2012-05-17T05:51:14.5903896Zhttp://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/EPiServer CMS 6 R2http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Mark-Rodseth/Dates/2012/April/What-defines-a-successful-project/2012-04-20T16:42:53.6270000Z

A colleague asked me over coffee, “What do you do?” I sipped my full fat cappuccino and reflected on the question. Sipping coffee and reflecting go well together so I may have milked the situation a bit more than was required. “Hello!” he...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Chris-Andrews/Dates/2012/April/Privacy-and-social-sharing/2012-04-20T16:10:02.6070000Z

Social networks leverage our time online and what they know about our interests to sell us as – our eyeballs and our attention – as their "product". For most of us, this is a fair trade for the services we receive in return. We’re seemingly happy ...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Mike-Hook/Dates/2012/April/Microsoft-jump-on-Open-Source-bandwagon/2012-04-03T14:43:19.1030000Z

A landmark decision was made last week by Microsoft’s ASP.NET web development team. They announced that three key technologies used to develop web applications, ASP.NET MVC, Web API and Razor would be made fully Open Source 1 . This is a big step...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Kashif-Hasan/Dates/2012/3/South-by-Southwest-by-Kashif/2012-03-28T14:32:38.5830000Z

I didn’t know what to expect on my first trip to the legendary Music, Film and Interactive festival, South by South West in Austin, Texas, USA. Before I left London, everyone I met who knew about the event was emphatic, ‘it’s gonna to be, like,...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Manish-Bardolia/Dates/2012/3/2132/2012-03-28T15:30:56.6030000Z

What do artists, brands, technologists, filmmakers, and musicians all have in common? Two weeks of the best mashup our industries could want, I’m talking about none other than SXSW, hosted in Austin, TX. For a first timer, SXSW is completely...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Mark-Tipper/Dates/2012/3/The-most-evil-thing-on-the-internet---the-sliders-of-doom/2012-03-28T12:55:40.1770000Z

The Internet has the power to dispense sublime good or evil to the world; we all know that. From connecting loved ones across great distances and giving suppressed nations a voice, to the unscrupulous phisher trying to scam your granny out of her...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Mark-Tipper/Dates/2012/3/Whats-making-newspapers-successful-online/2012-03-28T12:47:12.6030000Z

A few nights ago I was out with a journalist friend for a wee drink and a general catch up and of course after we talked about house prices, sport and the joys of offspring we inevitably ended up talking about journalism and the state of newspaper...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Sam-Gibbs/Dates/2012/3/Review-of-Mobile-World-Congress-2012/2012-03-01T13:15:52.3900000Z

Amidst the oranges, cerveza, sunshine and flag-waving protesters , Barcelona this week played host to Mobile World Congress ( #MWC12 ).  Upwards of 60,000 delegates from around the world met at Fira de Barcelona to discuss the latest trends and...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Bridget-Dalton/Dates/2012/February/online-retail/2012-02-17T11:26:27.8100000Z

The question was recently posed to me: What are the mandatories; the absolute basics I need in place for my online store? What is the base platform I need to work from to make my online retail offering a success? With the Australian eCommerce mark...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Chris-Andrews/Dates/2012/February/SDL-acquires-Alterian/2012-02-03T16:38:02.3870000Z

Monday 30 th January 2012 and Alterian have officially become part of SDL. This is personally very exciting for me, not least as I am an Alterian alumnus like my good friend and ex-colleague  SDL’s Ian Truscott , but more importantly, it raises th...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Ed-MacDonald/Dates/2012/February/Quality-assurance/2012-02-03T17:20:07.2130000Z

In this two part blog post I will look at the process of selling Quality Assurance (QA) to the project stakeholders and in particular the client. In the second part I’ll sell the QA process, but for now we will begin by selling the QA Professional...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Tim-Aldiss/Dates/2012/January/Google-Search-Plus-Your-World-SPYW/2012-01-23T17:39:49.0300000Z

Huge news broke on Tuesday 10th January when Google announced the roll out of it’s integration of social network Google+ into Google Search. This is the culmination of months of work, and a final decision to cement their belief in ‘social signals’...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Tim-Aldiss/Dates/2012/January/preparing-your-site-for-migration/2012-01-20T13:17:25.3270000Z

I'm often asked by clients and colleagues about the potential pitfalls around SEO when it comes to site migration. Here I share a few things to consider. Primary concern should be at least maintaining (and preferably improving) the commercial...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Bridget-Dalton/Dates/2012/January1/The-terrifying-spa-experience-and-why-they-forgot-about-user-experience/2012-02-15T23:36:04.6470000Z

It’s nice to remember sometimes that this thing we do, called user experience, isn’t always about what we see on a screen. Architects and city planners get it, casinos are purely Machiavellian about it, and retailers worship it. Unfortunately the...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Bridget-Dalton/Dates/2012/January1/Lets-get-functional/2012-02-15T23:36:04.7100000Z

Ahhh, the homely QR Code. Becoming ever more prevalent, and yet ask your average Joe on the street what they are, or point one out and ask how they work, and you’re more likely to get a blank look than a Wikipedia style response. For those playing...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Maggie-Lonergan/Dates/2012/January/What-all-brands-must-do-to-win-consumers-digital-hearts-and-minds/2012-01-20T11:36:55.6700000Z

According to Gartner’s latest figures issued earlier this month, Smartphone sales reached 115m units worldwide and account for 26% of all mobile phone sales. It goes without saying that if your customers are adopting smartphones and spending...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Justin-Cooke/Dates/2012/January/Top-10-digital-predictions-for-2012/2012-01-20T11:36:56.1530000Z

2012 is shaping up to be quite a ride. We'll be using our mobiles to pay for our morning coffee, see the demise of apps and start getting 'phygital'. 2011 proved to be an eventful year for digital marketers with scandals, acquisitions and IPOs. Fr...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Justin-Cooke/Dates/2011/December/That-was-the-year-that-was-2011/2012-01-20T12:36:14.2000000Z

January 2011 kicked off with the WikiLeaks furore, which questioned the very basics of freedom of speech. This appeared to be OK except when what was being said was about you. Come March, the Web’s first real example of freedom of expression on...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Justin-Cooke/Dates/2011/December/ecommerce-all-ye-faithful/2012-01-20T12:36:14.2300000Z

With Christmas shopping now in full swing, e-commerce has fast become a leading channel for retailers, and continues to grow. Justin Cooke, CEO of Fortune Cookie discusses the sector and Amazon, Argos and their other retail rivals as they wage war...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Justin-Cooke/Dates/2011/December1/UK-rocket-fuel-for-world-marketers/2012-01-20T12:58:37.5130000Z

Justin Cooke, CEO of Fortune Cookie and Chair at British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) shares his views on the UK's digital sector and highlights the growth of his own online business over the last 12 months. My history teacher Mrs Norris...

http://www.fortunecookie.co.uk/Blog/Maggie-Lonergan/Dates/20111/October/Keeping-your-brand-in-touch/2012-01-20T13:07:03.9800000Z

There are one million fewer PCs being sold every day in 2011 because people are choosing to be connected to their favourite digital destinations and activities through mobile and tablet devices. Smart mobiles are the new mobiles and their ubiquity...