Favourite links and blog posts, photography and musings from Paul Lomax, Web 2.0 technologist and digital product development specialist.Tumblr (3.0; @paullomax)http://paullomax.org/<a href="http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2008/06/one-page-marketing-plan.html/#more-2146">A One Page Marketing Plan Anyone Can Use | Small Business Trends</a>: Planning sucks. None of us like to do it and if you’ve had any corporate experience in the process, it’s no wonder. But planning is an absolute necessity if you want to be successful.http://paullomax.org/post/40679947http://paullomax.org/post/40679947Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:00:06 +0100<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/vitaminmasterfeed/~3/324153236/working-with-web-developers-in-india-why-whom-and-how">Working with web developers in India: why, whom, and how</a>: In the past decade or so, multi-national corporations have taken to diverting many of their customer service hotlines to Bangalore and other metropolitan centers in India, primarily as a…http://paullomax.org/post/40679949http://paullomax.org/post/40679949Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:00:06 +0100<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SmallBusinessTrends/~3/324205622/">Are You Hunting or Harvesting?</a>: In working with business owners and entrepreneurs over the years, I’ve noticed that when it comes to acquiring new customers, most of them are hunters. They pounce on new leads, chase the prospects,…http://paullomax.org/post/40679950http://paullomax.org/post/40679950Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:00:06 +0100<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ii35lgyRNaxdqfvtlfiOtXti_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>via <a href="http://www.doubtsourcing.com/images/post/Mon_Jan_21_073012_-0800_2008_DS_05-agile-flashify.jpg?1200929413"><a href="http://www.doubtsourcing.com">www.doubtsourcing.com</a></a>http://paullomax.org/post/40675994http://paullomax.org/post/40675994Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:12:46 +0100<a href="http://www.getelastic.com/images-in-context/">Can Product Images Improve Conversion? Showing Products in Context | Get Elastic</a>: According to a Future Now client, images can lift conversion rates by 147% by showing products “in context.” This can reduce a shopper’s fears, uncertainties and doubts about a purchase like “how…http://paullomax.org/post/40551919http://paullomax.org/post/40551919Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:49:37 +0100<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/symfony/blog/~3/323913514/symfony-1-2-roadmap">symfony 1.2 roadmap</a>: <p>As <a href="http://www.symfony-project.org/blog/2008/06/30/the-wait-is-over-symfony-1-1-released">symfony 1.1 is now out of the door</a>, it’s time to talk about the next symfony version.</p> <p>1.1 was a very special version for the symfony framework. As you might know, we have done a lot of work on…</p>http://paullomax.org/post/40551918http://paullomax.org/post/40551918Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:49:36 +0100<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/MediaAmBulletin/News/827991/Carter-head-group-ad-sales-team-News-International/?DCMP=EMC-Media%20Am%20Bulletin">Carter to head group ad sales team at News International - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic</a>: Last week’s appointment of News Group managing director Mike Anderson to a new role of managing director of digital and development is thought to be behind Gordon’s decision to leave the company.http://paullomax.org/post/40533646http://paullomax.org/post/40533646Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:32:13 +0100<a href="http://greatapps.blogspot.com/2008/07/uk-mortgage-market-is-in-big-trouble.html">The thing about useful stuff is: UK Mortgage market is in big trouble</a>: The UK housing market is falling off a cliff… The irony is that this is a Government that proclaimed it wanted cheaper and affordable housing - as house prices fall sharply, they are going to get…http://paullomax.org/post/40528428http://paullomax.org/post/40528428Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:27:11 +0100<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7481822.stm">BBC NEWS | England | Barton admits team-mate assault</a>: Premier League footballer Joey Barton has admitted assaulting a former team-mate in a training ground row.http://paullomax.org/post/40431079http://paullomax.org/post/40431079Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:02:03 +0100<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/Digital/News/823508/Yahoo-set-shake-up-executives-leave-droves/?DCMP=EMC-Digital%20Bulletin">Yahoo! set for shake-up as executives leave in droves - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic</a>: The departures include Jeff Weiner, head of its network division, Vish Makhijani, general manager of its search business, and Qi Lu, leading engineer for its Panama search marketing platform.http://paullomax.org/post/40408756http://paullomax.org/post/40408756Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:37:23 +0100<a href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/photoshop-hand-drawn-design/">Photoshop: Hand Drawn Design</a>: <p> <img src="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/photoshop-hand-drawing.jpg" align="right" alt="Leadin Image"/></p><p>In case you haven’t noticed yet, the hand drawn style is one of the <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/18/hand-drawing-style-in-modern-web-design-volume-2/">hottest</a> <a href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/2008-design-trends/">design trends</a>. There are several ways to create hand drawn images — you can create it from scratch in Photoshop…</p>http://paullomax.org/post/40398075http://paullomax.org/post/40398075Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:27:20 +0100<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jrothman/nZRY/~3/322735177/being-specific-when-analyzing-a-job.html">Being Specific When Analyzing a Job</a>: When you analyze a job, avoid shorthand words. Spell out what you mean. If you mean “able to communicate across geographical distances and cultures and time zones verbally and in writing, without…http://paullomax.org/post/40387544http://paullomax.org/post/40387544Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:17:09 +0100<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/symfony/blog/~3/322835325/the-wait-is-over-symfony-1-1-released">The wait is over: symfony 1.1 released</a>: As you may know, we have been working for a very long time on the next stable version of symfony. Now the day has come to celebrate the immediate availability of the long awaited 1.1 stable release…http://paullomax.org/post/40387545http://paullomax.org/post/40387545Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:17:09 +0100<a href="http://blog.cdslash.net/post/40270221/what-could-we-have-done">Beachballin' - What could we have done?</a>: A person with the knowledge they have now, who lived a thousand years ago, would have been a God. Gunpowder, microchips, aluminium, penicillin - a lot of things have happened in the last thousand…http://paullomax.org/post/40287095http://paullomax.org/post/40287095Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:42:52 +0100<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/MediaPmBulletin/News/816717/Gumtree-MD-Monro-heads-property-site/?DCMP=EMC-Media%20PM%20Bulletin">Gumtree MD Monro heads to property site - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic</a>: Fledgling property site Zoopla.co.uk has hired Doug Monro, a former managing director at classified ads portal Gumtree, as its chief operating officer.http://paullomax.org/post/40165413http://paullomax.org/post/40165413Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:41:45 +0100<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/BrandRepublicNews/News/816179/Apprentice-victor-McQueen-head-digital-business/?DCMP=EMC-Daily%20News%20Bulletin">Record 9m tune in to watch McQueen crowned Apprentice - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic</a>: The final of ‘The Apprentice’ pulled in a record 8.9m viewers last night, as Lee McQueen, a 30-year-old recruitment sales manager, was picked by Sir Alan Sugar to head the sales team of a new digital…http://paullomax.org/post/40165414http://paullomax.org/post/40165414Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:41:45 +0100<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/BrandRepublicNews/News/815835/UK-housing-slump-hits-Newsquest-owner-Gannett/?DCMP=EMC-Daily%20News%20Bulletin">UK housing slump hits Newsquest-owner Gannett - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic</a>: The worsening conditions in the UK housing market have hit US media company Gannett, which is to write down its asset value by as much as $3bn (£1.5bn) following a steep decline in ad revenues.http://paullomax.org/post/40165415http://paullomax.org/post/40165415Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:41:45 +0100<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/MediaAmBulletin/News/815349/NI-considers-axing-MD-roles/?DCMP=EMC-Media%20Am%20Bulletin">NI considers axing MD roles - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic</a>: News International is considering axing the managing director role across its newspaper brands as part of moves that could lead to a merger of its operations.http://paullomax.org/post/40165416http://paullomax.org/post/40165416Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:41:45 +0100<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pulse2/~3/319799166/">Social Q&A Community Site, SodaHead.com Raises $8.4 Million Series B</a>: <a href="http://www.sodahead.com"><img title="SodaHead Logo" src="http://pulse2.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sodahead-logo.png" alt="SodaHead Logo" width="230" height="57"/></a><br/>Los Angeles, Calif.-based SodaHead.com has raised $8.4 million Series B from Mohr Davidow Ventures and Mission Ventures.  SodaHead is a site that encourages users to create/vote on public…http://paullomax.org/post/39851319http://paullomax.org/post/39851319Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:08:28 +0100<a href="http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/40-sites-you-might-actually-use/">40 Sites You Might Actually Use</a>: <p><img src="http://howtosplitanatom.com/wp-content/bookmarks.jpg" alt="Bookmarks" title="bookmarks" width="240" height="160" align="left"/></p><p>There are plenty of lists out there that do a good job of telling you the best applications for whatever occasion you could come up with. I decided to avoiding you what is “best” and…</p>http://paullomax.org/post/39851320http://paullomax.org/post/39851320Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:08:28 +0100