just a handsome web developer talking about marketing, software, blogging, seo and making money

This is me. I'm a 27 year old web developer, blogger and entrepreneur from near London.

I've done work for people like Samsung, Vauxhall, Cadburys, Chevrolet, Center Parcs and TKMaxx.

I've been running this blog since 2006 and have reached more than 1.6 million readers, so feel free to say hi.

I'm passionate about the web. And heavy metal. And cats.

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• Rejecting paid reviews - the ethical dilemma. Tonight I did, and here's why...

  It's always an honour when a software developer wishes to pay you to review their creation on your website.  It represents a financial investment on their part; a leap of faith even.  They might end up paying $100 for an honest but damning review of their product, condemning its very existence.As such, tonight, I've declined my first ever...

• Concrete5: The best open source CMS you aren't using yet

  One of the biggest challenges as a web developer is finding a content management system that you're happy with.  Or indeed, a suite of them suitable for the wider range of clients and projects you encounter.  I've recently become a fan of Concrete5, but it isn't without its flaws.Let's take a step back and address what I need.For small, simple...

• Review: Online Logo Maker (and the online icon maker)

  I'm always excited to undertake sponsored reviews because it forces me to look objectively at a website, piece of software or service that I may not have encountered otherwise.  This time I've been approached by the creator of the Online Logo Maker.One of the most important things to announce when looking at this application is that it's a free...

• Goodbye Steve Jobs - inventor, innovator and icon

  Today the world lost one of the most celebrated innovators; someone who catalysed technological advance, polarised opinion and helped architect the modern world. Today, I'm mourning the (somewhat inevitable, but no less upsetting) loss of Steve Jobs, Apple CEO at the young age of 56.The iPod completely changed the music industry (albeit not the first...

• 100+ awesome free and open source applications

  It has always amazed me quite how many incredible, varied and useful applications are available for free on the Internet.  Be it free, open source, web-based or merely passive trials - the number of top quality items on offer is huge. The purpose of this list is to help people realise that the free and open source software communities are expansive...

• 30 things you need to do to be a great web developer

  I'm forever being asked what it takes to be a web developer; and it's not as complicated as it might seem.  Learning a subset of the overall skills will get you hired, while a good attitude will keep you employed.  But is that really all it takes?Clearly not.  I seem to be in a perpetual cycle of interviewing candidates to join the team,...

• Leaving 9rules: finally removed the leaf. My thoughts on 9rules now.

  I don't know when it happened but I surely know the reason.  As of an unknown date (it really could be anytime in the past 2 years) my membership from 9rules has been revoked, as such I've removed the leaf from the site.9rules is a blogging network aimed at aggregating the best writers from various topics into a single place.  Essentially,...

• 100+ awesome free and open source applications
• 30 things you need to do to be a great web developer
• Leaving 9rules: finally removed the leaf. My thoughts on 9rules now.
• Top 10 reasons why I'm in love with Disqus and why you should consider using it too
• How to import comments into Disqus using the generic WXR XML format
• Review: Premium Fans - a company who sell you Facebook fans
• How Google suddenly made search results socially voted
• The pros and cons of migrating from shared hosting to having your website on Amazon S3
• Review: easily customisable Flash map from Flash World Maps
• Reports show Google is 90-95% of the search engine market
• The 'revive a blog' experiment - introduction
• Review: T3Leads third generation affiliate network
• Operating system trends 2009 - XP shows decline, OSX and Vista climb, Linux share declines
• Review: Super-Resell.com - 1,200 resellable products for only $37
• Review: Joomla Shop Builder - avoid this company like the plague
• Review: ActualKeywords - making keyword research a lot easier
• So what is cookie stuffing? Black hat SEO, black hat affiliates
• Wordpress Campaign Manager - the ultimate affiliate link management plugin
• Working with the Twitter API
• How user generated porn completely changed the online adult industry
• Review: WebHostingGuide - your guide to web hosting
• Wordpress Plugin testers required - apply within
• The 7 best fat footers used on high profile sites