The dpivision.com Ltd Weblog

Competition was fierce at this year’s North East Digital Awards.

We made it into the finals of the competition after receiving support from customers and supporters who wanted to see us scoop the top spot.

But despite being short-listed in three categories in the digital innovators section, we narrowly missed out.

Unfortunately, the best example of accessibility category, which we won last year, was withdrawn due to not enough entries and Cannybill.com was pipped to the post in the best use of advanced practices in web development and best use if API.

Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, Managing Director, said: “There were a lot of good entries this year and it was a tough competition.

“We were really pleased to make it into the finals and will be back next year.”

The North East Digital Awards was launched in 2007 to celebrate the growing digital industry in the region by show-casing the best digital talent.

You can also look at some photos below which we took on the night:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpivision/sets/72157615839118067/

British web geeks took over Texas when the South By South West Interactive Festival came to town.

And we were part of the digital mission’s five-days of action in Austin.

Our creative juices were sent into overdrive as we mingled with more than 9,000 of the industry’s top bods, swapping hints and tips on the way we work.

We spread the word about our latest project, CannyBill, through our stand at the Digital Mission Expo event, dishing out hundreds of flyers and leaflets along the way.

And we paid a visit to London’s renowned weekly social media gathering, The Tuttle Club, which landed at the event and gave us the chance to get together with other internet bods.

An intimate tour of the city was polished off with a meet and greet session with Austin’s governor and other secretary of states.

And we attended plenty of master classes about doing business stateside, learned from top speakers and networked with high-profile companies at the trade stalls.

But it wasn’t all work. The Block Party gave us the chance to unwind and chill with fellow digital bosses.

And although the Great British Breakfast made us miss home, we were able to swap stories and meet investors, other companies and the press while munching on our bacon butties and scrambled eggs.

Take a look at what we got up to by visiting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpivision/sets/72157615840620492/

You can also see an interview with Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine at the festival by visiting:

http://techfluff.tv/2009/03/17/techflufftv-sxsw-day-4/

Our unique way of thinking has secured us a place on the Crossover 4iP Lab.

Channel 4 is challenging the region’s top digital entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas at a three day conference in Newcastle this week.

They are on the hunt for inspirational and fresh ways of engaging with the public through various media platforms.

And the best ideas will receive a cash injection from Channel 4 to help launch them.

Crossover is an international programme designed to explore the creative and the commercial challenges of developing content and services for digital media.

During the three days, the series of creative laboratories will see experienced and talented professionals from different sectors of the audio-visual industries work alongside international experts and mentors to develop ideas for innovative cross-platform programmes, products or services.

Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, project manager at Dpivision said:

“We are delighted to have been selected to take part in this event and look forward to contributing with some of the North East’s most talented companies.”

“This year has already proven to be a very exciting for us with our company having been chosen to take part in the UK Digital Mission trip to Texas and been selected for the finals of the European Startup Awards. We can’t wait to get stuck in!””

For more information, log onto www.crossoverlabs.org and www.4ip.org.uk.

CannyBill, the much anticipated new application from dpivision.com Ltd is now live and the paid plans are available.

www.cannybill.com

CannyBill is a complete invoicing, billing and web hosting automation system – it sounds complicated, but really it couldn’t be simpler.

CannyBill streamlines the whole modern web design and development ‘admin’ side of things; from tracking invoices and taking payments, managing subscription-based services to selling domain names, web hosting accounts and SSL Certificates all via web based order forms.

CannyBill will cut hours of tedious, repetitive toil from your working week – leaving you to do what you do best!

It’s taken one and a half years of planning, preparation and of course hard work, but it’s finally here. We hope you enjoy our new product, and we trust it really will streamline your working day.

Visit the www.cannybill.com website for more information, and to sign up to your own free account!

The team at dpivision.com Ltd

PRESS RELEASES:

http://www.cannybill.com/press_releases.html

It’s official – our creative talents are beautiful and inspiring.

Our carefully crafted website has caught the eyes of top designers once again.

Our website, www.dpivision.com, has been listed in the top 22 most inspiring website navigation ideas.

http://www.wbdesignideas.com/2008/12/10/22-most-inspiring-website-navigation-ideas/

After searching the internet, Wbdesignideas, stumbled across ours and has listed it as one of its favourites.

Described as breath-taking, unique and artistic.

Commenting on their quest, Wbdesignideas said: “Ahh, the beautiful navigation…

“Apart from being one of the most important technical elements of a website, website navigation can also be beautiful, pleasant to look at, sometimes even breathtaking.

“I dug through a lot of websites and picked out these 22 navigation designs that I find to be the most inspiring, whether is will be for the artistic expression, uniqueness or just a good idea.

“There are more brewing for later but here are the 22 that I have ready to drool over.”

Our logo also made it onto a recommended list of logos to inspire designers before getting stuck into a project.

http://completephotoshop.blogspot.com/2009/01/32-beautiful-website-logos.html

Commenting on the project, Completephotoshop said: “After staring at the computer for hours and going through close to two hundred websites I picked out these awesome looking logos.

“This is a good list of logos to look through when you need to get inspired before working on a website logo project.”