Giant Peach Blog

It’s all too easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of running a small business and over the past 5 months we haven’t had time to look up! So we decided to get out of the office for a day and review what we’re doing, how we’re doing it and if it’s the right thing we’re doing in the first place! read more…

Invented in 1838, stereoscopy is nothing new – the earliest 3D film know to have been shown publicly was “L’arrivée du train” filmed in 1903 by the Lumière brothers, the inventors of cinema. When it was released, audiences panicked because they thought the train was about to crash right into them! Filmmakers even used stereoscopy to produce 3D colour footage of the Queen’s coronation in 1952.

Despite initial excitement, however, 3D fell out of use because of the poor viewing conditions in most theatres and due to the complex equipment required to exhibit 3D movies. There have, of course, been occasional revivals with the likes of “Jaws 3D”, “Comin at Ya!” and “Friday the 13th – Part 3” but until recently the little cardboard specs just failed to inspire and the 3D effects used, simply as a means to an end. read more…

Congratulations to Claire and James on the birth of their baby boy Harry James Read. He is gorgeous – must get that from his dad!

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We all know how important it is for the USA to be number 1 on the international stage. Well, here’s something that being at the top of is not something to be proud of. read more…

So you’ve just launched a shiny new website, how do you know if its helping your business?

Web analytics are now so much more than just a tool for measuring website traffic. They can be used for business research or market research, they allow you to understand what’s working on your site, and what isn’t, allowing you to fine tune your website to make it even more effective. They can even help you to measure the results of traditional print advertising campaigns by showing how the traffic to your website changed after the launch of a new advertising campaign. read more…