Hey folks, for those of you who don’t know I’m actually heading off traveling for 3 months. In fact, I’ve already started and forgot to let you know!

As much as I’ll try, it’s going to be difficult to ensure regular, decent computer access whilst backpacking through Indonesia, Australia and Japan so you may not hear much on Redswish regularly, or even at all, until I get back in October.

I will however be putting some focus into a travel blog, which really stretches me thin enough as it is. If you fancy checking it out, it’s not quite finished but I’ll be building it up as and when I can at thereandbackagain.nathanbeck.co.uk.

But I promise when I get back it’s a big step forwards for Redswish. There will be a redesign, possibly a slight rebrand a definite and solid change in direction. We’ll still chat about web and graphic design but also lots more. As I’m learning – there’s a hell of a lot more to being a great designer online than just a knowledge of HTML, CSS and a copy of Photoshop.

I want everyone to be a part of exploring and sharing that.

So, one last musing for you before I log off and get the backpack on. I was sat in McDonalds before (I know – visit a far off foreign country and eat at McDonalds… leave me alone!) and I wondered why they charge less for people eating out than inside. I used to think it was to save seats, which may apply at peak times. But no, it’s defnitely more than that, and so simple.

Persuading people to eat outside rather than in by charging a slightly lower price ensures more people with McDonalds on the street. Which means tens or hundreds of walking advertisements sporting the big yellow M on paper bags all over the place.

It’s quite possibly one of the most affordable and influential forms of advertising I’ve discovered. I can’t believe it took me so long to realise!