March 2010
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Help me find a word!
I need your help!
Part and parcel of being a programmer is that good naming conventions are important to us, hell, we often get riled up about it! Which is why I really need you to help me find the right term, right now… lest I die from madness
So, we’re working with Codeworks to create a custom reporting system to help them better explain how their time and resources are spent on...
Music and Motivation - the coder
As a follow up to Paul’s managerial music article, I want to discuss how music affects me when I’m “getting ma code on”. Now, I’m a bit of a music mentalist - I love everything, and I think a lot about how different music can change the way you focus and the way they make you think.
Problem solving
Sure, all programming is problem solving, what I mean here is those...
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The pie's the limit
Our new 1DayLater pie charts are almost cooked!
Imagine a pie…now imagine how it’s curvatious pastry dough shell covers a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Picture the pie in a variety of sizes, ranging from bite-size to family feast…mmm pie.
Ok, so that’s a good description of an actual pie and I’m starting to get hungry. But our new 1DayLater...
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Music and Motivation - manager
This one’s specifically for any managers out there, while my brother will be blogging the same topic soon for the coders amongst you!
1) The everyday grind
If you freelance or run a small business you will be faced with common tasks which need to be tended to a regular basis! It could be doing your bookkeeping, writing a proposal, or replying to a customers email query. Having some music...
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Two simple steps to 1DayLater
The field of time tracking is probably the most crowded online software market. There I said it out loud. Phew nice to get off my chest
Ok so I’m no statistician but a few rudimentary google searches of popular software types says so, so hey it must be true ;)
‘Time tracking software’ - 32 million results
‘CRM software’ - 11 million results
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My introductory blog for Webdurance, 1DayLater's...
Hey I’m Esther and I thought it was about time I said hello!
I’m now two weeks into a full time internship as the 1DayLater event manager which will see me planning their summer fundraising hackathon, Webdurance. And I’m very excited to be involved!
This event will see host to a 24-hour charity hack… 36 web programmers, designers and writers will be locked up in a...
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The WonDayLater Golden Ticket
A common problem faced by many software companies using a freemium pricing approach is:
“How do I show the value of our premium features without simply giving them away”
The answer for most (and the majority of our competitors) is to simply use a good old 30-day trial. Great, easy, badabing, badabong - yes?
Well although this might be straightforward, we realised that the 30 day...