so now it’s done.
Unfortunately during one of my instalations, I ran into a problem where the delegate libraries for jpg, png, etc where not being picked up. ex:

The solution for this is to install Imagemagick by hand, ex:

and now you should be able to use the identify or the convert command successfully on your image files.

Everyone at Think Orange is thrilled and honored to appear in such awesome magazine.

Catch the full photo on Flickr.

Mechanical Pomodoro is an easy iPhone App developed by Think Orange that helps you implement the Pomodoro Technique (TM) for increasing productivity and improving your focus.

Some of you might be a little uneasy about going to a coworking space for privacy issues or noise but I can assure you, it was one of the best decisions I’ve took.

Moving was first of all, an economic decision, we save alot of money by renting two desks and we don’t have to worry about spending time paying electricity, water, internet, cleaning, taxes and other legal stuff related to the working space. If there’s a leak in a pipe or some other trouble we don’t lose time taking care of it.
We also have access to a bigger and nicer working environment which we couldn’t afford on our own.

Second of all, it’s a great opportunity to meet other professionals and companies, some of them similar to ours and others in completely different areas. This is big because it enables us to create… Wait for it… Synnergies.

“What kind of enterprise class bullshit are you shooting?” is what most of you are thinking right now but really, making connections and talking to people lets you take better understanding of your products and company. Tell them what you’re doing. What’s your passion. What can you teach them.

And by sharing knowledge with other professionals you’re learning more and showing off your skills in the process. That makes it more likely for you to be referenced if someone is looking for a person with your talent.
And if there’s other people with the same profession as you, that’s a good opportunity to learn from them or work together to reach a bigger client. You can virtually scale your company depending on the projects with your fellow coworkers.

More likely, a coworking space will have professionals with a variety of skills which you can offer to your customers, like for example: translation services or copywritting. So get to know who are the best and partner with them, once again, you can offer these based on the client and project.

It’s more productive than staying at home and you get a perspective of what’s going on very different from being isolated. There’s people you can talk about your products, experiment them and get insight from diferent professionals.

It’s like being able to stare at the forest instead of being focused on the tree all the time.

Most coworking spaces have very diffent working environments, culture and rules but also have a trying period which you can use to get to know the place. Use it to see if it’s the right one for you.

I did and I don’t regret it.

So tell me about your experiences. Do you prefer working at home? Have you tried a coworking space? Comment below and share.

Liberdade229 is one of those examples, located on Avenida de Liberdade (one very central avenue of Lisbon), it’s home of several outstanding startups and features some very good conditions to work.

COWORKLISBOA is another one, located on the LX Factory - a creative think-tank space – with dozens of amazing artistic companies, ateliers, design agencies and tech startups.
If the location isn’t good reason enough, the space has fantastic working environment and features several types of desks available to rent.

I’ve moved my company to this amazing space 6 months ago and it was one of the best decisions i’ve ever made.
I was very excited when asked to design the new website for COWORKLISBOA and I’m very proud of the end result. The site is online and I think it clearly states the mood and fantastic environment.

If you’re around Lisbon be sure to drop a visit.

I did a quick presentation explaining the concept of the SHiFT movement, the power of networking and also the challenges envolved on organizing such a conference.

The presentation is available on Slideshare:

The good news is there’s some great projects lined up for the next months, I can’t say much about it now (it’s my nature, sorry) but it’s going to be awesome.

In the mean time, SHiFT is gearing up for the 16th/17th of April and it’s going to be a fantastic event. As you can see from the schedule, lot’s of interesting talks, international speakers and lot’s of room for ideas, inspiration, networking and food for your brain. Don’t miss it, really.

At Think Orange we’re are preparing something special for all the early birds to take home. Let’s hope it’s ready on time.