20 Tech Notes LaterDavid Coxon has been an avid columnist for Tech Notes in the NE Business section of the Journal over the last few years. In celebration of his 20th article, David has devised an infographic showcasing what they have all been about. The Tech Notes column is written by Codeworks Members and currently curated by Emilia
Tech Notes: Co-working could bring inspirationTristan Watson founder of Newcastle-based online artisan food market LoveYourLarder.com talks about the benefits of co-working and open doors. Co-working is a buzzword that just a couple of years ago was relatively unheard of, but in 2012 it’s going to be everywhere. Therefore, it’s important to understand how it relates to big businesses as well
Tech Notes: Digital sector has helped recruitersJo Carter managing director of Concept Personnel a digital media, advertising and marketing recruitment agency for the North East and Scotland tells of her experiences of being a recruiter in digital times. The last year has seen a steady upward growth in demand for digital experts, while vacancies for offline design jobs have remained static
Investigating computer crime scenesColin Gray – Computer and mobile telephone forensic analyst at CLJ Solutions Ltd discusses crimes involving computers and digital forensics. From smart phones to personal computers, we live and work in a digital world where electronic media components play an integral role in our day-to-day activities. As the use of digital equipment continues to grow, crimes involving
Declan Metcalfe on co-creationDeclan Metcalfe - marketing director of Stokesley-based Better Brand talks about co-creation. What is co-creation? Co-creation isn’t as hard as you may think and doesn’t necessarily require a large investment in resource. It’s as simple as seeing. But sometimes (and we’re all guilty of this) we don’t see what’s staring us straight in the face! Co-creation is about
Tech Notes: Building a Business from your Tech IdeaJames Rutherford, co-founder of MemoryMerge Ltd,who specialise in group photo sharing talks about building a business from a tech idea after launching Memory Merge’s first online service, weddingtales.co.uk a service which makes it very easy for wedding couples to collect the photos taken by their guests. At the beginning of the year I founded a company
Tech Notes: Why outsourcing is inAndrew Kershaw, Technical Director at Business and IT Consultancy, Waterstons discusses outsourcing. Outsourcing often gets a bad name, many of you may have had mixed experiences dealing with outsourced call centres (particularly those overseas). However, these perceptions don’t necessarily transfer to IT service outsourcing; certainly they do not correspond well with my experience of delivering
Tech Notes: Responsive design leads to responsive customersNaomi Atkinson – web designer and owner of Naomi Atkinson Design; a design studio passionate about creating beautiful experiences for the web and mobile, talks about how the modern successful website is a responsive site. As we’re all very aware, when people look at your website they could be doing so from their laptop, desktop, mobile, tablet device
Tech Notes: An Engaging Email ExperienceCreative consultant Belinda White from Arttia Creative talks about the still ever powerful tool of email marketing. In an age when there are many ways to talk to your customers, Email Marketing is sill one of the most powerful and effective ways to talk directly to your targeted audience and still more effective than Social Media, not everyone has
Tech Notes: Tailoring sites for mobile devicesIain Potter, Technical Director at Forefront Digital Solutions discusses the importance of tailoring websites for mobile devices. With the release of the first generation iPad in 2010, Apple effectively reinvigorated the market for tablet computers – as well as the need for suitably adapted websites. Their inimitable approach to product design resulted in a handheld device that