Confessions of a Technology Junkie

I have to admit that I am a technology junkie – I love it. In my view, computers, software and electronics do things that even 50 years ago would have been considered magic.

I love finding software that does things better than I do it today, or solutions that save me time in my daily tasks or help me better communicate with my colleagues and clients.

Technology is also fun – networked PC games like Guild Wars, Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc. One of my favourite ways to blow off steam is to sit in front of my NHL 08 on my 360 and get schooled by some 12 year old half a world away.

Well, finally, I am leveraging my addiction to technology – for good (your benefit) rather than evil (blowing off an evening in front of Raving Rabbids).

High Concept Design & Media Services is hosting our first technology summit: On the Same Page (In a Paperless World)

www.events.highconceptmedia.com

This event will have a handful of guests and will showcase a number of technologies that are available today to help companies to communicate with their clients and colleagues in a more effective manner that they do today.

Topics highlighted will include note-taking and organizing tools, tools for creating traditional art in a digital age, online project management and communication, online meetings and conferencing, representing CAD design in a model environment, 2D and 3D designs to win more business and the efficiency of using digital standards and deliverables.

What we hope to do is showcase a number of products from a number of manufacturers to help architects and engineers to make informed decision about the solutions they can incorporate into their organization to make their lives easier.

At the end of the day, technology is supposed to make your life easier not make you swear at your computer like a drunken sailor.

If you are interested in attending take a look and register – we can show you what all this new fangled technology does and even help you create a plan to integrate it into your workflow.

Life is strange and so are we...

I have had a couple of customers and colleagues inquire why High Concept has a blog -- and even the rest of team didn't quite get why I thought it was important for us to have a regular contribution floating out here in the ether.

Each person, company and organization is going to have their own reason -- here is mine.

It used to be in my father's time and more so in his father's time that you gave your business to a person who earned it. The quality of his work would be part of the equation, his knowledge and commitment were equal parts, but it was the person he was, his integrity and friendship that would keep earning that business.

Now, here we are in this "global economy" and maybe Wal-Mart is where you go to get this doo-dad or Amazon for that book you want because the price and selection is right this time around.

We at High Concept are offering custom design services, customized training and workflow solutions designed around your customers -- in other words we need to know you and understand your business intimately to solve your problems. However, that kind of trust is not something you shouldn't just hand out to every idiot who has a copy of Photoshop.

I felt it was important that you got to know us, as a group of individuals and determine if we are kind of people you want to trust with helping you grow your business, if we are the kind of company that can communicate all the things that are important to you as you offer new services and reach new customers.


So here we are, blemishes and all -- a strange bunch, for sure, but through regular visits here you will know whether we are the kind of strange you want run from or a comfortable kind of strange that is exactly what you have been looking for...