WordPress T-Shirts

Matt (Indigo’s new lead web developer) and I have been working hard with the great guys over at Automattic, to produce a fully bespoke e-commerce website, hosted on Indigo’s servers, to sell WordPress apparel and merchandise. San Francisco based, Automattic are the creators of the open-source WordPress blogging platform (available for free), one of the … Read more

Vic and the Old Vic

The Old Vic near Waterloo station in London is one of the cities most famous theatres: The theatre was founded in 1818 by the actor William Barrymore as the Royal Coburg Theatre. In 1833 it was renamed the Royal Victorian Theatre after the heir to the throne Princess Victoria. In 1880, under the ownership of … Read more

You don’t come to London for the weather…

…so said an Aussie music fan called Matt Attlee at his web developer job interview. We practically hired him on the spot – clearly an astute observer of the Met Office reports and ex-pat clichés. We welcome Matt to the team, who is busy coding a t-shirt store for a high profile client, who we … Read more

The Future of Web Apps: Expo

Indigo are supporting the latest Future of Web Apps: Expo (London, ExCel 3rd to 5th October 2007), providing printed lanyards for visitors. It is a great conference, Indigo attended in 2006 and it is an opportunity to see the latest and greatest from the web2.0 era talk about the business models and codebases that will … Read more

Is Green the New Black?

‘Is Green the New Black?‘ is a week of events and activities (Monday 30 April – Friday 4 May 2007) run by the London College of Fashion, “with exciting guests to help unravel some of the most complex issues that face the fashion industry today.” Laura Bailey is one of the faces of the campaign … Read more

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I have been meaning to write this post for sometime, but it was not until Gerard Butler’s face, fixed in battle cry as Leonidas, whizzed by me on the side of a 337 red London bus last night, did I remember that I had yet to do so: A few weeks ago Jeremy and I … Read more

Been busy with flowers

Sorry for the lack of posting this week but those of us in the office with IT skills have been busy putting a website together for one of our clients, Michelle from Stems Florist in Marlow (and Twickenham). The e-commerce side is not up and running yet as Worldpay need to get their ‘A-into-G‘ and … Read more

Modec – Green Vehicles

Indigo is proud to supply Modec with smart, embroidered polo shirts for their staff uniform. Modec are an amazing company as they make cool looking, environmentally friendly vans, and with a top speed of 50mph, these are certainly no milk floats! Their website states: The Modec range is possibly the greatest leap forward in commercial … Read more

We like thank you letters

This came through today. Makes us feel kind of warm and fuzzy: Hi Victoria and Eleni, Just a belated thank you for getting the rugby shirts done on time and delivered early, which was a huge relief to all of us! All the choir members were delighted with the fit and good quality of the … Read more

Innocent Hats

Every winter, Innocent, one of Indigo’s clients, raise money for charities that help elderly people stay warm during the winter by having a ‘Supergran’ knitting contest. They knit lots of little woolly hats and stick them on their smoothie bottles. For each behatted bottle sold, 50p is donated to their chosen charity Age Concern. Their … Read more