Creative Workflows Blog
Sharing thoughts on the creative process
The four day week
I negotiated a 4 day week soon after my first daughter was born. The extra day was a leap in faith from my employer and a major recalibration of my work life balance. Now, after living on a 4 day week schedule for 25 years, a major pilot confirms that a 4 day week is...
Four day week
I have worked a four-day week for the past twenty years, here’s what I have learned. I know it was twenty years ago I started working four-days a week because my eldest daughter has just had her twenty-first birthday. It was the prospect of becoming a father that...
Mac to PC lessons
Six lessons learned through moving my creative work from Mac to PC. After thirty years of using Apple computers in my creative endeavours, I recently shifted to the PC. My previous post explained why after staying with Apple through thick and thin I finally moved to a...
From Mac to PC
Why I decided after thirty years to move from Mac to PC. To give context I started using Apple computers back in 1987 and bought my first Mac in 1989. Back then a 40MB hard drive was the cutting edge and monitors were cathode ray and weighed a ton. Floppy disks were...
Launching
Launching in a wintery climate. In the last three months I have been fortunate enough to work on the launch of a new weekly magazine and the refining of a monthly title. For me they have one thing in common and that is the workflow, after all that’s my area of...
Infographic on creative workflow
An infographic to help Identifying problematic areas in your creative workflows. Keep an eye on these key areas to help improve efficiency, productivity and creativity.
AI and Creativity
Is the creative industry safe from AI and machine learning? It is reckoned that the creative sector in the UK is worth 87 billion pounds currently and is predicted to continue its growth to 128 billion by 2025. What's more we are told that the creative...
Creative computers
Creative computers are dumb but they won't be for much longer. We have barely started along the parabolic curve of artificial intelligence (AI) and yet the computers can already out logic humans in some niche areas. The classic Kasparov and deep blue chess...
Colour printer
When the more expensive printer is the cheaper option. Choosing the right colour desktop printer for designers and illustrators. I have recently had reason to buy two colour printers one for day to day office admin usage, the second for high end large...
Templates
A templated workflow can help boost creativity. I have been asked to talk about templated workflows several times in the past couple of months. I wanted to take those debates and bring them down to a more simple level and spell out some of the positives....
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