http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ a specialist digital agency based in Leeds en-gb Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:09:12 GMT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:09:12 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/11/10/we-do-it-for-the-kids/ As firm supporters and contributors to the (what will soon be legendary) 2011 Leeds Digital festival, thought we'd reflect on one of the events that we have been involved in recently. Last Thursday, I was proud to represent MadeByPi, alongside an esteemed panel of experts that included Pete Robinson and Claudio Franco from Dubit, Dr [...] Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:49:09 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/11/10/we-do-it-for-the-kids/ http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/11/03/61-of-people-research-christmas-gifts-on-social-media/ Mashable Business posted this infographic by Lab42 to illustrate the power of online this Christmas, showing amongst other stats that 66% of people will be shopping online this year and 38% have already started their Christmas shopping. Despite the research being carried out with American respondents, the section on the types of offers that make [...] Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:31:19 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/11/03/61-of-people-research-christmas-gifts-on-social-media/ http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/new-site-launched-for-first-directs-dialogue-festival.aspx Working in conjunction with first direct and experiential agency Cake, digital agency MadeByPi has recently launched the new first direct Dialogue Festival website - www.dialogue.firstdirect.com - to support the forthcoming festival that promotes the spoken word. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/new-site-launched-for-first-directs-dialogue-festival.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-creates-facebook-app-for-hsbc-student-competition.aspx Digital agency MadeByPi’s work on the 2011 HSBC Student bursary competition (www.facebook.com/hsbcstudents) has delivered a highly successful Facebook promotion and competition, that has surpassed the bank’s expectations. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-creates-facebook-app-for-hsbc-student-competition.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-develops-new-ipad-app-for-interfaceflor.aspx MadeByPi develops new iPad app for InterfaceFLOR Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-develops-new-ipad-app-for-interfaceflor.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-delivers-first-directs-currency-iphone-app.aspx It’s time to bid au revoir, auf wiedersehen and ciao to continental arithmetic. The days of difficult mental sums abroad are over, thanks to the new Currency Converter iPhone® App we’ve just designed and developed for first direct. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-delivers-first-directs-currency-iphone-app.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/new-channel-4-battlefront-iii-website-launched-by-madebypi.aspx New Channel 4 'Battlefront III' website launched by MadeByPi Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/new-channel-4-battlefront-iii-website-launched-by-madebypi.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-creates-pioneering-first-direct-lab-website.aspx MadeByPi creates pioneering 'first direct Lab' website Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:52:04 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-creates-pioneering-first-direct-lab-website.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/boardman-britpack-social-media-campaign-launched.aspx MadeByPi and Fusion Unlimited launch Boardman Britpack Social Media campaign Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/boardman-britpack-social-media-campaign-launched.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/first-directs-facebook-launch.aspx MadeByPi creates content to support first direct’s Facebook launch Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/first-directs-facebook-launch.aspx http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/07/05/gershwin/ Gershwin, what a name, Gershwin is the name of the next update available right now from WordPress. Version 3.2 offers plenty of new features including a really neat looking full-screen mode window for when writing blog posts, a brilliant cropping tool for images for your article posts, a generally quicker admin area and the dropping [...] Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:31:16 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/07/05/gershwin/ http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-creates-voodoo-bikes-uk-microsite.aspx As exclusive retailer of VooDoo bikes UK, Halfords selected MadeByPi to deliver a new microsite www.voodoobikes.co.uk. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi-creates-voodoo-bikes-uk-microsite.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/new-website-for-colin-appleyard-dealership.aspx MadeByPi has designed and built a new website for Colin Appleyard Limited – www.colinappleyard.com - the UK’s number one and longest established Suzuki car and motorcycle dealership. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/new-website-for-colin-appleyard-dealership.aspx http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi---15-years-of-digital-excellence.aspx Now we’ve reached the grand old age of 15, we can look back and smile about The Old Days... Fri, 13 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/ourwork/work-items/madebypi---15-years-of-digital-excellence.aspx http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/05/12/reeling-back-the-years-madebypi/ Today is an exciting day, we’re having a party, but not just any party. Because today it’s our birthday party! Tonight we celebrate 15 years of making websites and an array of other digital stuff. If you hop on over to the www.madebypi.co.uk website you’ll see lots of information and case studies about what we’ve [...] Thu, 12 May 2011 18:41:50 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/05/12/reeling-back-the-years-madebypi/ http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/05/12/15th-birthday-showreel/ To celebrate our 15th birthday, we asked the boys in our studio to have a play around and come up with something to highlight a few of our most successful projects from the past decade and a half. The result is the showreel you can see on our website. This showreel provided us with an [...] Thu, 12 May 2011 17:22:21 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/05/12/15th-birthday-showreel/ http://www.madebypi.co.uk/news/hallmarks-forever-friends.aspx An overview of some of the recent work MadeByPi has produced for Hallmark's Forever Friends brand. Wed, 11 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.madebypi.co.uk/news/hallmarks-forever-friends.aspx http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/03/08/microsofts-ie6-countdown/ To the surprise of quite a few of us here in the MadeByPi office, Microsoft released a new website the other day, with the strapline "10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we're in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, it's time to say goodbye." [...] Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:21:22 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/03/08/microsofts-ie6-countdown/ http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/02/28/fontswffer-1-1/ You may remember, in August last year, I released FontSwffer - a tool to simplify the creation of font SWFs for Flash. Several minor updates and bug-fixes have been released over the last few months, and now, I think, it's time for a 'dot' release. So, here comes FontSwffer 1.1 Along with some little improvements, [...] Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:30:42 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/02/28/fontswffer-1-1/ http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/02/25/mac-osx-lion/ Apple recently announced 'Lion'; the next update for the Mac Operating system OSX. From what has been announced so far, it looks like both a beautifully designed and more friendly update from Apple aimed at bringing the feel of the iPad and it's apps interface to your desktop: The update brings with it what seems [...] Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:59:56 GMT http://blog.madebypi.co.uk/2011/02/25/mac-osx-lion/