Good Caesar

Sarawak

Sarawak Report

In the league table of corrupt countries robbed by greedy rulers, Sarawak’s name (a state in Malaysia) must come very near the top in terms of the sheer magnitude of theft.

Good Caesar helped operate an unprecedented campaign exposing the corrupt government of Sarawak. Sarawak Report revealed numerous cases of corruption and continues to do so. It soon became the essential source for reports and exposes, so much in fact, that is was the subject of several hacks, denial and service attacks (DDOS) and various anti-campaigns.

Press

Visit sarawakreport.org

Launched March 2010

Radio Free Sarawak

Radio Free Sarawak was established as the first free radio station to talk about issues in Sarawak. Operating from London both via shortwave and as a podcast it became a hugely successful station with a growing number of listeners.

Press

Visit radiofreesarawak.org

Launched October 2010

Mapping Taib’s Landgrabs

Taib's Land Grabs was built to visualise the extent of Abdul Taib Mahmud and his extended family landgrabs throughout Sarawak. It was built in Drupal with a custom Google Map implementation. Visitors were also encouraged to map and report their own cases.

Press

Visit map.sarawakreport.org

Launched March 2011

Our website has proved the most testing possible for a web agency. We were expecting a handful of hits a day, but it soon turned to thousands, tens of thousands and on some occasions up to a hundred thousand. Despite the huge strains this over-positive development created, Good Caesar managed the situation smoothly and made sure Sarawak Report functioned and coped. We continued to develop and evolve the site almost daily to accommodate the interest we were receiving - going multi-lingual, inter-active, into podcasts and videos, constantly altering our format. All this the people at Good Caesar achieved with speed and efficiency - and just as importantly with friendly patience at a time of extreme pressure.

Then after rather too much of the right sort of attention we started to receive a lot of the wrong sort of attention. Few websites can have received the same degree of high level sponsored attacks. We were subjected to sustained hacking attempts and the worst barrage of distributed denial of service attacks our major US server had ever experienced. The server company asked us to leave, since they feared their entire operation would be crippled. Good Caesar dealt with this series of crises over a particularly tense pre-election period with aplomb. During one weekend we were knocked off the internet 3 times and we had to develop a network of sites in order to keep our service available on the web. We achieved success and not once through all this hugely stressful time did Good Caesar let us down or leave us without support. We highly recommend their abilities and their reliability and dedication.

—Clare Rewcastle Brown
Editor, Sarawak Report

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Oxford Research Group

The Oxford Research Group is a leading independent think-tank that has been influential for 30 years in pioneering the idea of sustainable approaches to security as an alternative to violent global confrontation.

Good Caesar has helped change their web presence from a static website to a fully content management powered website. In the process we helped transform their publishing methodology to embrace a more open online approach. We continue to work very closely with the ORG developing all aspects of their online foot print from reports to newsletters.

Visit oxfordresearchgroup.org

Launched April 2011

Services utilised

Visual Design
Interaction Design
HTML/CSS
Drupal integration
Ongoing development and maintenance

I have been asked by the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Research Group - a leading UK think-tank with a world-wide reputation for innovative analysis in the field of sustainable security - to write this open testimonial in appreciation of the work done for our organisation by Good Caesar Ltd in reconstructing our website and in providing the online services we needed to help shape the future of our organisation. We have found the services provided by Good Caesar - and in particular by Christian Nolle - to be excellent. This commendation is strongly supported by ORG’s Managing Director, Chris Langdon, who worked closely with Christian Nolle throughout.

ORG has been given informed, innovative and reliable advice, based on thorough and perceptive understanding of the requirements of our organisation. Wide consultation within ORG gave Good Caesar effective comprehension of our needs. In the overhaul of our website we were impressed by the technical skill shown and the creative suggestions made. Good Caesar was ready to adapt as circumstances changed and to accommodate requests for alterations as they arose. Preliminary training for staff in using the new capabilities has been clear and informative. Good Caesar offers excellent value for money. As a result of all this, we are very satisfied with the outcome and hope to continue to call on Good Caesar’s online expertise in future. We are happy for Good Caesar to use this letter of commendation as an open testimonial.

—Professor Oliver Ramsbotham
Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Research Group

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Sir Tom Baker

Tom Baker specialises in both traditional and avant-garde bespoke tailoring.

Good Caesar was tasked with designing and building a new website for Tom that reflected not only his beautiful bespoke suits but also his shop in D'Arblay Street, Soho.

Visit tombakerlondon.com

Launched November 2011

We hired Good Caesar to completely redesign our old website, based on the inspiring ideas that were suggested by them at the initial consultation. Communication is key between brand and web designer as the personality of the brand has to be perfectly represented. Good Caesar understood our history and identity immediately and successfully built this into our finished website. Their aftercare suggestions have also been very positive and beneficial to our growth.

— Tom Baker

Services utilised

Interaction Design
Visual Design
HTML/CSS
WordPress integration

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fotofolios

fotofolios offers graduates and current students the opportunity to showcase the best of their latest work to a wide range of international employers in the photography marketplace.

Good Caesar has worked with fotofolios since its inception 5 years ago. The website now welcomes students from across the world to upload their portfolios. It currently showcases work from colleges in the UK, Spain, India, Saudi Arabia and Northern Ireland.

Visit fotofolios.org

Launched 2006

Good Caesar has been responsible for designing, implementing new features and on-going maintenance. The site was originally built in Textpattern but is now powered by Drupal - which allows students to login and maintain their portfolios.

Services utilised

Interaction Design
Visual Design
HTML/CSS
Integration with Drupal Content Management System

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Other Clients

Open Briefing

The world’s first civil society intelligence agency. Website build only. Launched October, 2011

Visit openbriefing.org

Building Better Business

Design, UX & Drupal development for this initiative by Business in the Community. Launched July, 2011

Visit buildingbetterbusiness.org.uk

COPE

Drupal development and migration from version 5 to 7. UX and Design by Andrew Fox. Launched May, 2011

Visit publicationethics.org

Plus Hostels

Multi-lingual Website for European Hostels company. Launched January, 2010

Visit plushostels.com

Polly Braden

Website for Polly Braden, London based photographer. Launched February, 2010

Visit pollybraden.com

Christel Maria Nolle

Website Danish painter, bi-lingual. Launched March 2010

Visit christelmarianolle.dk

Nahemi

Website for the National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image Launched June, 2010

Visit nahemi.org

Adrienne Shostak

Bespoke Aestaetics treatments.

Visit adrienneshostak.com

The Elders

Website for an independent group of eminent global leaders. Part multi-lingual. Developed for Provokateur. Launched July, 2009

Visit theelders.org

Mark Henderson

Website for Dublin based photographer Launched August, 2010

Visit markhenderson.info

Out of Trouble

Website for the Prison Reform Trust. Built for Provokateur.

Visit outoftrouble.org

Sustainable Security

A project by the Oxford Research Group. Launched September, 2009

Visit sustainablesecurity.org

Kofi Annan Foundation

Website for a foundation established by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Developed for Provokateur. Launched April, 2009

Visit kofiannanfoundation.org

The Prince's Charities

While working for FoxLand we developed the site in Drupal. Launched July, 2008

Visit princescharities.org

CLDA

Website for Centre d’livres d’artistes based in Limoges. French/English site with search engine. Launched October, 2007

Visit cdla.info

Services

Good Caesar plans, designs and builds presences online. Over the years we have been involved in a large variety of projects from small artist websites to help expose corrupt governments.

Our Expertise include:

Interaction Design
Visual Design
HTML & CSS
Textpattern CMS
WordPress CMS

Drupal version 5, 6 & 7 incl. migrations.
Server-Side Development
Server setup & configuration
Apache SOLR setup and integration
Ongoing hosting & maintenance

Talk to us

Good Caesar is always interested in new collaborations. Whether this involves helping your company or organisation find its feet online, or redesigning your online presence - we can help.

We are also always looking for new people so if you're a designer, a wizard at HTML & CSS, WordPress and especially Drupal please send along your CV to london@goodcaesar.com

For business enquiries contact Christian Nolle, christian@goodcaesar.com

If you're an existing client you can login to our client space here.