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The shortcut to efficiency

By Ben / 4th March 2020 /

Growing up in the age of technology, there are many things in life that we take for granted. Simple, little things that we just do automatically and don’t think about. In computing, the most common of these is keyboard shortcuts. Most people know Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V (or Cmd + C and…

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Page vs Pixel – Why new doesn’t always mean better

By Ben / 4th March 2020 /

As technology advances, the world becomes ever more dependent on the digital revolutions that make our lives easier and more efficient. With letters, card games and theatre having turned into emails, video games and television, we are obsessed with staring at screens. You’re even reading this blog on a screen – unless you’ve printed it…

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12 Blogs of Christmas – 8 Maids a-milking

By Ben / 8th December 2019 / Comments Off on 12 Blogs of Christmas – 8 Maids a-milking

The 8th day of Christmas presents the singer with maids a-milking. Nowadays there’s not much call for milk maids, as technology has improved the efficiency and cost of milking cows. So in that spirit, I’ve written a short story about a young milkmaid that falls in love. I call it… There’s Something About Dairy It…

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12 Blogs of Christmas – 2 Turtle doves

By Ben / 2nd December 2019 / Comments Off on 12 Blogs of Christmas – 2 Turtle doves

On the 2nd day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two turtle doves. Sadly, I didn’t get them until 17th January thanks to DPD’s terrible delivery service, but while I was waiting, I wrote this little poem to explain how the winged wonders got their peculiar name. Turtle doves are not so called…

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Emojis – The language of now

By Ben / 17th July 2019 /

Emojis have come a long way since the emoticon days of : ) with each new wave of emojis becoming increasingly detailed and niche. We’ve gone from a challenge of creatively trying to express emotions using punctuation to spending ages trying to decide what colour hair our little face-palming woman should have. As a PR agency, it…

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Our favourite literary characters

By Ben / 7th March 2019 / Comments Off on Our favourite literary characters

As it’s World Book Day and we’re all avid readers, we thought we’d share some of our favourite literary characters. Dave Perhaps underrated because Hollywood didn’t come knocking, Terry Pratchett remains my favourite author, displaying a sense of humour that works as well for younger readers as it does for adults. Whilst his novels roam…

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Working in Walsh time

By Ben / 25th January 2019 / Comments Off on Working in Walsh time

Working in a PR agency with deadlines and schedules, time is very important to what we do. In our office, we have recently adopted a new time zone – Walsh time. Allow me to explain. Earlier this week, our new designer, Alistair Walsh, was uploading another of his design masterpieces to send to one of…

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Business cards – the forgotten art form

By Ben / 20th November 2018 / Comments Off on Business cards – the forgotten art form

Although they have been around for years, business cards have, surprisingly, not evolved very much. But why not?

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Is it time for a website makeover?

By Ben / 30th January 2017 / Comments Off on Is it time for a website makeover?

A few questions you need to ask yourself to determine if your website needs updating.

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