Life
Imitating
Design

To call graphic design a visual practise is only (pardon the pun) scratching the surface. » Read the rest of this entry «

If you have ever tried to order business cards, posters, brochures or anything else that includes your company logo on it, you may have been asked for a copy of your logo. But where is it?

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I know the problem. People visit your website out of curiosity, fascination, or just plain need, but they spend way too much time there, gleaning information and reading about your great services and products.
Not all people may think like me, but here are a few things you can try if you want me to stop looking at your site and close down that browser tab as quickly as possible. » Read the rest of this entry «

Medhedzz, Hats with Heart, is a new service providing top quality scrub hats to the medical profession. Proceeds from the sale of every uniquely designed and crafted hat go to Health 4 Humanity, a charity supporting doctors travelling to developing countries.

Deb Pogson is am operating room nurse with a passion for sewing with beautiful fabrics. She makes all hats to order to give surgeons the chance to show off their personality and individuality, even when hidden underneath scrubs!

Visit their brand new site at medhedzz.com. It is built on SiteCM, the professional and support content management system and features Simple eCommerce, an online purchasing solution, both from ideaLEVER.

I’ve said it before and it bears repeating.Web design is NOT an IT issue!

I read a Facebook thread yesterday by someone who had been disappointed in the hiring of an IT professional who was then employed to undertake web design duties. Apparently, the job took a southward dive at that point and the client became more and more frustrated as Mr IT put the clamps on everything they needed to do. Including installing WordPress plugins.

WordPress plugins? » Read the rest of this entry «

You have a passion, and you turned it into a business, because you knew you would be one of the Chosen Few who get to do what they love doing all day long.

But instead, you’re wasting time wrangling with WordPress, hating HTML, vexed by vectors and annoyed by alliteration.

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Seema Eye Care Centre in Calgary AB is now sporting a brand new look online.

seemaeye.com is now live! The site features SiteCM content management by ideaLEVER and surgery animations by Eyemaginations. With SiteCM, staff at Seema are able to login from any browser and edit the site whenever they need. Update text, replace or upload new photographs, create new pages, edit the menu – all from a browser. Training and support are also provided.

Eyemaginations offer embedded video animations to help doctors communicate better with their patients. Before going into surgery or consulting with a specialist, patients are able to learn more about procedures by choosing from an elaborate array of videos that are easy to understand and professionally presented.

Drop by seemaeye.com and take a look around!

No, I’m not talking about mullets. I’m talking about your mindset.

I know you are busy getting ready for a long weekend of travel, barbeques and fun if you are in Canada or the United States. Partying is at the front of your mind. But business is always on the back of your mind right?

Let me take a load off & help you relax so you can focus on the party. Take the next 5 minutes to register for a few affordable, information-packed, super motivating classes from International Alliance of Motivated Part-Time Entrepreneurs and trust that I will personally help take care of your business for you this summer so you can focus more on the fun. I am willing to guarantee that attending these events will help you stay focused and grow your business faster than if you don’t attend.

Yep, I’ll guarantee it!

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Some people work well under pressure. Some cave. Some are already well planned, organised and prepared.

The official photographs for the royal wedding between William and Kate on 29 April 2011 had to be taken within thirty minutes. Photographer Hugo Burnand had to shoot the five shots of royalty in the half an hour they had free between leaving Westminster Abbey and needing to head off for a fly past.

That’s pressure! So how did he do it? » Read the rest of this entry «

Imagine you’re in the line up at Tim Hortons/Second Cup/Starbucks, minding your own business (perhaps a little annoyed that the person in front of you is asking questions about every single item on the menu), when the person behind you catches your eye and decides to strike up a conversation.
It starts with the obvious (customer service, the weather) but it soon turns to the old chestnut, “So, What do you do?” » Read the rest of this entry «