We are currently experiencing a time when the cost of materials is at its all time highest and we are having to produce projects faster and lose head count at the same time.

Full publication was in the WillB eNewsletter on 12th April 2012: http://www.willbaxter.com/willb/news/#/18/

Today we welcome our newest agency to the Collective.  Silicon Junction’s Alex Bremer met with Daniel Taylor to explain the project in detail and welcome his team aboard.

VII Tips to Give You a Millionaire State of Mind.

I: Sir Richard Branson, entrepreneur and extreme sportsman, has been using A4 rollerbound notepads to keep a clear mind since the sixties. He writes down all his thoughts, business contacts and notes in them and refers back from time to time. As the Chinese proverb goes, ‘The weakest ink is better than the strongest memory.’

II: Elizabeth Sweetheart, fabric designer, simplified her life by having all her clothes in one colour…green. That way she could always look stylish without having to use the energy to think about what went with what.

This might sound like a rather negative title, but if you read to the end you’ll see a rather surprising answer. Can’t be bothered to do that? OK, I’ll give you my view in the first paragraph. You see the truth is, you can only trust someone else as much as you can trust yourself.

Software and Technology website ZDNet recently predicted its “Big Five” IT trends for the next 5 years.  Along with Cloud Computing and “Big Data”, they predict growth in the use of next generation mobile technology.  They claim that “tablets alone are going to have effective parity with PCs in just 3 years...enterprises must start treating tablets as equal citizens in their IT strategies”.

Alex Bremer writes on the importance of New Media agencies exploiting a broad and deep understanding of asset-generation and propagation when executing a properly comprehensive Digital Marketing Strategy.

"In this Brave New World of instant messaging, what messages have greater impact than those that spotlight and showcase a beloved and successful brand offering or proposition? We would suggest that as things stand barely any companies still need to be convinced of the power of a Digital Marketing Strategy, and its inherent and instant Return on Investment."

Read the full article here...

Jack & Alex Bremer discuss the origins of Silicon Junction; how the idea began, and what they hope it will become... see below...

Every now and then a simple factor such as budgetary expense affords a development agency the opportunity to think a little more creatively in terms of leveraging existing and “free” online tools and platforms.

The recently launched “Health Factor” initiative by Southwark Council here in London, UK is exactly that kind of opportunity. Southwark have come up with a unique and exciting Social Engagement programme whereby local residents in need of a “health overhaul” are identified and mentored on a journey of personal improvement over the coming weeks.