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Are you a PHP developer? We want you.
Here at Thinkun we work with a diverse range of clients building awesome websites and web apps. We’re growing and currently looking to add a junior/midweight PHP/MySQL/JavaScript developer to our team. The position will be part time to start with and may grow to full time in the future. Days of week and working hours [...]
Thinkun Remind WordPress Plugin
Here at Thinkun we’re proud to announce our first publicly available, totally free plugin for WordPress, Thinkun Remind. What does it do? Thinkun Remind is a simple but effective plugin designed to allow you to send a branded and personalised HTML or text email to anyone, such as a customer you’d like to remind to [...]
Video: Nokia launches online book to promote E6 and E7
To promote their latest business mobile devices E6 and E7, Nokia have created an online book featuring the stories of seven Australian Entrepreneurs. We attended the launch of the online book yesterday at ‘Simmer on the bay‘ in Sydney and captured some good bits of the question-answer session (shaky iPhone video alert!). Five of the [...]
Junior SQL Developer wanted for 2 weeks
Are you a MySQL champion? Are you at home with all sorts of data handling? Have you used PHPmyAdmin extensively? Do you write SQL statements in your sleep? Are you available immediately to work at our Newtown offices either part time or full time for 2 weeks? If so, please apply here or use the [...]
The rise and rise of Facebook – Part 1 – the demise of webmail
Is Facebook going to be the death of webmail? People have been talking about this possibility since late 2007, but there are two new pieces of information that make all the conjecture a little more solid.
Thinkun goes to college
Background Sancta Sophia College is a residential college associated with the University of Sydney, with three streams to their business: Accommodation for university students Out of semester accommodation for the general public Hosting of events on the college premises. The college’s old website wasn’t effective at defining these separate business streams, nor was it geared [...]
Thinkun sorts out the playground
Background Playground Weekender is a unique four-day music and camping festival, with a target audience made up primarily of people under the age of 40. Every year the festival has been held, their website has been designed and programmed in Flash. This caused a number of problems: Flash is not compatible with ‘i’ devices such [...]
Thinkun makes Mark Webber even sexier
Background At the beginning of 2010, Australian Formula One star driver Mark Webber came to Thinkun looking for a website that was as slick as his driving. Mark’s old site was looking dated, and was built on a bespoke content management system that was also ageing and unwieldy. Because it was awkward to update, the [...]
Send pixels this Christmas
If you find the process of writing and sending paper cards at Christmas somewhat challenging, Thinkun has the solution – e-cards. With a Christmas e-card, we can single-handedly save you from writer’s cramp, stamp and envelope licking toxicity, and postal service ineptitude (we really should start wearing capes and masks). Consider the advantages: With everyone [...]
Merging your Facebook Page with Facebook Places
Are you one of those people wondering what to do with the existing Facebook page you have for your business now that Facebook Places has arrived? By ‘claiming’ the physical location of your businesses as a Facebook place, you will suddenly have a brand new page on Facebook. This geographically aware page has it’s own [...]