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Why this Enigin developer is replacing his iPhone!

Apple’s iPhone is by far the best phone ever created! It has the best user interface, the most intuitive features and is the best collection of technology that you have ever held in your hand.

It allows you to be always connected to your customers, friends and even people you don’t really know who want to send you ‘Crazy Pirate’ requests on Facebook. And here lies the problem, when you are always connected people expect you to be available 100% of the time and reply to their requests. This ASAP mentally can leave you feeling stressed and uneasy about your time off.

So here’s the experiment. This week sees the arrival of my new Nokia cell phone, it’s basic… really basic! No touchscreen, no MP3 player, no flashy email client, no apps, no web browser, i’ve even opted for a Pay-As-You-Go tariff. I intend to use this phone for the next month and keep my iPhone at home.

At the end of the month, if I really want my iPhone back then I can start a new contract… otherwise, I would have found peace in my new(old) communications device!

Enigin Development Update

Here at Enigin, the development team are busy working on a number of projects. Occasionally, we also accept client projects from select companies and my main focus over the next few weeks is to completely redesign the Energy Saving Association website with a new members area. They have had such a great response to the current ESA offering but have some fantastic ideas for the new launch.

They are aiming to evolve the members area into a community of energy saving professionals who can interact with each other via profile pages and a Questions & Answers system. It also gives them the opportunity to create a Public Profile of their energy saving business on the ESA website.

Other projects at the moment include development updates to the Knowledge Base (Which Calvin is doing a sterling job of keeping up to date!), Enigin Distributor Websites and, as always, a couple of top secret projects which will be revealed in due course.

Enigin Hello

Enigin Short: Use RocketBox for faster email searching

Just a quick tip from this Enigin developer. We’ve found some Mac software which makes searching in Apple Mail quicker and more powerful.

Check it out!

http://www.getrocketbox.com

Enigin Productivity Tip #3: Stop being productive and have some time off!

It’s impossible to spend all your time being 100% productivity. At some point you and your body will need time off to rest and do things which are not related to work. Most people (including myself up until a few months ago) get frustrated when they are not feeling productive and attempt to plough through anyway, often working to exhaustion.

I’m a complete workaholic and regularly work long hours on Enigin and personal projects because I choose to. I know that getting work done in my own time means that there’s not so much pressure on me during work hours in the office. It also allows me a little freedom in the jobs and projects that I work on during the day because people know that I get stuff done.

But overworking can’t be good for us, right? That’s probably true. I regularly forget this and am feeling a little run-down at the moment. So my mission for the next 7 days is not to work outside of office hours. Will I achieve it? Probably not… but it’s worth a shot for a week or so!

Enigin Knowledge Base Live!

You may have noticed that it’s been very quiet on Enigin Digital over the last week. Well, don’t despair! We have good reason!

Today Enigin launched The Knowledge Base! We’ve been working on it for the last few months and packed it full of vital information for our Enigin Distributors, including software downloads, manuals, videos, screencasts and articles. From now one, it’ll be the first port of call for Distributors needing help with Enigin products or services and it’s available 24 hours a day!

The Knowledge Base will continually evolve and develop based on feedback from our customers, everytime we receive a unique question via email then we’ll add the answer to the KB for the benefit of the community.

If you are an Enigin Distributor and have used the KB then please let us know what you think

Enigin Training: Hotel Review

Due to the snow in the Southwest of England today I’m stuck down in the Enigin hometown of St Austell in Cornwall. After listening to various news reports I decided it was too dangerous to attempt to travel the 45 mile commute home, so booked myself into our local Premier Inn. It’s the same Premier Inn hotel where our newly appointed Enigin Distributors stay during their training week with us.

So I thought i’d take the opportunity to provide a very short review of the hotel and surrounding facilities for the benefit of our potential business partners. Here goes!

The Premier Inn is located just over the road from the Enigin Southview office. From door to door it takes about 90 seconds to walk. The staff are very friendly and check-in took no more than 5 minutes.

My room was a good size and included a double bed plus an additional Sofa bed (Plenty of space to lounge around!)

There is a bar/restaurant next door to the Hotel which is where breakfast and dinner is acquired. It is frequently used by Enigin staff for lunches during the week. They serve great quality pub food and a full English/Continental breakfast. Yum!

Room facility Summary

• Tea and Coffee making facilities
• Digital TV
• Air Conditioning
• Internet Access (chargeable)
• Additional Sofa bed

If you are attending an Enigin training course in the future then this is the perfect place to stay. Very close to the Enigin office and a short taxi journey to local pubs and restaurants.

You can see a video tour of Enigin and surrounding facilities below: