As we make our way through the new decade, we are already being bombarded with new tragedies and challenges, as well as ever-increasing questions. Should we be trying harder or less? Are things getting worse? Or are we actually doing pretty good and we just don’t know it? In this rather philosophical episode of the…
Updated 29/01/2020 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what you probably thought it was Malicious Robots causing destruction in a city. Highly-intelligent human-like machines controlling the minds of others around them. Systems which can destroy humanity at the touch of a button. These are just some of the things the entertainment industry may have caused you to…
Are you doing everything you can to grow your business? Or, if you are an entrepreneur thinking of beginning a start-up, have you considered these essential elements to implement for peak performance? The SwiftCase Productivity Podcast brings you this checklist, with advice devised by Dr Adam Sykes, to question whether your business structure is as…
*The brilliant Affinity Publisher is now available in full for a one time purchase of £48.99 – https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/publisher/ Instead of the usual Friday group podcast, here is a compiled list of the best creative apps for graphic designers, publishers and artists that will pump up your productivity without punishing your bank account. Check out these…
Updated 22/01/2020 Staying organised is essential to efficiency and productivity. Prioritising your workload by importance and urgency is one of the main factors contributing towards keeping your business on track. What are some of the best ways to achieve this? Create your to-do list Every morning, compose a list of tasks that are achievable during…
Gold plating means intentionally adding extra features or functions to a product or projects you are developing which were not included in the scope statement. Usually, gold plating is performed by either the project team or the project manager with no additional cost to the client, possibly even beyond what is practical or reasonable for…
As of last year, Amazon Web Services controlled roughly 40 percent of the cloud market, running the backend for Netflix, Pinterest, Slack and dozens of other services with no visible connection to the company. – The Verge, 2018 https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/28/17622792/plugin-use-the-internet-without-the-amazon-cloud That’s nearly half of the all servers that make up the internet. A monopoly is when…
Updated 15/01/2020 Prioritising your business tasks is an essential part of avoiding missed deadlines increasing productivity overall. What are some concrete steps you can take to ensure you are working towards both of these goals? Organise your To-Do List At the beginning of each working day write a list of tasks that are achievable in…
The SwiftCase Productivity Podcast team, joined by the new permanent member, Alkis, expand on the concept of “Tethics” – tech ethics – formulated by the HBO show Silicon Valley character Gavin Belson. We discuss it as a real system, which doesn’t even seem too far fetched considering the strides technology is making across all industries….
As the new year rolls along, so will new problems as well as new solutions. Here is a nod to those incoming issues, or essentially a compilation of the team continuously complaining about the worst problems they’ve encountered in the business world, taken from every episode of Room 404 in 2019 . We are looking…