18 November 2008by Philip Cuff

No.1 in Satcomm market

Winning out in a three way pitch, the web team at Think Creative secures a major project to maintain Sematron's leadership in satellite communications.

Watch this space for future updates.

14 November 2008by Philip Cuff

Cleaning up Dougland

New corporate identity was recently rolled out on the first of thirty vans in Dougland's fleet.

Leading cleaning services company chose Think Creative for a complete make-over of their marketing effort.

1 July 2008by Philip Cuff

Pigeon scarer

Ever bought something at auction that you regretted forever after? Pipping a local farmer to the final £8 bid, my son is trying his hand at playing a Hohner harmonica. Soon discovering you need to blow as well as suck to create the full range of notes, he is now thinking more about the tune. Thankfully its summer, so he can practise outdoors and scare off the pigeons.

11 June 2008by Philip Cuff

River runs low

Hoping to catch a salmon on the River Derwent in the Lake District last week, I was disappointed to find the river the running very low. No chance of a salmon but caught two tasty trout and surprisingly a feisty perch.

Ever been to Cockermouth? Its a great place stay with over £1m of EU money invested in sprucing up the town centre. My thanks goes to Dave Smith, Fisheries Manager and his long standing friend Vic Sempel who looked after us on the river and in the local Conservative Club rooms.

18 February 2008by Philip Cuff

PDFs can be interesting

Most people will have already come across the 'flipping' PDF, a page turning extravaganza that tries to mimic the real world brochure experience. To my mind it fails to captivate the reader and misses a trick. "Why not use the interactivity and measurability of the internet to spice up the pdf" I asked my colleagues. And given a few days experimenting they have taken the plain old PDF and converted it into a more "exciting user experience". The lowly PDF can now be easily converted into a multimedia presentation that is richer and more navigable than Adobe ever imagined. Like to know more, you know who to contact.

15 October 2007by Philip Cuff

Creativity

You can understand why we at Think should like this quotation. Its something we strive for - client willing!

"There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns."

Edward de Bono

I like his thinking, but not his taste in hats.

10 October 2007by Philip Cuff

Millions at work

Following on from my August blog about billions of galaxies being classified by internet users. Here is a book that explains the enormous potential of collaborative working.

"Wikinomics heralds the biggest change in collaboration to date. Thanks to the Internet, masses of people outside the boundaries of traditional hierarchies can innovate to produce content, goods and services. In order to understand the opportunities this presents for companies, read this book." - Eric Schmidt, CEO Google

25 September 2007by Philip Cuff

Boston project completed

Think Creative provided the complete conference materials package.

"Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) AG confirmed its target of more than 9.5 bln usd in sales this year, up from 8.5 bln usd in 2006.
The operator of dialysis clinics also reiterated that it aims for more than 11.5 bln usd in revenue in 2010, according to slides from a presentation that chief financial officer Lawrence Rosen is making at an investor event held in Boston yesterday and today."
Source: cnn.money.com

3 September 2007by Philip Cuff

The fish were biting

On a recent trip to Montana, Think Director Philip Cuff, returns with a 30 trout tally. Surrounded by limestone cliffs, pine forests, as well as 130 Minuteman missile silos, the fishing on the Smith River was the 'best yet'.

17 August 2007by Philip Cuff

Galaxy Zoo

A new project known as Galaxy Zoo is calling on members of the public to log on to its website and help classify one million galaxies. The hope is that about 30,000 people might take part in a project that could help reveal whether our existing models of the Universe are correct.
Kevin Schawinski, an astrophysicist at Oxford University, UK, is one of the team who devised the project. "I classified about 50,000 galaxies myself in a week," he said. "It was mind-numbing."