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		<title>Cactuslab - Recent News</title>
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			<title>Gold for Letterboxd!</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/gold-for-letterboxd/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>We were thrilled and humbled Friday night to receive the <a href="http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/interactive/letterboxd/" target="_blank">Gold pin</a> in the Interactive / Applications category of the 2012 Best Design Awards for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/im:435">Letterboxd</a>, our social network for film lovers. The judges were complimentary of the craft shown given the enormous scale of the app, and we&rsquo;d like to thank our fans and our Mums.</p><p>Our work this year for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/im:438">Art of the Title</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/im:446">theaudience</a> was also honoured, with a&nbsp;<a href="http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/interactive/art-of-the-title/" target="_blank">Silver</a>&nbsp;in the <span>Small-Scale Website category&nbsp;</span>and a&nbsp;<a href="http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/interactive/theaudience/" target="_blank">Bronze</a>&nbsp;in the Large-Scale Website category respectively.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Celebrating Ten Years</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/celebrating-ten-years/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>This past October, we reached a significant <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/cactuslab/status/119609322471829504">milestone</a>: it is ten years since we ventured out on our own, with nothing more than a desire to make cool stuff on the internet, and to work on great projects with like-minded <a href="http://ten.cactuslab.com">clients and partners</a>. Since 2001, we&rsquo;ve steadily built a roster of clients, many of whom we continue to work with in an ongoing capacity, to extend and improve their online offerings as the state of the art moves forward (which happens literally each and every day).</p><p>Cactuslab has transitioned from the duo it was for its first five years, into an eight-person studio (nine over the summer with <a href="http://twitter.com/christianjames">Christian Sheehan</a> proving his worth as our student intern). We&rsquo;ve also made the move into native iOS application development over the past three years; this now accounts for as much as a third of our day-to-day work, and has begun to inform our approach to designing for the desktop as well.</p><p>This year, we&rsquo;ve also put some effort into a <a href="http://letterboxd.com">little side project</a> which we&rsquo;ll share more about next year. We&rsquo;re delighted to be where we are, building cool stuff with talented people, and making plans for the next act and beyond. And we wouldn&rsquo;t have arrived here without tasteful clients and the fun, dedicated team that keep the bunsen burners lit behind the scenes. Happy holidays, see you next year!</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Two finalists in Best</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/two-finalists-in-best/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Our work on <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/im:423">Maxshop.com</a> and the revamped <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/im:371">Public Address</a>&nbsp;has been recognised by the judges in the Interactive category of this year's <a href="http://bestawards.co.nz">Best Awards</a>, a nationwide initiative to showcase design excellence, held annually by The Designers Institute of New Zealand. Maxshop.com is a finalist in the Large Scale Website category, and Public Address in the Small Scale category. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Auckland on October 7.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>New work for Max</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/new-work-for-max/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Last month saw the launch of an all-new site for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/im:423">Max</a>, a company we have a great working history with. This time around we've developed the shopping experience from the ground up, drawing on Max's deep knowledge of online commerce, and integrating with its existing enterprise services. We've put particular effort into tuning the performance of both the site and our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.supermodel.co.nz">Supermodel CMS</a>&nbsp;in order to withstand the high traffic levels the site experiences, while retaining personalised options such as persistent pagination preferences and wishlists.</p><p>And this week the new site we built for Mac email client software <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/im:428">Sparrow</a>&nbsp;has gone live. A small but satisyfing project!</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>New Year, New Staff</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/new-year-new-staff-new-home/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>We must apologise for the radio silence, so to make up for it here&rsquo;s a brand new Cactuslab site&hellip; Our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/324">technicians and artists</a> have administered a makeover, cleaning out plenty of the old to make room for some shiny new. Our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/19">Portfolio</a> is now right up to date, and highlights a few of the favourite projects we&rsquo;ve been crafting, including the all-new <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/371">Public Address</a> and iOS apps for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/378">Realestate.co.nz</a>, <em><a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/360">North &amp; South</a></em><a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/360"> magazine</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/id/362">Steinlager Pure</a>. (Public Address and <em>North &amp; South</em> have been <a href="http://www.onyas.org.nz/finalists/" target="_blank">nominated</a> by the Onyas judges in this year&rsquo;s awards!) We&rsquo;re thrilled to have welcomed <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/about/team/#robert-payne">Robert Payne</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/about/team/#hayden-hunter">Hayden Hunter</a> to the team during 2010, and they've already been instrumental in the success of the above-mentioned projects. Lastly, to all those who&rsquo;ve been knocking incessantly up on the sixth floor, we&rsquo;re now at level 3 of the same building, with a little more room to stretch our legs.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:36:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>World Surfer wins Onya</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/world-surfer-wins-onya/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>We're thrilled to have been <a href="http://www.onyas.org.nz/blog/?p=130" target="_blank">awarded</a> the inaugural Onya award in the best mobile application category for World Surfer, the iPhone app <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/portfolio/world-surfer-app/">we built</a> for US-based GeoVector Corporation. The Onyas, held as part of the renowned Webstock conference in Wellington during February, were judged by an international panel of experts. We&nbsp;beat out ourselves (for Karl's <a href="http://mobilefotosapp.com" target="_blank">Mobile Fotos</a> Flickr app) and Air New Zealand to take the top spot in the category.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>World Surfer app in news</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/world-surfer-app-in-news/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>One of our recent projects, the World Surfer app <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/portfolio/world-surfer-app/">we created</a> for US-based company GeoVector, was today <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/2952712/Search-your-world-by-phone">featured</a> in an article in the <em>Dominion Post</em>. World Surfer combines the iPhone 3GS compass and GPS hardware with GeoVector technology to provide location- and direction-based search services.  We've updated the Portfolio section with a few other new projects, too. Highlights include <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/portfolio/flying-fish/">Flying Fish</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/portfolio/greenpages/">Greenpages</a> and the Virgin Mobile <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/portfolio/virgin-mobile-members-lounge/">Members Lounge</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:31:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>iPhone division launches</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Yes, after several <a href="http://www.mobilefotosapp.com">successful</a> <a href="http://tr.im/sendcontact">personal</a> <a href="http://tr.im/tripzee">forays</a> into iPhone app development, we've completed work on our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclxxiii/becks_list.lab">first commercial app</a> for Beck's. And with Karl having just returned from Apple's <abbr title="WorldWide Developer Conference">WWDC</abbr> event in San Francisco, we'd welcome the opportunity to discuss the requirements of your next native iPhone application project.  In other news, we welcome Java and Ruby developer and all-round good guy <a href="http://twitter.com/mr_grb">Grant Berridge</a> back in a full-time developer role, and we've taken the opportunity of a few spare hours to update <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xix/portfolio_of_work.lab">our portfolio</a> with a large amount of project work from the last several months.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Winter Work</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Our new lads have been with us almost three months and the fruits of their labours are now out in the wild. Mike's done some sterling work for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclxi/dmp.lab">DMP</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclxiii/incredibly_strange.lab">Ant Timpson</a> among many others, and Gary's been coding up a storm for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclviii/world_nude_day.lab">World Nude Day</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclxv/triquestra.lab">Triquestra</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclxii/david_keefe_jewellers.lab">David Keefe</a> and more. We've also launched new sites for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclix/max.lab">Max Fashions</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cclx/wonder_walkers.lab">Wonder Walkers</a>, with more goodness to come over the next month or two.  With three babies between the four of us this year (and <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284393206&amp;mt=8">some</a> <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=286912849&amp;mt=8">other</a> <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=290089211&amp;mt=8">babies</a> in the iPhone App Store during our down time) it's been a busy year all round. Big thanks to Gary and Mike for lightening the load and brightening the office!</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>New faces at the Lab</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/the-lab-welcomes-new-faces/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Hey, we've got some new guys: <a href="http://www.garyhenson.net" target="_blank">Gary Henson</a> (sports car enthusiast, development ninja) and <a href="http://sneak.co.nz" target="_blank">Mike Harding</a> (designer, <abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr> guru, closet rockstar) both grabbed a seat up here at the Lab when the music stopped, and are now helping out and teaching us some new tricks. Welcome gentlemen, it's going to be a banner* year.  * 760&times;120, 468&times;60, see me for details :)</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>New site for Music Month</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/new-site-for-music-month/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>We've just launched a small new site for the NZ Music Commission to promote <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccliii/nz_music_month.lab">NZ Music Month</a> during May 2008. The site ties together <a href="http://www.mukuna.co.nz" target="_blank">gig listings from Mukuna</a> with local music news, and we've had some fun with the layout - try resizing the site in any modern web browser window.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>48Hours Revamped</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/48hours-revamped/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>We've given Ant Timpson's <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxlix/48hours.lab">48HOURS</a> site a polish both inside and out in preparation for the 2008 event, happening in mid-May. The site is sporting a shiny new look, content management and e-commerce to make life easier for the event's organisers, and we'll be rolling out similar changes to other sites in the network over the coming months.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:31:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Schweppes wins in Serbia</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/schweppes-wins-in-serbia/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>The Serbian version of the <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxlv/schweppes.lab">Schweppes Short Film Festival</a> promotional site we've been involved with over the past few months last week won the Multimedia category at the inaugural Web Association Awards. It was the only nominee to win both the jury decision and the public vote in its category, and is attracting 150,000 users each week. Congratulations to Brendan and the team at Publicis Digital for all their efforts.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:42:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Cactuslab turns six!</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/cactuslab-turns-six/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>It would be remiss of us not to mention that we've been doing this gig for six years as of last week, so happy birthday to us! The last couple of months have seen us hard at work on new sites for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxxxix/grey_group.lab">Grey Group</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxliv/leftfield.lab">Leftfield</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/lii/wynyard_wood.lab">Wynyard Wood</a>, integration work for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxlv/schweppes.lab">Schweppes</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxli/embrace_yourself.lab">3M</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxl/42_below_extranet_brand_bible.lab">42 Below</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxxxviii/powerade.lab">Powerade</a> and the <a href="ccxxxvii/united_future.lab">United Future</a> party, and layout for the forthcoming second edition of Michael Carney's <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxliii/trade_me_success_secrets_2nd_ed.lab">Trade Me book</a>. We've devoted the rest of the year to completing existing projects, and look forward to talking with you about new work commencing from February 2008.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Humans.org.nz launches</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxxxiii/humansorgnz.lab">Humans.org.nz</a> was launched this week at an autism fundraiser in Wellington organised by Russell Brown. The site was designed by us and is built atop the open-source <a href="http://www.wordpress.org" target="_blank">Wordpress</a> blogging platform. It's stated aim is to be a meeting point for people on the autistic spectrum and their friends and families.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:37:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Standards facelift for Healthpoint</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/standards-facelift-for-healthpoint/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>After almost three years in operation, our client site <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xxxv/healthpoint.lab">Healthpoint</a> has been given a web standards makeover, widescreen support and several additional features (including Google Maps and video support). Feedback from the site's user base was instrumental in the revamp, and for its target audience the information on offer is now more accessible than ever.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:59:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Twin wins at Qantas</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/twin-wins-at-qantas/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Pats on the back all round for the proprietors of our two best known blog sites, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xxxiii/public_address.lab">Public Address</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxlv/spare_room.lab">Spare Room</a>, which were both winners at Friday's <a href="http://www.qantasmediaawards.co.nz" target="_blank">34th Annual Qantas Media Awards</a>. Russell Brown picked up <a href="http://www.publicaddress.net/default,4183.sm" target="_blank">the inaugural Best Blog trophy</a> for Hard News, the centrepiece of Public Address, and Ana and Steven at Spare Room <a href="http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2007/05/20/a-brief-skite/" target="_blank">took home gongs</a> for Best Columnist-style site and Best Light Entertainment site. Nice work!</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 10:53:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Spare Room goes widescreen</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/spare-room-goes-widescreen/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Almost a year to the day after its launch, the immensely popular <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxlv/spare_room.lab">Spare Room</a> blog has been given a mini-makeover, and is now resplendent in a super new three-column, widescreen-friendly skin. The realignment offers better support for larger advertising units, a new Encore list of popular past posts and slightly rearranged navigation. Plus <a href="http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2007/05/01/lebowski-action-figures/" target="_blank">Lebowski action figures</a>!</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2007 23:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>The Devil dared us to...</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/the-devil-dared-us-to/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations to Matt Heath and Chris Stapp, whose debut feature film <em>The Devil Dared Me To</em> will have its world premiere in Austin, Texas at <a href="http://2007.sxsw.com/film/festival/" target="_blank"><abbr title="South By SouthWest">SxSW</abbr></a> next month. We've put together a <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxx/the_devil_dared_me_to.lab">small teaser site</a> which will be expanded over the next few months.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:17:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>New-look site for TV3</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/new-look-site-for-tv3/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>TV3 launched its new-look website today, to which we <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxviii/tv3.lab">contributed</a> selected interface elements, icons and template visuals. The station's New Media department has been hard at work for the past couple of months rewriting much of the underlying code.  This week also sees the launch of a new website we've built for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxvi/celebrity_speakers.lab">Celebrity Speakers</a>, just in time for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/?css=xmas">Christmas</a>. Have a safe and relaxing break...</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:03:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>New site for Round the Bays</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/new-site-for-round-the-bays/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Launched today, a brand new website for Auckland's annual <span class="caps">HSBC</span> Round the Bays fun run. Read more in our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxxviii/round_the_bays.lab">Portfolio</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:39:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Introducing PA System</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/introducing-pa-system/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Today Russell Brown officially launched <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccxii/public_address_system.lab">Public Address System</a>, a community addition to his popular blog site. We designed and built Public Address System over the last couple of months, and the feedback has been very positive. Also, the Halloween remix Russell mentioned <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/?css=halloween">is here</a>.  In the last month we've also launched websites for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccix/eastern_hi-fi.lab">Eastern Hi-Fi</a>, the <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccviii/air_nz_wine_awards.lab">Air NZ Wine Awards</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/ccx/aozora_trading_co.lab">Aozora Trading Company</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:50:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Cactuslab turns five!</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/cactuslab-turns-five/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>We've been keeping a low profile of late, but October marks five years of operation and that's reason enough for us to pop our heads out with a remixed website, our first full-time employee (welcome, Mark) and a swag of recent work.  Top of the pile has been several months of technical development for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/clxxiv/coke_australia.lab">Coke Australia</a>. We've also completed integration work for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/clxxx/mtv.lab"><abbr title="Music Television">MTV</abbr></a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/clxxv/nickelodeon.lab">Nick NZ</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/clxxviii/etito.lab"><abbr title="ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation">ETITO</abbr></a> and built sites for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/clxxi/natural_ange.lab">Natural Ange</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxlvi/egan_reid.lab">Egan Reid</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxlv/spare_room.lab">Spare Room</a>.  <ins>Update: it's <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/?css=halloween">that time of the year</a> again...</ins></p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Heroes, just for one day</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/heroes-just-for-one-day/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Chris Bell of PC World interviewed us (and our client, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xxxii/amplifier.lab">Amplifier</a>) for an article in the latest issue of PC World, entitled Website Heroes. Read our <a href="http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/htintips/0A3CDA3F3B77365ACC25714E00036303" target="_blank">words of wisdom here</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 1 May 2006 15:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Standards makeover for Listener</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/standards-makeover-for-listener/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Last week we unveiled a revamped site for the <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/li/the_listener.lab">NZ Listener</a>, complete with <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>+<abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr> validating template code, <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> feeds for selected sections, weekly reader polls, a popular article chart and more. We're gearing up to add more functionality over coming weeks too.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:21:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Public Address wins Best Blog</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/public-address-wins-best-blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>We're pleased to announce that Russell Brown's <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xxxiii/public_address.lab">Public Address</a> community blog website won  <a href="http://www.netguide.co.nz/awards/2006/winner/bb1.php" target="_blank">Best Blog</a> at this year's 2006 People's Choice NetGuide Web Awards on Thursday night! Congratulations to Russell and his team of regular bloggers and occasional contributors.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Virtual BodyJam named SOTD</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/virtual-bodyjam-named-sotd/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxlii/virtual_bodyjam.lab">Virtual BodyJam</a> site we worked on together with <a href="http://www.draftnz.com" target="_blank">Draft NZ</a> and Yuk Foo Animation has been named <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=sotdarchive&amp;year=2006&amp;month=3">Adobe Site of the Day</a>. We contributed technical and integration elements to the project, developing custom code to power the game engine and the more complex parts of the game's interface.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>SxSW Winners Announced</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/winners/" target="_blank">winners</a> of the 2006 <abbr title="South by SouthWest">SxSW</abbr> Web Awards were announced in Austin, Texas on Sunday, with <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/lix/95bfm.lab">95bFM</a> missing out in the <abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr> category to deserving winner <a href="http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/commdes/" target="_blank">Kutztown University Communication Design</a>. <span class="caps">SxSW</span>'s <span class="caps">CSS</span> category showcases sites that "push the boundaries of <span class="caps">CSS</span> coding technology, bringing together top-notch design and content with standards-compliant and accessible code". Thanks to ex-bFM staffer Steve Newall and partner Charlotte for attending the awards on our behalf!</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:04:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>95bFM nominated at SxSW 2006</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/95bfm-nominated-at-sxsw/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>The website we built for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/lix/95bfm.lab">95bFM</a> has been <a href="http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists/" target="_blank">nominated as one of five finalists</a> in the <abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr> category at the 2006 <abbr title="South by SouthWest">SxSW</abbr> Web Awards, with the winners announced at a ceremony in Austin, Texas on March 12.  The <span class="caps">CSS</span> category at <span class="caps">SxSW</span> showcases sites that "push the boundaries of <span class="caps">CSS</span> coding technology, bringing together top-notch design and content with standards-compliant and accessible code".</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Welcome to 2006</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>After a short break we're back in the Lab working feverishly on several new projects. Karl's taken the opportunity to release new versions of two of <a href="http://www.xk72.com/charles/" target="_blank">his</a> <a href="http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/" target="_blank">toys</a> and we've been evaluating some of the open source products in the market, including <a href="http://www.wordpress.org" target="_blank">WordPress</a>, which we've fashioned into a <a href="http://www.winterolympicgames2006.com" target="_blank">news blog for the Winter Olympics in Turin</a>.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Trade Me Success Secrets</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/trade-me-success-secrets/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>This week, Michael Carney's book <em>Trade Me Success Secrets</em> goes on sale in New Zealand bookstores. Cactuslab was contracted by <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxv/activity_press.lab">Activity Press</a> to design and typeset this 304-page bible, and we're thrilled to have the finished product in our hands! Read more in our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxxv/trade_me_success_secrets.lab">Portfolio</a>.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Happy Birthday to us!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>This month marks Cactuslab's fourth year in operation, and to celebrate, we've splashed around a little <a href="?css=halloween">Hallowe'en cheer</a> (and bought ourselves a new web server!). As always we're crazy busy bringing several projects to completion before the year is out. But we reckon we have time to throw a party and invite some of our friends...</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:54:00 +1300</pubDate>
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			<title>Experience the Oz Files</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/experience-the-oz-files/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxxi/oz_files.lab">Oz Files</a> micro-site was launched during tonight's episode of <em>Hyundai Sportscaf&eacute;</em>. Read more in our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxxi/oz_files.lab">Portfolio</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:03:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Rockdetector goes web standards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Today marks the relaunch of <a href="http://www.rockdetector.com" target="_blank">Rockdetector</a>, the largest rock music database site on the Internet, holding information on more than 38,000 bands. We've given the site a <a href="http://www.webstandards.org" target="_blank">web standards</a> makeover and added a CD Store component which will open for business this month. Read more in our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xlv/rockdetector.lab">Portfolio</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Healthpoint wins at CWEA</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xxxv/healthpoint.lab">Healthpoint</a> website, developed by us and launched in October 2004, was last night named <a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/73ACD97A68630990CC25704C000AE3A5?OpenDocument&amp;pub=Computerworld" target="_blank">winner</a> in the category of Best Use of <abbr title="Information Technology">IT</abbr> in the Health sector at the 2005 <a href="http://www.idg.net.nz/cwea/" target="_blank">Computerworld Excellence Awards</a>. Congratulations to Kate and her team at Healthpoint for their hard work in making this project such a success.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:56:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Picture in the paper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>The Lab welcomes readers of the small business supplement in today's <em>NZ Herald</em>. Karl was interviewed by Adam Gifford for an article on the importance of web sites to today's small businesses. We'd link to it, but the article is not available online.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Great NZ Argument</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Russell Brown's first book is <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxiii/great_new_zealand_argument.lab">out now</a>, and it was designed cover-to-cover by Matt, for new publishing imprint <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxv/activity_press.lab">Activity Press</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:16:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Recent Work</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/recent-work-2005/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Read about: <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cx/phitek.lab">Phitek</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxviii/vodafone_live_movies_etc.lab">Vodafone live!</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cix/aquatechnics.lab">AquaTechnics</a>, <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cvii/42_below.lab">42 Below</a> and <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/lix/95bfm.lab">95bFM</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:31:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Pedro returns!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>By popular demand, Pedro has been woken up, showered, shaved and reinstated. You&rsquo;ll see him sitting up there in the nav.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>New Coke sites launched</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Supermodel once again features strongly in the newly-revamped sites for Coke and Coke Fridge. See our <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/lxviii/coke.lab">Portfolio</a> for details.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:25:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Spotlight on Amplifier</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/spotlight-on-amplifier/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>New Zealand design portal <a href="http://www.absorb.co.nz" target="_blank">Absorb</a> has featured several Cactuslab creations in its design galleries over the past few months, including our own portfolio site and the music sales site we built for <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/xxxii/amplifier.lab">Amplifier</a>.  Matt was interviewed by Ryan recently for a new segment on the Absorb site: they discuss the origins of the Amplifier project and the importance of web standards in general. <a href="http://www.absorb.co.nz/interviewbody.php?newsid=15" target="_blank">Read the full interview text.</a></p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:04:00 +1200</pubDate>
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			<title>Cactuslab.com v2.0</title>
			<link>http://www.cactuslab.com/news/cactuslab-site-v2/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>You might have noticed a few changes around here... in the three years since we built our last website the web has changed, and we&rsquo;ve changed the way we approach and build websites.  Since early 2002 we&rsquo;ve built <a href="http://www.cactuslab.com/cxlviii/supermodel_website.lab">many client sites</a> using our own content management system, <a href="http://www.supermodel.co.nz">Supermodel</a>. It offers a secure, web-based admin interface for site owners to maintain all aspects of a site, including text, images and multimedia assets.  More recently we&rsquo;ve adopted new best practice for website construction through the use of <a href="http://www.webstandards.org" target="_blank">web standards</a>. The standards approach separates presentation from content; produces leaner code (which downloads faster, works in more browsers and is easier to maintain) and promotes increased accessibility for screen readers, mobile devices and search engines.  This website now makes use of both Supermodel and web standards to afford us the same benefits it has afforded many of our clients. If these considerations are important to you, perhaps we should talk.</p>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:59:00 +1300</pubDate>
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