It's worth remembering that the IT Industry is a creative industry. The capacity for alternative approaches is infinite at every level, in every aspect, of the field. Possibilities proliferate and escalate. As such, it is important always to acknowledge the necessity of a breadth of research and a continuing reconceptualisation. It is for this reason that Tangent One undertakes at intervals what we call Fedex Days. For one working day we are encouraged to pursue something we wouldn't ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Back at the beginning of August, Gareth wrote a quick blog post about the term "creative", and how it applies to everyone, not just those in the art department. This is an idea I've wanted to expand on for a while now. As I've mentioned in previous posts, outside of Tangent hours, I work for myself as an artist and have just completed a Master of Fine Art degree. If I had a dollar for every time someone ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Working in a digital agency, we're exposed daily to new ideas and ways of doing things. My mantra has always been to avoid randomly throwing technology at human problems. I'm a fan of trying new things, but also realise that nothing is perfect. Any new solution might solve some of your existing troubles but will, in all likelihood, introduce new challenges.

With this in mind, I want to put the spotlight on the software that has proven to ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Since moving to Australia and working with clients to get the maximum from their ecommerce platforms, I have found that here at least, there are many questions on how to get started or move to the next level with ecommerce of any scale. In this 6 part series, I outline the simple steps to make sure you have a great foundation for your ecommerce platform.

This blog series is not going to tell you what you should sell — that part ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Since moving to Australia and working with clients to get the most from their ecommerce platforms, I have found that here at least, there are many questions on how to start and get to the next level with ecommerce of any scale.

In this 6 part series, I outline the simple steps to make sure you have a great foundation for your ecommerce platform.

This blog series is not going to tell you what you should sell, it is about ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Since 1978, it's been referred to as The Yellow Peril by the newspapers,The Thing by artist Ron Robertson-Swann (before it had its proper name) and Steelhenge by the workers who had to construct it.

It's actual name is Vault, and it was our topic of discussion over lunch today, after we'd microwaved our respective meals and walked to the little park at the corner to eat.

"But ...what is it...?" was the most frequent question, and ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

There’s a lot being said around the traps about paper books versus ebooks and so on. Personally, I have a very strong interest in books. On a professional level I have a degree in writing¹, I’ve worked with the collection at the State Library of Victoria and I make art about storytelling. And although we work across a large variety of clients at the Tangent offices here and in the UK, a good proportion of them are booksellers ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Last week, Steve Jobs died. It was my day off work and I was at university, in our little computer room with its two iMacs, typing on my Mac Book Pro. I had an iPod and an iPhone mini in my bag. My handful of AAPL shares were floating in the air wherever it is that pretend money exists. While I often try to act like I’m bipartisan and not a giant Apple fan, I have to admit that ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

A couple of weeks ago I had a somewhat unpleasant experience (and no, Gareth, it wasn't that I woke up and looked at myself in the mirror). My card was declined when I tried to pay for some shopping. I thought, "hey, no worries, this kind of thing happens from time to time" and carried on with my business.

Then it happened again.

Being the weekend, a time when bank tellers refuse to work (how dare they!), I went ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Ok, I hold my hands up at the very beginning of this post – I am about to write about something which until very recently I did all the time. I also catch myself on many occasions going against this entire post.

We have been on a recruitment drive recently to hire a number of new front-end developers and designers. My crime? When talking to others in the team about new members I say:

Oh yea, {one person} is our new ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Ecommerce doesn’t have to be complicated on any scale. In this 6 part series I go through the steps to get selling online.

Since moving to Australia and working with clients getting the maximum out of their ecommerce platforms, I have found that in here at least, there are many questions on where to get started/get to the next level with ecommerce of any scale. In this 6 part series, I outline the simple steps to make sure ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

I'm not doing a good job of this blog post on priorities. The window has been open on my desktop all day. Hours and hours and hours. And so far I've found about ten billion ways to avoid writing. Admittedly, one of the tasks that tore me away from it was a job for a client — when that came through, it took precedence over writing blog posts, so it became my priority. And that's exactly what this ...