http://www.hitechy.com/ The latest news from the official HiTechy website. Copyright © HiTechy 2010. All rights reserved. Alexander Dawson (HiTechy Admin) 2009-01-05T00:00:00Z Alexander Dawson 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#16 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ With the previous website design came pro's and con's. The pro's were an unusual design which had some very unique stuff held inside (like pure CSS Lightboxes), CSS3 integration, etc. However this came at a price, there were some major issues with usability (which is bad). As such (and after more experimentation) I present version 3.0 which uses many of the previous designs unique elements but is much more gracefully degrading, doesn't have the usability issues (as before) and is cleaner, leaner and prettier than before... and so I say to you dear visitor, enjoy! Alexander Dawson 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#15 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ I can't believe it! I've won yet another award on SitePoint. You will remember that I previously won the Member of the Month award and was given a promotion to the position of Mentor on the forums. Well now it has been announced that I won the Web Design Guru of the year award. This is one of their most prestigious awards and is only given out yearly. I am both flattered and happily surprised at winning such an accolade. Alexander Dawson 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#14 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ Happy new year to all the people who visit this website. Sorry about the lack of updates but when Christmas comes around, things tend to get a little busy! You will notice over the next couple of weeks a lot more additions are coming to the website such as lightbox panels containing all the services and products I offer plus some social networking icons linking to the places I will be contributing to. The first social network you can find me at is Twitter (https://twitter.com/AlexDawsonUK) where I shall be micro-blogging about my own thoughts about web development. Hope to see you there! Alexander Dawson 2009-12-22T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#13 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ To coincide with the release of my book and move toward web design I have redesigned the entire HiTechy website. Now a single page website it makes use of the latest techniques to give the design a fresher appearance. Much simpler to navigate you can just scroll the design in chronological order (left to right) to see what I have been up to. Of course there is also the usual information pages, now in the upper and lower header to give you extended details. Hope you like the new design and I hope next year is as successful as this one. Alexander Dawson 2009-12-16T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#12 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ Here it is people, the reason why I have not posted much on the website (or for that matter doing any updates elsewhere). I have spent much of the year... writing a book! My very first published piece of professional writing with the well known web design publisher FriendsOfED (APress) is a beginners guide to building websites from scratch. Basically it's aimed at the self-taught enthusiasts who want to make a website, beyond the example based "color-by-number" books. I've gone for a more progressive pathway style of writing to give you all the basics you will need to experiment and end up with a site that can compete with the best of them. If you want to support me and make your own website, why not purchase a copy for yourself and see how knowledgeable I really am! Alexander Dawson 2009-12-02T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#11 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ Finally a new piece of news worth reporting on, I have a secret project which will soon become very apparent (I wanted to keep it a surprise until it's released so keep checking back for details). But the news I can tell you is that I have become an executive producer on a social collaboration film project called the One Second Film. Basically it's funded by micro-payments and anyone who donates gets a credit (pretty cool!). They have some high profile celebrities on board and I have been in contact with the project owner and have agreed to give some of my time to beta testing the user experience. Alexander Dawson 2009-06-02T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#10 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ Just a month after receiving my award as the SitePoint community Member of the Month I have been made a Mentor on their forums, essentially that gives me a more long term status as a recognised professional. I am even more shocked to be added to the team in such a short period because even though I have given a lot of time to the website the position of Mentor and other staff levels are reserved for the real gurus and experts. I joined the forums with the intention of making a difference to the next generation of professionals, I guess I am doing just that. Alexander Dawson 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#9 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ I have been given the Member of the Month award on SitePoint! It is a real surprise as I have only been there for a few months, usually people who get the award have been around for years and have some seriously elite skills to offer the web design community. Obviously I am really proud to accept it so I have the badge attached to my username for the entire month to show my award. Alexander Dawson 2009-02-05T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#8 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ I have decided to join the SitePoint forums so that I may be able to give some of my time to helping other people. It's not entirely selfless though because it gives me a decent place to establish myself as a web designer. As SitePoint is one of the most populated networks I have decided to go with them, it will give me some decent brain exercises to work out my web design knowledge and keep me running at the forefront of my passion. Hope to see anyone visiting this website over there as I may be able to help you with some of your questions. Alexander Dawson 2009-02-01T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#7 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ After a year of writing software (more specifically HiTechy SnipClip) I have decided that I am going to direct my business toward web design in preference to carrying on as things are. Part of the reason has been due to the software market being overcrowded and other factors include the repetitive nature of coding which has left me feeling slightly burned out. Don't worry if you have purchased a copy of the product as I will be continuing the SnipClip project and evolving it further however I will have it as a sideline project and therefore, less update cycles will occur (the product may even turn free eventually)! Alexander Dawson 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#6 HiTechy SnipClip http://www.hitechy.com/ A brand new update has been released for HiTechy SnipClip. Version 1.35 is a free update for all existing 1.0 users. The new version contains no new features however contains many updates and fixes which caused issues in previous builds of the product. The updates include that demo users of the product can now email and print snippets within the software, and the program has been compressed further to reduce memory usage. Alexander Dawson 2008-10-10T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#5 HiTechy SnipClip http://www.hitechy.com/ A brand new update has been released for HiTechy SnipClip. Version 1.3 is a free update for all existing 1.0 users. The new version contains no new features however contains many updates and fixes which caused issues in previous builds of the product. Over 12 bugs have been fixed and 8 elements of the program have received updates which will improve the general usability of the program. Download the new version today. Alexander Dawson 2008-09-28T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#4 HiTechy SnipClip http://www.hitechy.com/ A brand new update has been released for HiTechy SnipClip. Version 1.2 is a free update for all existing 1.0 users. The new version contains extended functionality to users of print (includes print preview) or email (now fully integrated) snippets. Not only this but minor improvements have been made throughout the program, including extended error support and many additional bug fixes. Download the new version today. Alexander Dawson 2008-09-23T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#3 HiTechy SnipClip http://www.hitechy.com/ A brand new update has been released for HiTechy SnipClip. Version 1.1 is a free update for all existing 1.0 users. The new version contains the ability to move snippets using drag and drop, includes increased functionality, uses less system resources and contains a demo mode for people who want to try the product before they purchase it. Not only that the program contains lots of updates and bug fixes, download it today. Alexander Dawson 2008-09-17T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#2 HiTechy SnipClip http://www.hitechy.com/ The first version of our product HiTechy SnipClip 1.0 has been officially released. SnipClip is a code snippet manager which has been produced to work across all drag and drop enabled software, rather then for one specific application. For further details about this product and to purchase a copy for yourself, please click the more details link. This will direct you to a complete overview of the newly launched application. Alexander Dawson 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z http://www.hitechy.com/#1 Website News http://www.hitechy.com/ Welcome and thanks for visiting the newly launched website for HiTechy. Please feel free to browse my website and bookmark it for later on. I will be updating content on a regular occasion and adding new products and services, so remember to check for new features. Also the website will gradually improve over time to meet the needs of my users. So if you find any bugs or issues please contact me and I will try fix the problem as quickly as possible. Thanks again for visiting the HiTechy website.