Rain, Hail or Shine Blog

A great social website from a mob in Sydney:

1. Experiment. Do things to improve your community

2. Publish. Use text, photos and video to tell your story

3. Share. Browse others' experiments. Comment, ask questions, share knowledge

Check it out:

http://www.livelocal.org.au

I heard this interesting interview on Radio National's By Design program. A group of young creative people from Newcastle found an opporunity in vacant office space.

Renew Newcastle is an initiative to rejuvenate the centre of town, not by throwing millions of dollars at it, but by finding creative short- and medium-term uses for vacant shops and offices.

Listen to the interview [opens in a new window]

Visit the Renew Newcastle website [opens in a new window]

I attended a Writers & Publishers 'cluster' meeting yesterday. This is a scheme being championed by the Blue Mountains City Council that brings together like minded and competitor businesses.

Wayne Moloney did a great job facilitating the meeting, in which goals were set and projects started by teams within the group.

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SSL Certificates are an important piece of the online payments pie. There are many certificates available. To provide some clarity to this subject here's a run down on what they are for, how they work and some links to more information.

During the planning of your website we will need to advise you further based on your specific needs.

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We are closed for christmas and a well earned break from Wednesday 17 December. We will be reopening on 5 Jan 2009.

We would like to thank our clients for providing us with an enjoyable and successful year in 2008.

We wish you all a happy Christmas, a prosperous new year and look forward to working with you in 2009.

- Duncan and Sally