Chase the Sun Blog

What’s been happening?

Pranil — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:07:40 +0000

So it’s been long time between drinks! Well, that’d be blog posts in this case. Things have been really busy here at Chase the Sun. First up, we’ve launched a new website with The BCC – Innovate Manawatu is all about bright new ideas, capturing innovation and turning those ideas in to a sustainable business. [...]

Valley Homes site goes live

Jussi — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:19:45 +0000

We are proud to publish our latest web site. Dennis and Glenda Moore are great local builders and it has been a real pleasure to work with them. Chase the Sun designed the site and we also created a new logo for Valley Homes. Now it’s time to build some Valley Homes! See their new [...]

Work doesn’t work, at work?

Pranil — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:03:12 +0000

This morning I had some time on my hands, so I decided to watch a couple of TED talks. I came across a really interesting one by Jason Fried (of Basecamp fame). Check it out below: This vid really got me thinking. The first thought was “Man I have to stop interrupting people”. And the [...]

All about social media

Pranil — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:21:05 +0000

This morning Holly from our Manawatu Chamber of Commerce sent out her weekly update, and included in their were a few great vids explaining what social media actually is. I’m sure this topic has been covered pretty comprehensively, but these videos are the best way I’ve seen it broken down (to date). And they’re nice [...]

A script is a must in corporate communications

Jussi — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:53:03 +0000

A script is a tool to outline the goals for communication. In life we face every day thousands of micro-decision points that can potentially turn our life upside down in a split of a second. Life is a balancing act between intuition and common sense. A good script can encapsulate both – reasoning and intuitive [...]

Why I’m so glad we chose apple!

Pranil — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:43:20 +0000

I came across a really interesting article today, tweeted by one if my friends. It’s a transcript of Steve Jobs’ conference call with analysts – you can check out the full article here. It followed Apple’s announcement of record earnings this quarter. The article is a really interesting read, and raises some really good points. [...]

Not so obvious but exciting!

Jussi — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:58:58 +0000

The iPad has had an interesting impact. People who normally are not early adopters of new technology have started to come up with exciting new ways of using iPads. The device has depth (read Guy Kawaski’s books to find out what a deep product means). It can help solve problems and come up with solutions [...]

iPad in the ruins of Pompeii

Jussi — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:25:24 +0000

I am amazed almost daily about the different opportunities and great ways the iPad creates for different areas of work and fun.

With or against nature?

Jussi — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:41:25 +0000

We can learn from nature and here is an interesting slideshow to give some insights on how that could be done. Biology of Business: Complex Adaptive Systems View more presentations from Farrow Partnership Architects.

Free & easy image resizer for Windows XP

Fabian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:17:07 +0000

A few of our clients (using Windows XP) have trouble resizing their pictures before uploading for the web. There are a few free tools out there, but none quite as easy as the Image resizer power tool for Windows XP. It doesn’t allow the user to crop the image or anything like that, just resize [...]