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The Ultimate AI-Powered Video Generation Guide: From Text to Talking Avatars in Minutes

Embarking on the journey of AI-driven video generation can feel like stepping into a sci-fi novel. But with the right tools and a sprinkle of guidance, you’ll be crafting compelling content faster than you can say “artificial intelligence.” Let’s face it—creating high-quality video content is a headache.

The Real Cost of Building and Running an Efficient Engineering Team

When businesses consider internalising their development efforts—whether through a self-managed offshore partner or by creating a dedicated internal team to replace an external software partner—it’s tempting to focus on the apparent cost savings of hiring a few skilled engineers. After all, the promise of reduced expenses and

Don’t dwell - get over it and move on

One thing that always amazes me in business is the tendency people have to dwell on things and then miss opportunities that are out there. If you spot an opportunity then weigh up the pros and cons of the opportunity, what it will cost and the expected outcome. If it

Do you know where your company's skills are lacking?

We're recruiting again and to work out what type of recruit we would benefit from the most, we decided to try and assess our strengths and weaknesses. It was a really useful exercise and meant that we were quickly able to identify which areas we should increase capacity

From Side Line to Full Time - my DDD South West presentation

Thanks to all of you who came to my DDD South West talk, I really enjoyed and I hope you did too (and found it useful). For the benefit of you who came -and those who couldn't make it, here's the slide deck from my DDD

How to read and interpret a cohort chart - cohort analysis Part 2

In my last post about Cohort analysis I briefly introduced what a cohort graph is, in this one I'm going to go into a little more detail about how you can use it. I'm planning on releasing some code so you can add it to your

Start-up's golden triangle of customer loyalty - cohort analysis Part 1

If you're from a financial or medical background you'll probably already be familiar with cohort analysis but more recently it's become a very popular way of measuring customer loyalty among your consumers. I've been playing with it with our customers for a

Recurring payment provider options for a UK start-up

As many of you will know, we're currently in the process of launching a new online service -Crisis Cover which is a digital safe for your business' digital assets. A week before the launch we ran into a slight hiccup in regards our payment gateway. The problem

Calculating what an employee will cost you

As people are now looking to employ I thought it would be helpful to overview the general costs involved with employing someone in the UK and how you can factor that back to an hourly charge. Some Assumptions 1. As most of my readers are within the IT industry, I&

CodeGarden 09 Open Space Minutes - Space 1: How to sell Umbraco

It's taken some time to get here and there's still more to add as I think this is a pretty big topic but I thought I'd get started. I wanted to keep the session more focused on the selling points of Umbraco and how