Showing posts tagged "productivity"
Five techniques for creative thinking
If you’re ever stuck for a new idea or you don’t know how to move things forward, here are a few techniques from the creative minds at Kalexiko. 1. Positive/ negative thinking With this you imagine the worst possible thing or scenario. For example, if you’re designing a website, you think of a truly horrible website; really the worst you can think of in every way. You populate it with lots of detail and have fun thinking about how truly unpleasant and useless it could be. Then you envisage and create the complete opposite. 2. Push the possibilities Ask a …
The battle of modern day browsers
According to a recent article in the Daily Telegraph, something extraordinary happened recently in the world of web browsers; Google’s Chrome overtook Mozilla’s Firefox in market share for the first time. This by no means spells the end for Firefox, indeed both browsers currently lag far behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and this isn’t likely to change for at least the time being. For a while now Google have been effectively sponsoring Firefox, backing them financially in exchange for integration of their search engine within the browser, and this deal was recently renewed to guarantee Firefox’s survival for at least the …
Handy tools for start-up and small companies
Famous cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash once said that “People are a company’s greatest asset”. She wasn’t wrong, but it’s also frequently said that workers are only as good as their tools. Small businesses, especially at the moment, are often working on the narrowest of margins, which is why they need to be sure that they have the best tools at their disposal with which to do the job. Here we look at some of the tools that we think SMEs (small and medium enterprises) might find useful. Xero – accounting software Accounting for many businesses is a necessary evil. …
The Kalexiko Wish List
As we career helplessly towards the festive season, it’s probably time to start thinking about what to put on your Christmas list. Hopefully you’ve all been good boys and girls; we’d like to think we have at Kalexiko. Here are a few awesome things that we think everyone who’s into technology should have on their list. Perhaps your budget won’t stretch to all of them, but that’s not say they can’t still go on the list anyway. The prices we’ve given here aren’t necessarily the lowest you’ll find, and by the time you read this they might not even be …
A designers 10 commandments
We’ve had a bit of a revelation here at Kalexiko. Here before you are our 10 Commandments for designers. Don’t worry, we won’t strike you down or anything if you don’t follow them, but sometimes even designers need a guide to adhere to. 1. Identify the problem for every brief What are the major issues? What are the minor issues? Are you going to work through them or around them? What is important to the client, what are their expectations, and how are you going to exceed them? 2. Establish what the goals of the project need to be Every …
How a great client can make things so much easier
At Kalexiko it’s our job to (amongst other things) design and build brilliant websites for our clients. We’d like to think we’re really good at it, and you need only look at our portfolio, as well as the feedback we get, for proof. We try to work as closely as possible with our clients and gain a real understanding of what they do, what they need, and how best to achieve it. We communicate and consult with them at every step of the project, keep them completely in the loop as to how it’s all coming along as well taking …
A new addition to the family
Here at Kalexiko we always like to keep our eyes peeled for any resources that will help us develop our skill set. We recently came across these little gems from Computer Arts who over the last few weeks have published magazines featuring pro software tips for Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and After Effects. If that wasn’t enough, you also get a free DVD with each copy full of resources and video tutorials! Wondering what each copy has to offer? Photoshop This covered everything from tool guides and hidden shortcuts that help boost productivity to 150 essential techniques for web design, retouching …
5 mobile apps to help your business become more productive
In today’s economy a job is very rarely the regular nine to five. A job is very much a lifestyle and be it sales, marketing, business, or even journalism; nine to five no longer cuts it, we now know that for success in such a struggling economy it is vital to keep on the ball at all times and ensure that whatever field you may be in, business is always booming! Mobile business is the way forward, in today’s urging economy nothing is more essential then keeping on top of your business at all times and with companies including Apple …