Rewarding work? We like that!

We've just launched a new site http://www.the-last-time.co.uk in partnership with the lovely guys at The Hub in Manchester.

It's a blog based site with all the help you might need if you are trying to give up smoking in the Greenwich area. Along with the site we're running a highly targeted Facebook campaign also to drive visitors to the site.

There's something to be said for work which actually helps real people in real ways. We're very proud to do this type of work. Check it out, and if you're trying to give up the evil weed and you're based down south, hope it helps you!

Were you at WordCampUK?

Last weekend Louis from ID attended WordCampUK, an "informal annual gathering of WordPress publishers, designers and developers based in the United Kingdom, held at a different location around the country each year". The event was a fantastic mixture of geeks, lead developers, plugin authors, theme designers and complete beginners to the WordPress platform. Louis has been using WordPress as a blogging platform for over 5 years, but in recent years WP has turned into something that Louis and ID use for full websites, not just blogs.

The event was held at the Metropolitan Business School in Manchester over the weekend 17th-18th July.

Saturday started off with a talk by Michael Kimb Jones 'How WordPress Themes Changed the World' (slides) which was a great insight into the very profitable arena of theme development for WordPress. Some of his own sites were featured which highlighted the very versatile nature of the latest WordPress platform.

Also on Saturday 'Wonderflux' was revealed. This is a framework which "bridges the gap between developer and designer enabling the creation of powerful WordPress themes & functionality" A great session by Jonnya gave us the basics of framework possibilities. Louis came out of this session feeling excited, particularly how versatile this framework could make his and our existing WordPress sites.

The quality of the content from all the speakers on both Saturday & Sunday was fantastic and catered for all WordPress users from beginners to hardcore fanatics. It wasn't just all talk though, there were several 'tracks' and activities to choose from as well as some superb Q/A sessions and some 'Site Doctor' arenas.

If you wanted to go but couldn't, there is good news! A lot of the slides from the speakers presentations are now available online, and the whole weekend was captured on video by the lovely folks at Orange Coconut this footage will soon be available on wordpress.tv.

Overall Louis got a tremendous amount out of WordCampUK 2010. He met some great approachable people who we're sure we'll be working with in the future on upcoming Wordpress projects. WordPress has now evolved! If you think WordPress is just for blogs, think again! ID think you will be surprised which sites you visit everyday are actually running on WordPress!

Many thanks to all who helped organise WordCampUK 2010 it was a truly great weekend!

Kenta is coming!

Digital agency Interactive Dimension in Preston are in the process of finishing an app which will allow Private, Public and 3rd sector organisations to benefit from being able to manage their intangible resources and increase efficiency in ways they never thought possible.

The app build is going well. It will be ready to beta very soon. ID are in the process of recruiting pilot clients at the moment and the demand is really pleasing to see.

It's is exactly what large organisations need to navigate the uncertain paths ahead and transform the way they do business.

We call it Kenta. And it's an exciting venture between Interactive Dimension and Bodyproject. Interactive Dimension bringing our extensive branding, web design and website development skills to the partnership and Body Project driving a consultancy methodology which is truly revolutionary.



Watch this space... oh, and do 'like' it if you like the sound of it. That way your organisation could benefit from it too as you'll be kept up to date by our Facebook page.




P.S. Thanks to you all Liking our Facebook page we now have the username URL of http://www.facebook.com/mykenta secured. Thanks!

The relationship grows!

Dead chuffed we're growing our scope of work with Preston Vision since they selected us for their website (ID have Vision). We're now working on advertising and exhibition materials for them.

As ever with ID it's about relationships which are mutually beneficial.

We want to win clients, not projects... and this once again proves our approach works.

ID news roundup

While it may seem that things have been a little quiet on the ID front we can assure you that we've not been sat around twiddling our thumbs!

Ever since we returned from our Christmas break we've hit the ground running. We've been working with clients, both old and new, who are using the beginning of the year to give their branding and websites a facelift.

On the print side of things we've been helping clients get their Annual Reports and financial results published, as well as working on company magazines and brochures.

'Go live' dates are approaching fast, and we can see print deadlines on the horizon, so keep your eye on the ID news pages in the coming weeks to see just what it is we've been working on.

We're also creating some pretty interesting new features for our website as well...

PS. If you saw our ID calendars and feel like your desk is missing out on the extra decoration (and they're practical too...) just send us an email and we'll do our best to get one over to you ASAP. We've only got a few left so grab them while you can!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

...and we plan to welcome the New Year with our very own makeover!

New year, new look...
You may already have noticed the ID bubbles creeping onto our email signatures and thanks to our Graphic Designer, Sarah, they've been popping up all over the walls of ID HQ as well!

Our brand new (and beautiful!) website has been up and running for a few weeks now, but if you haven't had chance to look over it properly, then please take a look around and see what we've been up to recently. With updated print and online portfolio sections, it might surprise you just how much we can offer you!

Plans for the future...
Our website is under constant redevelopment. Plans for the future include a glossary that shatters the wall of technical terms from our industry, plus a mailing list registration that will keep you up to date with all our news and projects.

If you are looking to enhance your company profile for the New Year, drop us an email to find out how we can help.

And finally...
Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without presents, so we've put together our very own branded desktop wallpaper calendars - with all the bubbles you will ever need! Not only will they let you keep a track of how near the weekend is, they brighten up your desktop as well.
We'd like to wish all our clients and suppliers a very Merry ID Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

We would tell you...

...but we can't! For the past few months, we've been working on several bespoke projects at ID headquarters, but they're so top secret that we've been asked not to tell the world about them.
In true James Bond type styley, several of our clients ask us to respect the fact that they don't want to disclose the details of the work they ask us to produce. And that's fine with us!

What can we tell you?
Calling on our agent's talents, we have developed a number of bespoke internal applications, including an online briefing tool for employees and a system designed to formally identify and award employee's ideas for improving business. Ooh, the mystery!

We've also just finished work on a powerful intranet for a leading insurance company and are now working on another top secret mission for one of the UK's biggest companies.

Non-sensitive projects
Rest assured it's not all confidential files and secret meetings here, we're also working on lots of new projects that we'll soon be able to shout from the rooftops about!

Watch this space for updates over the next few weeks.