Thank you for smiling at me! You know who you are! (although you probably don’t read this blog) What a difference it makes to smile and be friendly toward your fellow human beings. ‘Service with a smile’ is the basis for all customer care training. We have all experienced the grumpy, rude individual who is [...]
According to a BBC news report today, online sales have rocketed! They rose to £4.2bn in July, up from £2.34bn in the same month a year ago. This is probably partly due to the terrible weather we have been having; people just don’t want to struggle round the shops in their wellies. But it can [...]
Generally in life I think it can be safely said that ‘You get what you pay for’. This of course applies to website design too. We recently had a company director from the local area approach us needing a website. After an initial conversation with him about his business and his requirements it became clear [...]
A few months ago, our creative team of graphic designers at Deckchair designed and produced a high impact billboard and bus campaign for the Environment Agency. It was designed to tackle the fly tipping problem (illegal waste dumping) in the Bristol area. When the Environment Agency approached us with the project we were very pleased [...]
I don’t know if any of you have already seen this, but take a look….It is Microsoft’s answer to the future of computers. This new technology is called “surface computing” and uses multi-touch technology to interact with the user, or users. It is like something out of Minority Report, forget monitors, keyboards and your mouse; [...]
Ever looked at your website in another browser and found that the layout has gone out of alignment or certain features aren’t working or are missing? This is probably due to the fact that all web browsers read parts of the CSS code differently and then display it on the web page in a different way. Remember, [...]
Let’s face it, these days most people use the internet as their first port of call, for information, communication and of course shopping…even my Mum buys online now! So you would probably be struggling as a business if you didn’t have an online presence of some description. But let’s not forget the bigger picture; branding, [...]
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