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Investment Platforms

Platform - Account - Fund Want to invest some of your hard earned cash you are not going to need for 10+ years in a tax efficient manner? Then you want an S&S ISA or a SIPP. Terminology alert: S&S ISA - Stocks and Shares Individual Savings Account. It is a tax-efficient, UK-based investment account allowing individuals to invest up to £20,000 annually without paying capital gains or income tax on profits. Also known as an investment ISA, it is designed for medium-to-long-term growth. You can access your ISA at any time. SIPP - Self-Invested Personal Pension is a flexible UK pension plan that gives you control over your retirement savings, allowing you to choose from a much wider range of investments than standard pensions with added government tax relief on contributions. You can access your SIPP from age 55 (rising to 57 in 2028) a...
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Welsh Language, Technology and Digital Media Seminar

Llywodraeth Cymru Yr Adran Addysg a Sgiliau Seminar y Gymraeg, Technoleg a’r Cyfryngau Digidol Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd (stadiwm pêl-droed Caerdydd, Lecwydd) To those less au fait with the Welsh language (I’m a learner myself which may also explain any inaccuracies in the information I present below!): Welsh Government The Department of Education and Skills Welsh Language, Technology and Digital Media Seminar Cardiff City Stadium This seminar was run by the Welsh Government (Department of Education and Skills) in Cardiff City Stadium with the topic being Welsh, Technology and Digital Media. More specifically the stated focus was harnessing technology to promote the Welsh language and how more digital content can be made available in the language. The seminar was held on 21/06/12 so it’s only take me a month to get round to tidying up these notes! I’ll summarise a small part of the content presented and add my own comment or two along the way. The actual...
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Nokia Lumia 800 First Impressions

I received my Nokia Lumia 800 Windows phone a couple for weeks ago. Here I'll note a few of my first impressions. I should note that I am not an experienced smartphone user - I have been skipping the whole smartphone experience for various reasons but including the facts that The smartphone market was, and is, in a nascent state The iPhone was pretty dominant for a while and I am not normally one to go with the current trend, particularly when ... I am also not very pro-Apple - the iPhone might well have a good UX … I don’t know, I have little interest in trying it - but I know some other Apple products, e.g. the PC iTunes software, are appalling in this regard. And as an IT professional I was aware that the iPhone developer experience is based on legacy technologies and I wanted the option of a decent developer experience on whatever phone I chose. Then along came Microsoft and at v7.5, or 7.1 of the new Windows Mobile/ Windows Phone OS, depending on whether you believe the...
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WCF Data Services vs WCF RIA Services

I spent a little time today taking a high level look at these (largely) data access solutions as I was a little confused, along with the rest of the developer population it seems, as to when and why they should be used. Here are some of the useful links I located care of google: http://wildermuth.com/2009/09/29/Choosing_a_Data_Access_Layer_for_Silverlight_3 http://wildermuth.com/2010/2/21/The_State_of_Data_Access_in_Silverlight http://wildermuth.com/2010/7/8/State_of_Data_Access_in_Silverlight_4 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/endpoint/archive/2010/01/04/wcf-data-services-ria-services-alignment-questions-and-answers.aspx http://ayende.com/blog/4390/a-marketing-mistake-wcf-data-services-wcf-ria-services http://jack.ukleja.com/wcf-data-services-vs-wcf-ria-services/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee707344(v=vs.91).aspx http://andrewtokeley.net/archive/2009/11/01/ria-services-ndash-ado.net-data-services-and-wcf.aspx I was a little disappointed in the conclusions I was able...
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Choosing a blog

Let's just go with a hosted service and try them? Wordpress seems to be the favourite option ... but I'm never one to go with the most popular option if I can help it. Now, when will I actually get round to writing something potentially useful to someone ...
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