rang me to suggest a time and said that he would confirm with the client and let me know, since the interview was going to be in two days. Now been 9 months - I guess...- TK421
- Post #55
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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decent cheap hosting ?
Go American Go American I found that support and pricing on American hosts are cheaper and better than their UK counterparts. I've been using PowWeb.com for some time now with only one problem when they found a bug in their operating system for one of their clusters. Fixed it fairly quickly... -
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Decent Linux / UNIX web host
Go American rather than UK Go American rather than UK Hi, I use PowWeb.com (American hosting seems to be cheaper than UK) - if you order 2 years hosting, you get another 6 months free. Works out VERY cheap,since it's only $7.77 a month anyway. Support is open 24*7, and I've not had many... -
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Frustration
As MonkeyBoy said here , it's all down to negotiation. If your boss asks why you keep having to nip into an office on the phone, then I thought that honesty was the best policy! The decision to leave was down to a lifestyle choice rather than anything that the company could do differently, and...- TK421
- Post #36
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Help please - contract termination
Thanks all - lots of advice, which is what I was hoping for. So, what have I learnt? 1 - Don't write anything in a Blog. Although the blog entry was nothing about the project, just about effective design, if the end client ever read the entry and compared it to the build, then they might...- TK421
- Post #15
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Your favourite Quote
Two of my favourite lyrics for the testing phase of a project: "Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with a baseball bat." - The Ramones "Don't try to test me, 'cos you'll get a reaction" - Lilly Allen -
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Recommendation for Business cards etc
Hi, I use VistaPrint for my business cards (paid); my wife uses Vista Print freebies for her business, since she was there first and didn't want to pay. Next ones will probably have flash sparkly text instead of just colour printing. I'll be using East Kent Foiling for my next lot, since they...- TK421
- Post #9
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Frustration
I went through the same thing earlier this year, and considered resigning without anything to go to - two kids and a mortgage is a deterrent though! Here's the approache I took: 1 - I told my boss that I was looking for a contract, so that they had the best chance to bring in a replacement as...- TK421
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
