Personal Blog of Ricky Mills; Web Developer, PHP Programmer and Mobile Application Developer
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1Password – A must have for Mac Users!

July 19th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Apple | general - (1 Comments)
1Password on the iPhone

1Password on the iPhone

I’ve been using an application called 1Password for about 5 months now. I purchased it through the MacHeist Bundle for a really low price. I wanted to share a bit about this app, as they have just announced that they are releasing an iPhone version that will allow you to sync all stored passwords from your mac! Not only that, but the iPhone native application is set to be FREE for a limited time!

These guys have provided me with free updates and are now providing an entire application, free! The new application will allow pushing of passwords to an from the iPhone. It will fill out all saved forms, and submit them without you needing to touch anything!

This post is really just to thank Agile Web Solutions for their fantastic work and updates to 1Password. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone with a mac. It uses browser plugins to work with all major Mac browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Camino and Opera, plus it can be used across more than one mac at a time!

Take a look at the link below for some great screenshots and details about the upcoming iPhone App!

Switchers’ Blog » 1Password Coming Soon to an App Store Near You.

(NOTE: None of the links in this post are affiliate links. I simply want to thank the developers for their fantastic work!)

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RikeMedia Update

June 26th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Education | general | Personal | Project Updates | RikeMedia - (0 Comments)

I just thought I would fill you in on the status of RikeMedia. We’re in the process of re-launching. We realized we’re not too good at the promotion part of owning sites…well….actually its not that we’re not good at it, its just that we have no money, so cant afford to do it!

We decided the best thing to do would be to flip sites. Make em’, sell em’ or buy em’, fix em’, sell em’! I’ve been watching the videos at SiteFlipAcademy and Justin has done a great job! He’s got some great information on his site, and in his videos. Anyone looking to become a ‘flipper’ should take a look at his site.

Currently I’m working on getting our new RikeMedia site done, which will run on WordPress, but not be an actual blog. I like wordpress and the way it deals with content…there’s no reason why it cant be used purely as a content manager!

I’m currently integrating the design. After that I will re-write all the content and such as well as insert a portfolio for all the sites we make/sell.

Mikes working on a custom CMS which we will use on some of the sites we make to sell. I’ve not seen it yet but it sounds pretty fancy….custom licensing system, modules, template engine, all the cool little features you’ll ever need. Oh, and complete integration with vB 3.7.

We are thinking about licensing it out (I.E selling licenses) as it will match if not beat the features and functionality of many premium scripts out there.

For the sites that don’t need a CMS we’ll probably just hand code them. There will be a few as not all site needs/wants a complex system.

Our first site up for sale is WebmasterStash. We simply lost the will to keep this going. Its a lot harder than you think, especially when you don’t get a return. It took us over 6 months to make WebmasterStash, before opening in December. Its gotten us nowhere!

Anyway, I’ll post another update about Rike once its up and running.

In other news, next week is my FINAL week of college…it feels really weird, and will feel even more weird when we go downstairs in the lift for the final time. We decided that we would all go to the pub on Tuesday, along with all our tutors (which could be interesting!). A final laugh all together, before we all bugger off to Uni’s all over the country!

Right….thats all for now folks!

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A look back at: April/May 08

June 6th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Education | general | Personal | Pressing Issues | WSDReg - (0 Comments)

Ok, I know….I’ve not updated in ages…but, I do have a very valid reason!

I’ve been doing college work, and having to revise for a last-minute maths exam which I had yesterday. No idea if I passed it yet, however I *should* find out on Monday! I need to pass to get into Uni so I’m pretty much relying on the results.

Work wise, I’ve continued to work on WSDReg, however not as fast as I would like (due to college). I’ve got about 2-4 weeks left until I finish so after that I’ll whiz through it.

WSDReg seems to have had a huge increase in activity last month, and this month. We’ve had almost triple the usual amount of monthly sales in the space of about 2 weeks! Considering our entire operation has never had any major paid advertising, we’re doing really well.

Once the move to AWBS is completed, we’re also looking at expanding to have a UK site, and a Euro site. We recently also managed to secure a great partnership with BurstNET which will allow us to offer some of their services, including the services from Nocster at reduced rates. We’re looking at offering dedicated servers, as well as several other packages. We’re also looking at offering servers in alternate locations.

Burst has a datacentre located in Pennsylvania, which is great for US based customers, however we want the option of offering customers servers that are better for Euro use…we’ve not decided how we will approach this yet however my feeling is that we should use a UK dc and our own servers, which would allow us to also offer co-location.

Now, I know WSDReg is primarally a domain registrar, however we are looking at going furthur into the hosting industry. This will allow us to expand our great low prices that our customers have come to expect from our domain registrations.

Here’s a lineup of what we will be offering once the new site launches:

  • US Based Dedicated Servers
  • US Based Linux and Windows VPS Hosting
  • US cPanel Shared Hosting
  • US cPanel Reseller Hosting
  • Improved SSL Certs
  • Backup Services

We’ve already secured all of the above, and are hoping to get some contracts with data centres to offer co-location.

Anyway, this post has turned into more of a WSDReg promotion! I’ll stop talking now.

I will endeavor to update over the weekend as I’ve got more to write…but I’ve also got college work to do so may not get time. I’ll do my best!

Have a nice weekend all!

WSDReg is almost there!

May 14th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Education | general | Personal | Project Updates - (0 Comments)

I’ve been working at getting the new WSDReg site finished over the last few weeks, its mainly sticking it all together, and finishing off left to complete. I’m getting quite excited about it now as once its done, I can expand the company greatly. I’ve already been in contact with several UK based magazines to take out some full-page adverts.

So far I’ve spoken with .NET, Web Designer and Linux User however will be speaking with several others soon. I want WSDReg to expand into the UK market, mainly because most current UK registrars really do rip people off, they have stupidly high prices (2-400% higher than the rrp!) and people buy at these prices!

I also (finally) updated my “About Me” page. Its basically the same as the one on the old site, but just slightly updated to reflect recent events.

I decided not to post a “Look back at April” as I’ve not had time to work on much recently due to college work (and GTA IV coming out!) however I am going to revise my goals for 2008 once I’ve finished college, and will start expanding my portfolio of websites. I’m still confident that by the end of the year, I will own websites taking in $500+ a month.

Anyway….thats it for now. Cya later!