Security is always important whether you keep the information on your home / work  desktop, or laptop. We all "talk the talk", and mention how important it is, but do we do enough to actually reduce security threats ? Or more importantly, DO YOU do enough to reduce security threats to your own data ?

Many advertising agencies and graphic design firms require a mix of windows and mac computers to accomplish their day to day activities such as developing and testing on different platforms, browsers etc.

These days everyone has a smart phone, as well as a computer at work, and another at home. One of the biggest difficulties can be moving data and files between all the devices we use on a daily basis. But there are better ways to keep in sync than to manually transfer notes from one to another.

Certainly not specific to creative agency workflow management, but something that we all struggle with on a daily basis. Passwords.

Did the sight of that word make you flinch?

Using good passwords is like getting regular exercise. We know we're supposed to do it, but it's hard to get excited about it. But good passwords are also like a good roof on your house. You're better protected from the harsher 'elements' outside. (In this case, you're better protected from bad guys who want to hack your email or even your bank account).

We all know we're supposed to have hard-to-guess passwords.

 Here's a simple way to make a hard-to-guess password that is easy to remember.

Yesterday was another big day for Apple and Steve Jobs. They unveiled the second generation of the Ipad; thinner, lighter and faster. If you don't already have one, you may be considering buying it, right? The creative industry is a space defined by early technology adopters with thousands of creative directors and senior managers who love new gadgets including the Ipad 2.