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This post was inspired after I spoke to Kat today (thanks, Kat!). I think a lot of times, we get our best blog ideas from talking to clients and friends.

While I always stress that we only design and build websites for business, which means our focus is to help our clients make good connections which eventually lead to orders and enquiries, it does not mean that we’re not going to help if you’re an NGO (non-profit organisation).

Like I was telling Kat, we’re supportive of people who are helping to make the world a greener, better, healthier place. At the same time, it is also our principle to draw the line at the type of community support or sponsorship we offer (we offer up to 90% of sponsorship if the NGO wants to use our Redbox Easyweb and in some cases, offer a generous discount if the NGO wants us to design a fully-customised website). Continue reading »

A quick but warm welcome to our USM intern who joined us last week for her 10-week internship programme at Redbox Studio.

Welcome to Redbox Studio, Jian Ming!

She was chosen unanimously after a most interesting interview, I must say.

In most companies, an intern is an intern is an intern. Either you’d work to the bone or you’ll be frightened to death of the boss or superiors.

Here, we want to treat everyone like a team member. It does not matter how young one is or whether one is an intern, wanting to see how the real world is for a while.

I think these 10 weeks will be an eye-opening (learning) experience for her as she’ll be able to see firsthand how we work and the kinds of work a real web design studio engages in. I think these experiences will stand her in good stead when she graduates later.

No matter how serious interning is, it’s still fun really to have new people coming in, sharing new ideas and of course, having fun together as a team!

To your interning success,
Nic

I’ve given my two cents about why I can’t help it if I despise “gurus” especially if they’re the type who are helping you to make money.

If you read my blog when I started it back in 2005, I have this intense dislike/distaste for people who con others into believing that making money online is something you do while you sip your Tiger beer and lol about on a hammock. Continue reading »