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16/09/2008 | Filed under Magazine > Latest issue / Magazine > Back issues

.net issue is now on sale! Boost your output with our guide to the best productivity tips, tools and advice, and learn how to create your own YouTube

EDITORIAL INTRO FOR ISSUE 181

“This is your chance to influence who will be crowned the big kahunas in our annual Awards”

Hopefully, you’ve already taken a minute or two to have your say in this year’s .net Awards. This is your chance to influence who will be crowned the big kahunas in our annual Awards, and we really appreciate you taking the time to cast your votes.

We want to make this year’s Awards the biggest and best yet, and with your help we can get more nominations than ever. So if you haven’t already voted – DO IT NOW (please)!

In other news, we’d like to take this opportunity to bid farewell to .net’s art editor Chris Bates. Chris, who is moving on to BBC Wildlife magazine, has worked with us for the last two years, and has played a massive part in our continued success in that period; if there’s something you’ve liked the look of in .net, chances are it’s down to Chris. I hope you’ll join us in wishing him every success.

.net issue 181 is on sale now!

Smarter and faster web design You don’t need to work harder, or for longer hours, to get better results. You just need to work smarter! Craig Grannell reveals a range of tips and tricks to boost your productivity	20 sites that changed the world There are millions of sites on the web but only a handful have made a difference to the way we socialise, shop and lead our lives. Paul Douglas reveals his top 20
Google’s guide to analytics Brett Crosby provides the inside track on how you can use Google Analytics to drive targeted traffic to your website, understand your visitors’ wants and needs, and make informed design improvements	Interview with TWiT’s Leo Laporte They call him the hardest working man in podcasting. Now he’s extended his TWiT empire to include a live, hi-res video stream. Oliver Lindberg talks to the one and only Leo Laporte about being the glue that holds together an online community
Printable web forms Craig Grannell shows you how to enable your website’s visitors to fill in forms offline and print them out, using a mix of screen and print CSS	Create your own YouTube Creating an interactive site to host videos doesn’t have to be expensive if you make use of open source software, explains Dave Blake