March 9th, 2010 
Alan Continuing my quest to find the best social networking platform BuddyPress comes highly recommended.
BuddyPress is built to bring people together. It works well to enable people with similar interests to connect and communicate. Some of the uses might be:
February 20th, 2010 Alan I first looked at Dolphin about one year ago, even then I had a suspicion that it was going to become a big player. I am glad to see the project moving forward. It will be interesting to see how this solution compares with BuddyPress.
February 18th, 2010 Alan The potential for something like this is amazing. I am thinking of building one for doing some aerial photography.
MikroKopter – HexaKopter from Holger Buss on Vimeo.
February 18th, 2010 Alan If you are in the fortunate position to have a website that you are happy with (I am never happy with our one) and I mean when you wake up in the morning you switch on your computer and the first thing you do is visit your website and smile, you may as well stop reading. If on the other hand when you look at your website and wish it could be something more or makes you cry, then stay with me.
Web design has changed. In the old days you use to have to know a whole load of HTML even to get something simple online. Don’t get me wrong there are some really good sources of information on the web and all done in pure HTML. However most of us online have one simple requirement, we want to publish our content online ourselves without having to call a web developer when we need to add a photo onto our websites.
HyperStream are not loyal to technology. We like change. When a better way of doing something presents itself we usually adopt that technology and are always open to new ideas, this is our ethos. This is why we currently build 80% of our websites using WordPress. Simply put this is one of the best Open Source publishing platforms available today and something of a revolution in content management and publishing.
February 17th, 2010 Alan Enjoy! Please never use this type of language in your documents. It is just for fun.
Here’s my sample of meaningless drivel.
“Forward-looking companies invest in three-dimensional administrative alignment.”
Please tell me if you ever find any gobbledygook on this website. It is easy to get wrapped up in your industry’s own language and make things difficult to understand without even realizing it.
February 8th, 2010 Alan 
The New Rules of Marketing
I recently finished reading The New Rules of Marketing & PR by David Meerman Scott. Thanks for the great advice and information David. I will start to implementing some of these ideas in my own website.
You should read this if you would like to learn more about how to use:
The book does not go into detail about the technology (that’s our job), but does provide great advice on how to use online tools to reach buyers directly by creating compelling content.
A highly recommended read for anyone who is looking to improve their online marketing. 10/10
David Meerman Scott keynote at BMA 2009 national conference from David Meerman Scott on Vimeo.
January 28th, 2010 Alan Over the last few years I found myself in a position of needing to manage a number of projects. I had used Microsoft project in the past, but I found this to be way to complex for my needs and after being on the receiving end of what other project managers had given me in the past I was already glazing over at the prospect.
All I needed was a way to quickly create, assign tasks and track the time taken. I also knew that having an online web based system would be very beneficial.
My priorities were as follows:
After much trial and error over the course of a few weeks I eventually settled with ClockingIT. This is the perfect project management system for small teams and can I highly recommend that anyone looking for a new system checks it out before making any decisions.
January 24th, 2010 Alan The method for getting video content from your computer to your TV all depends on your current setup. Tversity now at version 1.7 has come along way since its initial release.
What Tversity essentially allows you to do is stream video from your computer to a number of devices such as XBOX, PS3, and WII. Using the network availability of these consoles video is streamed across your home or office local network.
In addition to allowing you to watch video on your TV, it can also stream audio, and load your photos. The only downside to this solution is that both your computer and console needs to be switched on.
January 18th, 2010 Alan I wanted to bring your attention to Lastpass.com I have been using the free version for over a year now and it has saved me remembering all my passwords and can save loads of time. It can also generate random passwords for when you need to setup new passwords. This makes everything much more secure.
The main thing is not to forget your master password. You may already be using a password manager that comes with your browser. However what would you do if it crashed or worse still got hacked.
When you get a few minutes check it out. Lastpass.com
Do you already use a password manager? What system do you have to keep track of everything, pen and paper?
December 17th, 2009 Alan We are pleased to announce our latest web development. This website was developed in record time as the group have a new show coming soon and needed to start promoting asap. We wish them all the best.
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