Working from home?...

This satiracal article about working from home made us laugh. aloud. alot....

THE DAILY MASH: Guide to working from home"
"Do not forget that you have a job: 24% of home workers can’t remember who they work for and what they are supposed to be doing. Write your employer’s name and job title on a Post-It note and stick it to the wall above your computer – this is a vital reference tool."

The article below describes a revelation in working at home alternatives for freelancers:

Traits of an entrepreneur....

Pretty interesting...

6 Traits All Entrepreneurs Secretly have in Common

1. Entrepreneurs are naive

2. Entrepreneurs are down to Earth

3. Entrepreneurs are lucky
4. Entrepreneurs are compassionate

5. Entrepreneurs are masters of nothing

6. Entrepreneurs are different

Some have said that entrepreneurs are made not born...Made from their obstacles, failures, and successes. And most importantly, they are made from their past and their experiences...  

How to stay creative!

Office Attenborough...

Seems like our office intern has been perfecting his stapling skills!... Practice makes perfects after all! 

If you want a guaranteed 'laugh out loud' have a watch of this video! Its pure and simple comedy genius! 

We think he is just like the David Attenborough of the admin world....

David Brent: "They're malleable, and you know that's what I like really, you know. I don't like people who come here: 'Ooh, we did it this way, we did it that way'. I just wanna go do it this way. If you like. If you don't... Team playing-I call it team individuality, it's a new, it's like a management style. Again guilty, unorthodox, sue me."

Publilius Syrus: "Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness." 

Smile!

Happy New Year from the QLB Designs team! May 2013 be your best year yet!....
That decision, is down to you! Therefore a part of the QLB 2013 resolution is to...

THINK POSITIVELY!

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but a person with a certain set of attitudes..

So SMILE! Because....

Helpful Adobe shortcuts to help boost productivity!

We use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and Dreamweaver every day at QLB designs! Each programme has its own uses, depending in the outcome of design you want to achieve. 

Photoshop is one of the most advanced tools in the design industry, it can make your creative imagination come to life with its plethora of professional tools! One of the beauties about it is that no one will ever really learn all the things you can possibly achieve with the programme, and two designers could reach the exact same design outcome in two completely different ways! 

We found this simple list of keyboard shortcuts, for Photoshop and Illustrator that we wanted to share, as they can be so useful in helping to boost your productivity as they speed up the work process! 

New Office Intern!!

The QLB Designs team would like to give a very warm welcome to our special new office intern! Jame's photocopying and tea making skills really are second to none. Therefore we were more than pleased to offer him a more permanent position in the team.

We wish him loads of luck in all his professional endeavours.