Jonathan Porter / Creative Director

John and I were discussing this company, 37 Signals only yesterday as a 'model' web business. We remember talking about it about them 7 years ago when we came across their discussions around GTD methodology on their blogs. Today we use one of their most successful web aps, '… Continue

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is on a mission to kill cash. He likes money, just not actual cash transactions. Dorsey's new venture, Square, could help businesses--large and small--, and even consumers eliminate the need to carry cash.



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I get a lot of mails from designers, who's only solace in the sometimes challenging world of making money from design is the occasional satire of clients and their requests. My clients aren't anything like this of course because of our watertight project management, established design methodologies and the supportive, educational approach we employ ;)



For those of you who do get 'this feeling' sometimes, here's some of that solace from my favourite blog of the moment -… Continue

As part of the NBM commitment to employee health ;) I am sharing a common issue that some of us obsessive geeks seem to be struggling with. How do you 'switch off' at the end of the day?



"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom"- Aristotle



This man is quite recognised on the subject but don't worry I'm not going to start group hugs and high-fives but I'm going to give it a go. If you try it let me know how it… Continue

Frustration with the unbelievable anomaly that is Internet Explorer 6 seems to be reaching melting point.



Officially New Brand Media are not supporting IE6 these days yet we still get the odd client that raises a bug which on further investigation reveals good old IE6 to be the culprit. We like to keep clients happy but we can't help thinking that we are doing more harm than good.



Like I say, the web design community has had enough and it's all kicking off!…

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