Social media images – is it hip to be square?
If like me you love mathematics and Italy then you'll probably come across a guy called Fibonacci; an Italian mathematician from the 12th century who became famous for his series of numbers known as the Fibonacci sequence. Let’s do some mathsLet's start 1+1 = 2, This starts off our sequence 1, 1, 2Keep taking the last...
How making tea widened my life and business.
I recently made it to 50. I know, pretty cool hey, I'm told it's the new 40. Time to celebrate the milestone. Well, whilst a milestone marks a distance - the length between two points - when and how do we measure the width of our life. Do we ever reach out and touch the...
I discovered I was born to be creative in Galway
A 60s child That was me, no hopes, no dreams, not a go getting goal in sight, just happy being fed, watered and my nappy regularly changed. But the seeds of creativity had been sown. I was born to be creative, I just didn’t realise it yet. A logical start to life A logical life...
Don’t give me your elevator pitch
The claustrophobic elevatorMy Dad could never take the lift, it was the claustrophobia, the confinement of sharing that little box with other people trying not to look at each other hoping they would be elevated to the next level and the doors would open to save them from human connection. I have a claustrophobic reaction to...
Instagram Live – What’s the story?
I love my desktop PCI’ve never been a fan of Instagram (there, I said it). Call me old school but I love my desk top PC, powerful Intel dual quad core processor, two wide screen monitors. It’s the command centre of my office world. Have you ever tried using Instagram on a desktop? I wouldn’t...
Do you frighten off your customers with pop ups?
I remember the early days of the Internet when at Christmas time some whizz-bang scripting guru had worked out how to have snow falling down a web page. There was a similar effect with leaves drifting down the page in Autumn. It was cool for a few seconds and then it became the most annoying...
Print media in 2017 – how will you use it?
Who needs print media in our fast paced digital world? Tweet this, like that, swipe left, swipe right, swipe it into oblivion as “scroller’s thumb” becomes a thing.There’s probably an overwhelming statistic that will be outdated by the time you read this that attempts to give an insight into the amount of social media content...
Digital Image Formats – Comparing PNG & JPEG
In our digital world, where would we be without the JPEG image? We pretty much all take it for granted. However, without it, how would we be able to take photos with a digital camera? How would we be able to design graphic images with our chosen design app? How would be get images into...
5 Quick and Easy eBook Design Tips
Downloadable eBooks are an ever popular method for easily getting your content out there, whilst at the same time building your contact lists. They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, however, you don't get to see these covers before you've downloaded them. So it would seem you are going to judge the book...