This page contains links to Cut The Crap managed sites and useful links to other major web sites, arranged by category.
The managed sites are mainly those of small to medium local businesses who have also installed custom software to help them with their business.
Custom software can range from customer contact lists with mail-merge type form generation for either printed letters or email, to complete inventory and invoice systems using advanced features of the technology.
| Managed Sites | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut The Crap | site | zone | The root Cut The Crap site with information on the software and technologies developed |
| Croft Motorcycles | site | zone | A small, family run motorcycle business |
| CTC Technology | site | zone | Agile and eXtremely RADical software solutions |
| Live Mail | site | zone | The next step in effective business communications |
| Mail It | site | zone | Simple structured email |
| Berkshire Business | site | zone | Agile and eXtremely RADical software solutions |
| Studio Legale Internazionale Lombardo | site | zone | London based Italian Soliciter |
| Twyford Dentist - Wargrave Road Dental Practice | site | zone | Dental Services |
For those interested in Cut The Crap Software here are some good entry points:
| Cut The Crap Technology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Custom Software Development | software development | Make direct contact to see how productively technology can be applied. |
| Website Design | website design | Make direct contact to understand the benefits of a website that has a functional design. |
| The Software | software | This is the main software page. |
| Whitepapers | whitepapers | A selection of whitepapers discussing specific technology issues. |
| Downloads | software downloads | Find the main downloads as well as web application examples and LGPL utilities. |
| Cut The Crap Blog | My Weblog | This should be an evolving commentary. |
When it comes down to it, there are only two sites currently recommended. Google provides the best search with the best content, and Yahoo, the best categorisation.
| Recommended Search Engines | |
|---|---|
| site | |
| Google UK | site |
| Yahoo | site |
The Developer Sites are those that have been found to contain genuinely useful resources.
| Developer Sites | |
|---|---|
| Freshmeat | site |
| Java-Channel | site |
| On Java | site |
| W3C | site |
| XML | site |
The Computer Industry Sites reference the major players. All the sites are well designed and relevant for anyone who is also interested in how to design a good site.
| Computer Industry | |
|---|---|
| Sun Java | site |
| Apple | site |
| IBM | site |
| HP | site |
| Microsoft | site |
| Dell | site |
| Linux | site |
| Red Hat | site |
| ACM | site |
| Mozilla | site |
| Byte Magazine | site |
| Dr Dobbs Java page | site |
| Software Design Journal | site |
Information is key, and everyone should know how to find things out from their government.
| Government | |
|---|---|
| UK Government | site |
| Inland Revenue | site |
| US Government | site |
| IRS | site |
Some more examples of well-designed sites.
| Motor Industry | |
|---|---|
| General Motors | site |
| Ford | site |
| News | |
|---|---|
| NASA | site |
| BBC | site |
| CNN | site |
| Guardian | site |
| Environmeet | |
|---|---|
| Greenpeace | Greenpeace |
| Berkshire Greenpeace | Berkshire Greenpeace |
| Shops | |
|---|---|
| Amazon UK | site |
| Amazon US | site |
last updated 22nd August 2004