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Code signing for ease of use and peace of mind

19th January 2010

I've just bought a Comodo personal code signing certificate in order to make macros and modules in Access and Excel easier to use and also for installation packages, C# code, signing Word documents and emails. It's amazing how far a certificate can go. This is mainly theory to me as this is my first personal certificate, but it's looking pretty useful at the moment. A lot of people (like me) put certificates off because they are expensive, but I used ksoftware and got a certificate for USD $99

Domain Registration and Web Hosting

10th January 2010

As part of extending my business support into ecommerce I have started reselling Domain Registration and Web Hosting Services as a service to my current and future customers. This is competitively priced and uses syra for hosting ("Hello World" from Perth, Australia). Try it out.

Transition to Microsoft technology completed

6th January 2010

Last year I joined the Microsoft 'BizSpark' initative in order to have access to advanced development tools. I also converted my website to IIS and moved fully into Office 2007. I have started using the Expression tools a lot more, and have become a full convert to Expression Web 3 (it's really great you should try it).This year I intend to leverage this transformation into more opportunities for my growing business.

I made the the decision to consolidate on Microsoft mainly because I am a small business and I can't do everything. C# and .NET had a lot to do with my thinking, it was either that or Java. I wanted a single language to support web, desktop and server and C# gives me that, I also have a close eye on C# support for Silverlight and Office 2010.

Access 2007 and Excel 2007 Business up

28th November 2009

Since I completed my Access and Excel accreditation on Elance I've seen a significant increase in demand in this area. I'm finding most requirements are from people with spreadsheets who need to step up to a database solution.

Yahoo Store CSV Editor software

20th September 2009

The production version has been released and is available on the Downloads page, see the storeCSVeditor blog.

I'm releasing some software designed to edit the CSV's of Yahoo Store catalogs. This software is being announced on http://www.yourstoreforums.com/