Author Archives: steve

SD goes back to school

Quiet class, Andrew’s talking
Why is it that people are always harping on about how strange developers are, how they hang out in the dark in basements and can’t communicate if not in code? Well we must be really lucky then because our developers are nothing like that, and Andrew is no exception………..apart [...]

Client Focus – Friends and Relations

Slightly Different have been working with Friends and Relations for several years.
The Friends and Relations website offers users the ability to create a lasting online memorial to a departed loved one, allowing others to leave comments and tributes.  It also allows for users to link and donate to chosen charities.
We are also just about to [...]

Client Focus – Royal Naval Writers Association

The Royal Naval Writers’ Association is officially the oldest military association in the world, having been founded in 1887 as a Club and Benevolent Association for members of the profession.  As with the profession itself, eligibility for membership is highly restrictive and the Association is only open to serving and ex-serving [...]

Slightly Funny III – the Rise of the Chortle

Here at Slightly Different we spend quite a lot of time online.  On our virtual travels we stumble across lots of things to keep us amused.  Here is a sprinkling of things that made us chuckle this month.
INCEPTION – the SD film club went to see this recently, and loved it.  Then we came across [...]

Are you ready for the season of goodwill?

Prepare for Christmas now or pay later
It seems that Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year.  I remember going into a local supermarket a few years ago when the mince pies had hit the shelves (yeah, I know a Northerner mentioning pies – quelle surprise!).  The sell by date on them was mid November.  I [...]