That exclamation point has some serious implications: two great things occurred today in my direction. The first of these is getting a solid A grade in my ICT coursework. In fact, my teacher went as far as too say that "this is the highest mark she has even given a project at this level" and "can I have permission to use this in future years, as well as a copy of the software to go along with it". Now I think ...

In my inappropriate quest to learn some practical PHP during my easter holidays (Inappropriate because I should by all rights be revising for my A Levels) I've actually managed to make something. I bought a very helpful book on PHP and MySQL called 'Practical PHP and MySQL: Build Eight Dynamic Web Applications'. As you might have guessed, this is exactly what I've needed to get me beyond the low-level processing I can code in PHP, even ...

My dad pointed out an article to me in 'Computer Weekly' a few days ago, describing how uSwitch.com, the utility price comparison website, boosted their business extensively by switching (pun completely intended) to Web 2.0 technologies, notably AJAX. The article provides a link to a related online article, which is quite and interesting read. It presents the perhaps unsurprising notion that big businesses want to implement Web 2.0 services as ...