News
The day to day goings on of Interconnect IT that we think are worth sharing with our readers.
My Career So Far
I’ve been working at interconnect/it for over three years now and in that time I have progressed from apprentice to developer. I thought it may be helpful to write about my experience, to encourage others just starting out in the industry.
Breaking into the magic of search engines
We have been doing some really neat R&D work for clients recently, focusing on the WordPress search functionality. This is the first in a series of articles I am intending to write on the subject of search engines.
Our Go Ape adventure
To celebrate the company’s 20 year anniversary, we decided to go on a tree-mendous team-building day at Go Ape in Delamere forest! Check out Laurie’s write up and some photos from the day.
How do we create something pretty useful, not just pretty and useless?
We feel it’s important to stay up to date with the latest industry best practice. Last month we headed to NUX5 to hear from our industry’s opinion leaders on the subject of user experience.
Twenty years of interconnect/it – and did you know we started as publishers?
On our twentieth anniversary we stop for a moment and think back over the success of the company; The clients we’ve helped, the friends in the web development industry we’ve made…
Continuous Integration with WordPress
New tutorial from our developer, Evgenii Nasyrov. Do you want to achieve continuous integration with WordPress? We walk you through the steps. Read on to get all the details.
The Blog from the Sea of Cortez
We recommend every project we undertake contains some aspect of ‘discovery’. Read on to find out more about this important part of any project we undertake at interconnect/it.
How The Spectator went from one million to ten million page views per month
There’s a direct link between web traffic and revenue when you’re a publisher. How well that works depends a lot on other factors – the business model, commercial relationships and so on.
Introducing our Summer Intern: Diane Dewez
This year we are pleased to welcome Diane Dewez as our Computer Science summer intern. Here she tells us a little about her career ambitions and what she hopes to take from her internship.
What web developers have in common with builders and decorators
Our Lead Developer, Damian, is in the middle of renovating his new home and believes he has spotted some similarities between the web development and building trades.
Print design versus web design
Given that a lot of our clients are in the publishing industry, we thought it would be useful to talk about some of the differences between print and web design. Take a peek to find out more.
Wordcamp London 2016: A first timer’s perspective
Mim has written about what it’s like to attend WordCamp for the first time. Read on to find out what she took from the experience and whether she’ll be attending again.
There’s life in Magazine Subscriptions
It’s a proud feeling for us when clients do well. Even better when they are on a list of top performers in the publishing sector. We’re passionate about developing for the publishing industry and love seeing our clients doing well.
How The Spectator went from one million to ten million page views per month
There’s a direct link between web traffic and revenue when you’re a publisher. How well that works depends a lot on other factors – the business model, commercial relationships and so on.
Marketing Week Wins Award!
Since the relaunch of the new Marketing Week site, it looks like it’s been turning heads, again. This time winning an award!
The New Statesman on Kindle
Adding The New Statesman to our portfolio of users was a great honour. This venerable magazine was founded in 1913 and has been providing political commentary in the UK since then.
A day in the life of a front-end developer
As part of our ongoing partnership with Liverpool Girl Geeks, Claire has spoken to their team about her love of coding and how she got into the industry.
