http://www.darrenturpin.co.uk Occasional posts & tweets on Online Marketing, Web Desgin, Wordpress, Personal Productivity Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:59:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm always interested in increasing my personal productivity and for me that starts with improving my self-organisation. It has to: I'm just not naturally inclined towards logical order and my natural state is some form of creative chaos that's great for churning out ideas and schemes, but not so fabulous ... http://www.darrenturpin.co.uk/2009/10/02/personal-productivity-and-me-part-i-inbox-zero/ I received the following email via my work inbox yesterday: You can click to see the full-size version, although it's probably all too familiar to anyone who accesses their work mail through a corporate firewall or who routinely blocks images in emails from un-trusted senders. I've blanked the email address ... http://www.darrenturpin.co.uk/2009/10/01/email-marketing-the-importance-of-getting-the-basics-right/ Internet Explorer 6, the bane of web designers great and small for far too many a year, is still alive and kicking. That's according to the stats, which suggest that IE6 is still used by anywhere from w3schools.com's 13.6% to w3counter.com's 14.04% to gs.statcounter.com's 17.49% of Internet Users. Graph courtesy ... http://www.darrenturpin.co.uk/2009/09/11/is-ie6-dead-yet-can-anyone-make-that-happen/ Whenever I see a good graphic design showcase - like Smashing Magazine's Showcase of Fresh and Well Designed Online Shops - I always end up wishing I'd spent a lot more time developing my graphic design skills back in the day. Then I'll think back on Seth Godin's 'Why aren't ... http://www.darrenturpin.co.uk/2009/09/07/an-attack-of-graphic-design-showcase-envy/ This blog is now running the Titan theme from Idaho-based web design agency Jestro. It's clean, professional-looking, not too fussy and, once you get under the hood, is well-coded and easily adaptable / customisable. Ideal for someone who's been working with Wordpress for a few years and knows what sort ... http://www.darrenturpin.co.uk/2009/09/05/recommended-titan-wp-theme-from-jestro/