Should I blog more?
Can we learn something about blogging from words written 80 years ago? [one_third] [/one_third] [two_third_last] Dale Carnegie published a book almost 8 decades ago, the title of which has now become virtually immortalised in the world of business marketers – “How to win friends and influence people”. Not only is the title of his self-help […]
Digital vs Offset – do questions still remain?
Heidi Tolliver-Walker is an industry analyst specializing in digital, one-to-one, personalized URL, and Web-to-print applications. Recently, in her blogs at Digital Nirvana, Heidi has addressed several of the issues that both printers and print-buyers still perceive as differences between digital and offset printing. Critical Visual Differences Between Digital and Offset Print Digital quality is not […]
The Steve Jobs way
Newsweek’s The Daily Beast published an interesting infographic on Steve Jobs and his supposed playbook for managing the creative process at Apple. The “10 Commandments of Steve” are: Go for perfect Tap the experts Be ruthless Shun focus groups Never stop studying Simplify Keep your secrets Keep teams small Use more carrot than stick Prototype […]
The benefits of a good night’s sleep
Early in 2010, I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea – basically, it was such bad snoring that my sleep was interrupted to the point of it being life-threatening.
Corning’s vision of the future
In early 2011, Corning, a global specialty glass and ceramics manufacturer, based in up-state New York, created a video called “A Day Made of Glass”. Corning published this video on-line, and gave us all a glimpse into the near future. In a remarkably short period of time, this visionary video captured the imagination of millions.
Mobile web-sites – validated and optimized?
Mobile web-sites need even more care and consideration in their design and implementation than standard web-sites. We are proud to say that our own new, but growing, mobile web-site ticks all the boxes for mobile optimisation. We have tested our mobile web-site, using Google’s GoMo engine – and the results were excellent – as you […]
New Colours for Colours
At last – the Colours offices and factory have a new coat of paint. [image width=”600″ height=”362″]/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Colours_building_new_paint.png[/image]We waited almost twelve months for it to happen. And finally we have a new coat of paint on the building – a duotone of beige and brown. Although the colours may not be complementary to our logo colours […]
QR codes and mobile mini-sites
Quick Response (QR) codes provide a whole new means of attracting and engaging potential customers. To read a QR (or 2D) code, you will need to have a QR reader on your smart-phone (if you haven’t already got one). I suggest these ones… For iPhone – visit http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/qr-reader-for-iphone/id368494609?mt=8 (I find this app to be the […]
New track and trace facility
We’ve just added a new feature to our web-site that allows customers to more easily track their jobs. [divider_padding] This new facility provides quick and simple access through PrintLinks – our custom-built MIS system – to a log of all activity relating to a job. From the “Client access” menu, the “Track and Trace” web-page […]
Folding families
Another informative article by Trish Witkowski, of foldfactory.com [divider_padding] There are so many ways to fold printed pieces, and so many odd terms to describe the folds: accordion, gate, exotic, map, parallel… If you’re even a little confused, read this primer. The easy-to-understand descriptions, helpful drawings, and tips for what folds are best for particular […]