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How ChatGPT Has Changed My Business
Discover how ChatGPT reshaped my design business—boosting output, improving SEO, and streamlining workflows, all while keeping a human touch.
Adobe Removed Pantone: What To Do
Adobe removed Pantone due to licensing. Designers need Pantone to work. Here are some tips and learnings to help you work better.
Why Calgary & Edmonton design clients should choose Red Deer
In the weird world of graphic and web design, finding a design service provider that ticks all the boxes can often feel like navigating a complex maze. Clients in bigger cities Calgary and Edmonton find themselves grappling with a lot of challenges – from...
Photoshop AI: AI Images are not there yet
Multiply sales, optimize productivity, & focus on real moneymaking activities. Unburden your schedule and focus on your moneymaking abilities through design!
Planning great website architecture and link strategy, and how they relate.
Branding is important because it helps to differentiate your business from the competition and establish a lasting impression in the minds of customers.
Exploring the Differences Between Web Design & Web Development
Branding is important because it helps to differentiate your business from the competition and establish a lasting impression in the minds of customers.
The Ultimate Guide to Branding: How to Create a Successful Brand Identity and Stand Out From the Crowd
Branding is important because it helps to differentiate your business from the competition and establish a lasting impression in the minds of customers.
A Measley 30 Minutes
Often in this, the age of in-house emergencies, and easily accessible stock graphics, we move fast. Creative is awkward, and often doesn't easily fit within an organizations timetables. This is fine, as we do exist in a market economy and we all produce what the...
Hard Work > Greatness
I have to admit… I obsess about greatness. Not my own greatness mind you, I understand enough about life and myself to not worry about that. Other people’s greatness. What makes someone in any category great? Why is one ordinary person better than another? I suppose...
I want to leave social
I have to admit it. I want to leave social. I’ve wanted to leave since the Red Deer 2013 civic election. 2016 on social pretty well did me in. Thank you, I’ve had my serving of vitrol, peace out. That’s wrap. If you need me, I’ll be in the mountains teaching my kids …
Branding vs Cloning
Recently I've been thinking more about branding. Branding. The “buzziest” of buzzwords, trumped only, perhaps, by “viral’. I‘ve been around long enough to remember when branding became a thing. Admittedly, branding is probably the best thing. Best because it’s...
Client Interaction Continuum
While helping out at this past week’s Social Media Breakfast Red Deer (SMBRD) I was talking with a client and rambled out the "client interaction continuum", with a laugh. I felt kind of smart, so I thought I'd pen out a quick illustration of what I was saying....
Why Websites are Expensive
Thinking back, it’s funny to reminisce about those long-lost conversations back in 2000 … “meh – you don’t really need a website”. Funny how things change.
Dog + Cat Hospital
A few years ago… two and a half, to be exact, we designed a logo for our friends over at the Dog and Cat Hospital. Dr. Volk had been our vet for years, so it was natural. You may have seen the neon shining in the Clearview market. The logo is a cute little animal face...
The Next Big Thing
Once in a while you see something that shakes things to their foundations. Something disruptive–like the birth of social media, or micro-stock. I really want to discover something like that. This is not that. This is just something cool. Right now, there are lots of...
Meaningful Work
We all want to do something meaningful with our lives, and these days, we would prefer if our work brought that meaning to it. Whether it’s just being a part of something greater, philanthropic, or just “cool” - the feeling is the same. Work should matter. Really, I’m...
The new landscape
I can thank Red Deer's young and current Realtor Mike Wiseman for fuelling these thoughts. Don't worry... it's a good thing! Mike and his wife Andrea Wiseman do an amazing job of leading with the web. Their clean and easy to navigate websites showcase large, glossy...
Chained to the Cloud
Everyone loves the cloud. We love the cloud. The cloud is that imaginary place where all our business problems disappear, our IT costs vapourize and everything and everyone the a rosy red glow of ecstasy on their faces. But have you ever actually thought about what the cloud is?
Redpoint Goes Mad!
We’ve talked about a theme party for a long time, mostly since Kayla started digging on the TV program MadMen. This month marks the sad departure of Kayla to the West Coast to pursue other things - like a new rain coat, and perhaps a cruiser bike basket. So we decided...
Terrible Type
Working in the design and print industry, we at Redpoint are constantly bombarded with fonts. Typography is a large part of what we do. We are continually selecting, modifying and talking about type. As exciting as it is to browse Veer for their latest typographic...
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