Category: Business
New Zencart site for Knightkit.co.uk | FCS Websites
I have been a busy man lately making a number of new ecommerce sites for FCS Websites clients. This one is for a company that sells police duty, traffic management and security equipment including the Knight Beacon range of high visibility LED lights. The site is based on Zencart, with lots of extras including dynamic […]
New Easy Furniture website goes live | FCS Websites
After an epic development process involving transferring all the products from an existing OSCommerce site and some heavy modification of Zencart, the new Easy Furniture ecommerce site is now live. Check out their range of discount lounge furniture, dining room furniture and bedroom furniture.
Some clients are impossible
When doing technical projects that involve lots of critical decision and prerequisites, I send out detailed Project Briefs to clients. They often send them back, merrily signing them and saying that everything is fine. However, I have started to realise that one of two things is happening. 1. They don’t understand the brief, but sign […]
Corporate speak: “Punching above your weight”
The idea is that you make the company look bigger than it actually is, and go after projects that are at the upper reaches of your capabilities or beyond. This is a good idea when you want to grow your company, as it can allow you access to larger projects and more profitable markets. Unfortunately, […]
Go out? No thanks.
Ok, I am officially old. I never really enjoyed going out on the piss much, only the alcohol made it bearable. That sounds odd, but I hate town, I hate pubs and I pretty much hate people. It’s all so pointless for me. I want to get stuff done, not talk bollocks for hours on […]
Pointless words and slogans
Korzybski’s Science and Sanity has got me thinking about the semantics of daily life. Some say it doesn’t matter, but I feel it does. I don’t want to be bombarded by meaningless communications. Today’s pointless words are as follows: “Fully” – Often used when it is not actually true, or cannot even be true. Example […]