Duncan Isaksen-Loxton

Educated as a web developer, with over 20 years of internet based work and experience, Duncan is a Google Workspace Certified Collaboration Engineer and a WordPress expert.

On the King St Project we have been testing QR codes and their effectiveness out in the wild. This has been done by using the bit.ly service to shorten any URL’s and then generate the QR code. I will report back on their effectiveness and usability in another later post once we have the findings. […]


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So you want to get started creating a great email signature? Here are the steps you should go through to make it happen. Create your email signature in pure HTML Host images on your website Install in your email client Create your signature Email signatures should be created in basic HTML to ensure they work […]


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Top 10 reasons to use VOIP

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone systems are gaining popularity for both personal and business use. There are many reasons why it is grabbing market share from traditional telephone providers with the use of the process of data cabling. The top 10 reasons why VOIP is so popular: 1) It Is Cheaper than PSTN VOIP […]


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Benefits of live chat for business

How do you help your customer convert? A few months back we had a visitor on the SixFive website. They had been drawn to the site by a blog post about mobile apps, and had some questions. Luckily, they were able to pick up the phone because our number is in the header of the […]


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iPhone & iPad, Android mobile app for ski patrols and resorts to manage casualty and incident data.   Introduction: This is a suite of applications to help ski resorts collect and manage casualty information better. The system is made up of three parts: Casualty / Patient reporting their location, and personal details Patroller logging incident […]


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Are you operating a business that just got its own website and want to sell your products online? If so then you need to be certain that you prepare yourself for whatever you get into by using the right plans for taking payments online. Securepay can help you out with getting your online business up […]


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There are now plenty of business alternatives to standard phone lines with a national carrier, and that old PABX in the corner processing calls in your office. The improvements in the cloud and internet technology provide us with the ability to out source all of that, reduce costs and increase features using VOIP. What is […]


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2013 Redesign and re-architect for mobile responsive design 2012 Refactor and optimised increased page load speed by 50% 2011 First redesign, process re-architecture, and code refactoring created a jump in conversions from 0.4% to 4.0% Introduction: Duncan has been with PowerBuy from the beginning in 2008 when the business model was still an idea and […]


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If you ever get scared that Google really is taking over the world, then you have 2 choices: either shrink into the corner and never turn your phone, fridge or laptop on again apply the tinfoil hat, listen to Abba and get on with your life For those of you who want to have some […]


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Watch: How to use Shared Contacts in Google Apps So we’re going to show you how to set up contact sharing through Google Apps so that you’ve got the equivalent to Outlook or Exchange’s global address list. If you go into contacts and down the left hand side here you’ve got a thing called directory […]


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The other morning at a networking breakfast a specialist underwriter addressed the group and  presented some Cybercrime statistics from an Insurer’s viewpoint that might frighten the pants off  a business owner. Guest Post by David Peach, Your IT Director   To understand this problem, consider that the attack vectors are no longer just limited to […]


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Having your website hacked costs time and money A compromised site can also affect your client Last week I had a call from a client who had this message show up on their website: It turns out that the website had been hacked. Their online presence was down and pretty scary for a visitor. Really […]


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In a world of constant evolution security of our data is very important Hackers are not just hi-tech computer wizz kid With the expansion of technology on a world wide scale, hacking has become an activity increasingly practiced from all the parts of the globe. Unleashing destructive viruses, bypassing computer security protocols, turning entire states […]


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Here is a interview from April, on Northern Beaches radio with David Peach the Small Biz Tech Guy. With 3 other mobile application developers : Kylie from AppScape, Mick from FishVision, Steven from AusComm. Interviews start at 37m 20s SmallBizTechGuyTalk – Episode 021 14th April 2013 by Smallbiztechguy on Mixcloud


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WordPress Templates

Just starting out and need a quick website? Consider a website template to get going fast, and cheaply There’s a real potential for you to save money on website design procedures by considering website design templates for your site. A template can be used to give your site a good design without the cost of […]


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