Hello, I'm Chris Murphy — I specialize in creating engaging, user-centric interactive experiences.
Archive for "Software"
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Feb 2009 6
Top 3 Myths of Content Management Systems.
Search Google for the term, “Content Management System”, “CMS” or about any permutation of the concept you might think of, and you’ll get anywhere from 90,000 to 160,000 potential results. If only one percent of those results yield A to B-grade Content Management Systems,…
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Jan 2009 20
Windows Live Writer Updated
In an earlier review of the last Live Writer Release Candidate I outlined some of the key features that got me interested in the software, but I’d like to take a moment to point out a few productivity features that aren’t well highlighted in th…
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Nov 2008 10
FrogCMS – Content Management Simplified.
Content Management Systems come in so many flavours, and while I don’t advocate any one system over another, I have no hesitation in saying that this product is one to keep an eye out for. Created by Quebec-based developer, Philippe A…
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Aug 2008 25
WordPress Plugins For The Not-so-everyday Blog.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with plugins — WordPress offers the ability for software developers to extend the basic functionality of WordPress in order to display, perform or provide functionality that does not cur…
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Nov 2007 29
Software for Creative Writers
It seems that everyday I’m finding new and interesting applications aimed at creative writers. Up until about two years ago, this was not the case. In fact, what you might have typically found online was a bevy of bloated word-proces…
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Nov 2007 27
Blog publishing software: Windows Live Writer – Beta
I’ve previewed other blogging clients in the past, and one in particular was quite fun to work with: Zoundry. Admittedly it was a novelty for me and one that I quickly got over. I ended up using WordPress’ editor in the end. It doe…
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Nov 2007 5
Mind mapping for collaborative brainstorming via MindMeister
While I am not in the habit of writing product reviews, I felt MindMeister was one product that was worth the time to expound upon.
Mind mapping is not anything new — it has been around for quite some time and while I cannot attest to the de…
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Nov 2006 15
Zoundry – the desktop editor for blog authors
One of the great things I liked about my previous sites were the desktop tools that I developed to handle some of the typical tasks like posting news and updating articles. Most of those applications were developed in VB6 and took advantage o…
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