Atelier Utd recorded another hard fought victory last night in what was only their second game and the first with the new allstar Atelier lineup. It was a hard fought game of two halves against Addict FC who were worthy opponents. The final score 12 ? 8 was probably slightly flattering to the boys in green socks but deserved considering the wave of injurys that beset them from the first kick of the ball.

Not unlike the Italian national team Atelier Utd were rolling around on the floor like babys after nearly ever challenge but unlike the Italians we were really injured! Fitness, 1 burst football and a lack of pre match warm ups weren’t going to stop us though, a quick rub of the magic sponge and we were back playing the beautiful game how it was meant to be played. Passers by could have been mistaken for thinking they were watching Brazil with the silky smooth passing on display and off the ball movement which was sublime. The game finally came to end as it started with another injury, this time to Mischa (the cat) in goal… lets all hope he’s recovered for next weeks fixture!

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Over the last few weeks I?ve been really getting evolved in the geo-coding scene, finding out what its all about, whether it?s useful or whether it?s yet another reason to prove George Orwell right when he wrote:

“Big Brother is watching you”
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four

So what the futon is this new?ish devilry, well wiki says this, “Geocoding is the process of assigning geographic identifiers (e.g., codes or geographic coordinates expressed as latitude-longitude) to map features and other data records, such as street addresses. You can also geocode media, for example where a picture was taken, IP
addresses, and anything that has a geographic component. With geographic coordinates the features can be mapped and entered into Geographic Information Systems.”

So how does that affect my little universe? To answer this I first need to use the flux capacitor and take you back in time to last year where Tom Coates was speaking at d.construct. (his talk) Tom talked about a project he was working on called Fire Eagle that allowed applications to pass your geo location back and forth. Read the rest of this entry »

More walls down, more walls up, and a big mess in the process…

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Okay so testing in Internet Explorer has always been testing (sorry about that - but it has!). IE 7 has shown a marked improvement in consistency but there are a large number of people still using IE 6, in fact a huge 28.9% of people which is unbelievable. Yet what is more unbelievable is that the figure is higher than the 24.9% of people using IE7. This figure is going up though and you can keep an eye on it here: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

So, it looks like we?re stuck with IE 6 for a while longer, and therefore testing on it is still necessary no matter how much you hate it (http://toastytech.com/evil/index.html). Testing on multiple browsers has always been a pain as you cannot run multiple versions of IE on a single operating system. Previous solutions to this problem have included: Read the rest of this entry »

Firefox 3 is a massive upgrade from Firefox 2 with more than 14,000 changes to the 2.0 generation that was released in October 2006. The great majority of those changes happened under the bonnet and aren?t immediately visible, but there are enough user-centric improvements to make this new version a worthwhile update.

If you expect Firefox 3 to be drastically different in appearance, features and UI philosophy than the previous version, then you will be disappointed up to the fact that you may wonder if this new browser should have been an incremental and minor upgrade instead. For instance, when you first fire up Firefox 3, you will hardly notice any visible difference to the previous version. However, there was nothing really wrong with the previous interface anyway and we are just fine with an evolutionary modification. Read the rest of this entry »

UEFA Euro 2008 is here, and this time we thought we?d use it as a good excuse for winning (or losing) some money between friends in our Euro 2008 sweepstake!

Everyone has been assigned a team at the cost of ?1 each, and each department has been assigned an extra team as we don?t quite have enough people to take a team each!

The line up is as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

We are always happy to support our local community, whether it?s attending community training or lecturing at local schools and universities. This year we are pleased to announce that we are involved in the Southampton Schools Website Challenge 2008. Renaud Clarke, Director of Atelier Studios, will be on the panel of judges, alongside representatives from international, national and local businesses.

The Challenge has asked Renaud to talk at the Awards, to give an insight into his career and how the business started and grew to become Southampton?s most successful independent digital agency.

To find out more about the Southampton Schools Challenge please contact Robin J Smith, Education Project Manager www.solentskillquest.co.uk

Taken with Rob’s new camera!

Still learning how to avoid your refection in the window rob!! busted Read the rest of this entry »

As another tight season is about to commence Atelier Studios starts the 2008 Fantasy F1 league. Renaud Clarke, group director of fantasy leagues at Atelier says “being in control of the office firewall I can track and monitor key players, then at crucial moments i am then able to gain advantage by blocking the F1 website”

Renaud has picked:

• Driver 1 A. Davidson
• Driver 2 A. Sutil
• Chassis Renault F1
• Engine Honda (SA)

Here at Atelier Studios we love to spread the love, and never more so than in February, a time of year just made for finding someone new.

But this year we wont be sending cards or flowers, delivering chocolates or turning up to serenade those we want to woo. Instead, we want our clients to be our matchmakers. Introduce Atelier Studios to someone new in February and we’ll love you back with three months Search Engine Optimisation absolutely FREE! Read the rest of this entry »