august 2005

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. New Office
  3. Updated Contact Information
  4. Portfolio Updates
  5. Client Extranet
  6. Links

Introduction

Hello and welcome to the first edition of my semi-regular newsletter. I'll be using this to send information and updates on what's going on. I'll also put in some interesting tid-bits and links which you may find interesting.

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New Office

Another angle

As of 1 August 2005, I've moved in to an office of my own in North Melbourne.

It's a huge warehouse that's been subdivided into smaller office spaces, with a host of other creative companies under one roof. I believe it's a good opportunity for me to grow my business and potentially collaborate with my co-tenants. It's also a good place where I can meet clients now.

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Updated Contact Information

Along with the new office space, my contact information is now as follows:

Postal Mail correspondence:
P.O Box 369,
Balaclava,
3183 Victoria.

Office Address (no mail please):
170-174 Abbotsford Street,
North Melbourne,
3051 Victoria.

Office Phone: +61(3) 8317 9008
Mobile Phone: +61(423) 474 677 (no change)

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Portfolio Updates

I've been pretty busy over the past year, and have updated my portfolio to reflect that. In case you haven't already noticed, I gave my own web site—http://www.jonathanpoh.com—a makeover and a slight change of focus.

The portfolio page has been drastically updated to show more and bigger screenshots of my past work, all while being still easy to navigate and read the descriptions of each piece, with a link to the live site, where applicable.

The most recently added sites include:

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Client Extranet

I am also now implementing a web-based project management system which recent clients would already be on. With this system, all parties in the project will be provided with a login account which would give them access to the system.

This would allow us to send messages to one another, and have it all consolidated in one place so everybody will be duly informed of the progress of the project. No more missing/misplaced emails or forgotten CC addressees. It also allows uploading of files, whether they are Word documents containing content, photographs to include on the site, logos or font files. This should ensure everyone is looking at the latest version of all the bits and pieces.

Milestones and To-Do lists with job assignments will show who's responsible for each step of the web site design and development process.

With this project management system in place, things should be more streamlined and will keep everybody in the loop about what's going on.

If you've forgotten the address to the Extranet, there is now a link on the top navigation bar of my site labelled "Client Login" which will take you straight there.

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Some articles and links which might be of interest:

  • filebrowser - This looks like a great photo gallery system that automatically generates thumbnails and gallery pages from a folder full of photos. All you would need to do is upload your photos into a folder on the server and you're done. This looks promising and I'd be keen to try this out on a live project. Give me a call if you would like to see this on your site.
  • Vanilla - A discussion forum system made by the same people as "filebrowser" above. These guys seem to know what they are doing and they do it right! A far cry from most other forums where they are overloaded with features only programmers will use, and too difficult to customise to fit your site's look and feel. Vanilla goes back to the basics and focuses on what is important—the people and the discussions.
  • A Difference of Design - A side-by-side comparison of the "Business" and "Design" approaches to running a business and quantifying success.
  • Seven deadly excuses for poor design - Pretty much self-explanatory. Have a read and tell me what you think.
  • Vischeck - 1 in 20 people have some sort of colour blindness or colour vision deficiency. This site explains the different types of colour blindness and allows you to upload a photo or enter a URL (web address) to show how a colour-blind person will see it. Something to take into account as more people are getting online and making sure your web site is accessible to the widest audience and not discriminate against vision-impaired visitors.

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