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Category: All about

  • What you need to know about domain names

    A domain name (also known as a website address or URL) is what someone types into a search engine to find a website. Every website has a unique domain name which enables the creation of an online presence and enables other internet users to find and contact the website owner.

  • All about cookies

    When on the internet you cannot fail to have come across cookie consent forms asking whether you want to accept or decline cookies but what exactly are cookies? In this blog post I write about cookies, why they are important and what you need to know about them to ensure you stay safe and compliant…

  • Client briefs and why they are important

    In business a client brief refers to a document that details the requirements of a project and the solution required. The word brief means a set of instructions given to a person about a job or task and to instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task. In this blog post I…

  • The rise and rise of the QR code

    Have you noticed? QR codes currently seem to be everywhere. Changing your bank, you might be asked to scan a QR code for information about your new account. Taking part in an online event, you might be provided with a QR code to give feedback. Watching a tv show you can vote using a QR…

  • A history of transcription

    When I first began working, I was employed as an audio typist in surveyors offices.  My working days were spent listening to audio recordings the surveyors made about the properties they visited and typing up their reports. Alongside my typewriter was a cassette machine, which played mini cassettes, headphones and underneath my desk was a…

  • Hashtagging

    Think you know everything there is to know about hashtags? From the Romans to social media today, the hash sign has an interesting history. The little symbol that looks like a noughts and crosses board has a multitude of names including hash, pound, number, octothorpe, crosshatch and hex and throughout history has been used as…

  • Freelancing: what’s it all about

    Freelancers can be found in many occupations from writers, photographers, journalists, computer programmers, language translators, website designers and graphic designers … some are even virtual assistants. This post delves into the history of freelancing, discusses the advantages of hiring a freelancer and what things you need to be aware of when hiring a freelancer.

  • All about blogging

    A blog is an online journal written for both personal and business use. They may focus on a single topic or a whole range of topics and may have multiple authors or only one. The articles that appear on a blog are known as blog posts and these can be on any manner of subjects…

  • Plainly speaking

    The English language is spoken around the world from the United States to Tristan da Cunha, a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. English is part of the Indo-European family of languages which are spoken in most of Europe and areas of European settlement and in much of south west and south Asia. The English language uses words…

  • The importance of copyright

    Copyright is the exclusive legal right, given to the creator of a piece of work, to print, publish, perform, film or record literary, artistic or musical material. I have chosen to write a blog post about this subject following experiences in workplaces – in particular a telephone call I received from Getty Images who had…

  • UK GDPR and the right to privacy

    25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force, along with the Data Protection Act 2018, modernising the laws that protect the personal information of individuals and replacing European data protection law that was almost twenty years old.

  • The lost art of typewriting

    Recently while reviewing a document I had written, Microsoft Word admonished me with the warning ‘only one space between words is better’. Oh no, I thought, not you too. The issue had come up in an office I worked in a few years earlier, with younger members of the team happy to inform me what…