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16.07.10

Purple Coffee Guernsey feature in the July issue of Business Brief Magazine discussing Web Design and Social Media for the Channel Islands.

“Business Brief comes of age in 2010. It will be 21 years since the magazine was first published. In that time it has grown from a fairly simple black and white newsletter covering business in Jersey, to a full colour high quality publication covering a wide range of subjects of interest to business people and community leaders throughout the whole Channel Islands. The magazine also tries to take a pan-island perspective of issues of importance to the whole Channel Islands. It is in a special position as the islands begin to work much more closely together. Every month the magazine includes special reports on subjects of importance to local business leaders, ranging from new technology and training to the workplace environment and health and safety.” – This is Guernsey…Read More

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Posted by Simon English in Guernsey Social Media, Web Design - Leave a Comment
24.06.10

Thompsons Autorestorers Guernsey – New Website Online Now

Purple Coffee Guernsey web design is happy to announce that the new Thompsons Autorestorers website is now live! John Thompson Autorestorers Ltd has been established for nearly 40 years and is a local family run business. They are the leading independent car & van accident repair centre in Guernsey, Channel Islands. John Thompson Autorestorers are the first accredited Kitemark PAS 125 autorestorers in Guernsey and the Channel Islands.…Read More

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Posted by Simon English in Guernsey Web Design - Leave a Comment
14.06.10

Avant Garden Guernsey Website Online.

Purple Coffee’s design of the new Avant Garden website really reflects the vibrancy of Avant Garden’s shop at Sausmarez Manor, Guernsey. The innumerable interior and exterior offerings on offer at Avant Garden provided much inspiration for the new design. The shop is a sensual treat; filled with beautiful textures, bright colours and amazing smells, couple this together with its tranquil setting at Sausmarez Manor and you’ll be hard pushed to find a more stimulating shopping experience in Guernsey.…Read More

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Posted by Simon English in Guernsey Web Design, Social Media - 2 Comments
27.05.10

Outdoor Guernsey & Purple Coffee Web Design Embrace Facebook & Social Media Marketing

Over the last month Outdoor Guernsey and Purple Coffee have been embracing social media, summer is finally upon the Channel Islands and Outdoor Guernsey thought it was about time to get talking with their clients from both Guernsey and further afield in new ways. At Purple Coffee many of our clients have been embracing new media communications techniques such as Facebook and Twitter to complement their website design solutions, providing their clients with a real insight into the personalities that make up their businesses, keep in touch with clients and further promote their highly regarded outdoor activities available throughout the Channel Islands.…Read More

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Posted by Simon English in Guernsey, Marketing, Social Media - 2 Comments
26.05.10

A History of Apple & Innovation: The social price of technological innovation; what would Orwell think?

When looking to the future it is often wise to consider society’s past concerns to provide a framework for contextual analysis. Considering tablet style computing in general conjures up thoughts of George Orwell’s dystopian science fiction masterpiece, 1984. In the novel Orwell depicts the struggle of society as it finds itself in a state of increasing social and economic cohesion with that of machines.…Read More

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Posted by Simon English in Apple, Innovation, Sci-Fi - Leave a Comment
23.05.10

A History of Apple & Innovation: Google vs Apple; are Apple still “closed” for Business?

One of Apple’s historical problems in obtaining market dominance was that they essentially closed themselves off from the contribution that other companies could make to the software and application driven environments they developed. They in effect historically enabled DOS and Microsoft to always have available a wider selection of competing programs, all of which made…Read More

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Posted by Simon English in Apple, Innovation, Mobile - Leave a Comment
21.05.10

A History of Apple & Innovation: Defining innovation; is it a matter of perspective?

Many of Apple’s “innovations”, namely the iPad and Apple’s other touch screen devices, have successfully integrated within the consumer market after having gone through a lengthy product evolution that draws influences from science fiction, previous products and existing technologies. So are Apple’s latest generation of touch screen devices truly innovative or are they a timely and intuitive combination of existing ideas, concepts and technology?…Read More

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Posted by Simon English in Apple, Innovation, Sci-Fi - Leave a Comment
20.05.10

A History of Apple & Innovation: Apple’s “Innovative” use of Existing Technologies & Design Concepts

A great deal of Apple’s contribution to the market place involves the precise aesthetic presentation of their products, ensuring they develop products with appealing physical qualities that even technophobes can admire and appreciate on a purely emotional level; this cannot be defined as innovation in a strict sense, however Apple’s success in the areas of product design and creativity are often misinterpreted as innovation by their audiences.…Read More

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