There are many ‘kitchen table entrepreneurs’ that have broken the barrier between small artisan producer to established supermarket brand. Starting small and branching out whether that is adding new ranges to your traditional farm produce, a favourite family recipe, or a gap you have seen in the market - hats off to you; you enrich our lives on many levels.
Read MoreArtist's Residence Submission
MONTEFOLLONICO, TUSCANY
Hosted by Banditto Art, The Banditto Residency Program is a celebration of excellence in art from across the globe.
Read MoreTop 5 Best Free OCR tools to Extract Useful Information from an Image
It might happen that you have worked in an office equipped with a traditional scanner before, you probably thought about the implication of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) more than once.
Read MoreWhat the web can learn from old school Estate Agents
It is good to hear recently that Estate Agents have finally been pushed off the top spot of ‘most hated’ and ‘least trusted’ profession’ replaced by politicians, not so good! But let’s stick with Estate Agents for now.
Read MoreIs 5G going to change our lives?
Especially if we live in the countryside.
Is it the information superhighway we have all been waiting for?
A quick recap of what the ‘G’ generation stands for:
Read MoreIs another tech bubble about to burst?
70% of companies going public at present have yet to make a profit. Merrill Lynch
The first tech bubble grew from 1994 bursting in 2000 shattering confidence in the enormous amounts of money being lent to the then new concept of start-ups. Suddenly the large amounts of money that had been washing around was tightened resulting in the collapse of many small tech businesses, big on assets small on income. Which for an industry that really had very little needs - just a computer and good brains - these sudden wacky fit-outs complete with £500 chairs, swimming pools and roller skating receptionists always seemed to the outsider a little risky.
Read MoreWhat is UX & UI
A short guide to the definitions of User Experience and User Interface Design and the power of their impact.
I am a pioneer of the methodologies and outstanding results of user experience to improve every day people’s experience online but in this article I want to just turn over a few stones as it were and see what we find.
Read More4 Ways To Set Your eCommerce Site Apart
When you’re setting up an eCommerce site, the primary focus should be on the business itself. Having a good product to sell is the most important thing; not even a perfect website will sell an inferior product, at least not for long.
Read MoreWhat is a brand?
And why do I need one?
The simple answer is that you already have a brand so the question should be:
What is my brand? And is it saying the right thing about my business?
Read MoreWhat is a design concept?
Whether you are a fashion designer, textile designer, graphic designer, website designer, architect, writer, painter, entrepreneur, you get it… almost everything starts with an idea.
How Can You Tell if Your Web Design is Intuitive?
To deliver effective results, your website must offer an engaging and dynamic user experience.
Read MoreThe Small Business Guide to AI (Part 2)
In Part One went through the different types of AI available to us, so how do we not only prepare but show our clients and customers we are a forward thinking, future embracing business?
Read MoreWhat you need to know about GDPR
And how it’s not that bad for small businesses.
First of all let’s understand why we are being asked to do this large bit or red tape. To be honest, the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal couldn’t have come at a more opportune time to show why we need to understand the power of data — our own and other people's personal details — and the benefits of setting regulation to keep them safe. Of course no one wants their data to have been used in that scandal, we feel violated… but awakening us all to this new data currency is no bad thing.
Read MoreTHE SMALL BUSINESS GUIDE TO AI - Artificial Intelligence (PART 1)
Or, Artificial Intelligence for Small Businesses
AI or Artificial Intelligence is everywhere; all over the news, the papers, social media, whatever our information gathering platform of choice it is there.Within my industry mainly excitement, outside mainly fear, but there is one thing for certain it is coming. So how do we not only prepare but show our clients and customers we are a forward thinking, future embracing business?
Read MoreTechnology is saving the lives of Refugees
We don't often put refugees and technology together, but maybe we should. Technology has got the power to transform the life of a refugee and in the more way than just one. It isn't facebook, twitter or snapchat that comes to the mind of a displaced person when they hear 'mobile phone', but a slither of hope and survival.
Read MoreSuccess is like dress sizes. Not all of them will suit you.
At New Year I started reminiscing, as you do, about the past and at what stage I had been the most happy. But as I thought I realised that actually it was now. When we are young success is defined by wealth and status. How much money we have, how famous we are.....
Read MoreUX Design for Small Business
Why UX doesn't work for small businesses, but what to do instead.
I believed that UX (User Experience Research & Design) was a catch all improvement for everything…
Read MoreCreating Artwork for Emotion
From her studio in a remote cold war airbase in Suffolk, artist Abi Fawcus examines photographs of landscapes - snapshots of nature that her mind's eye transforms into mental impressions to stimulate imagination, abstract memory and a compelling sense of place.
Read MoreLet's have a shout out for the Agency Designer
Is it me or is the In house designer having their day? With the rise of digital products and services what may previously have been one designer in a corner of a large business asked to do everything from Internal information posters to ‘the website’ and a sudden last minute ad. Has turned into the ‘best place to work’ ...
Read MoreChoosing Art for Hotel Interiors
A piece of art is like a Mood Board, it has every aspect needed to stem the creation of an interior. The colour, location, artist, style, detail and depth.
With the new age of ‘creating experiences’ hotels more than ever need to tell a story and artwork is key...
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