The PEPPER smoothie website went live on Friday 16th May.

So what is PEPPER smoothie?...

Simply put, PEPPER smoothie is on demand web content management for business websites with zero upfront cost. Supplied via the Software-as-a-Service business model users simply pay a fixed monthly service fee to use our solution, built in Pepperio by Mediasurface (or should that be Alterian?), to manage their business website.

And what of the creative process talked about in previous posts?...

Let's just say that the website features juggling balls, spinning plates and a first for the sector (well, at least I've not seen one used elsewhere before), a Video MC - go take a look at http://www.peppersmoothie.com.

I'm off on the next stage of the creative process that is the making of our PEPPER smoothie web site. Not Paris this time but New York, as I said before, "Don't you just love the creative process?"

Quick plug here for Continental Airlines... do yourself a favour if you're ever flying from Edinburgh to NYC like I did yesterday and fly direct, no more having to fly via London (who needs T5 anyway?), Amsterdam or Paris.

Checked into the hotel mid afternoon, just check out that view from the bedroom, had a quick swin in the 27th floor pool then headed down to Dubé Juggling on Broadway - great shop. Don't worry, it will all become obvious when the new website goes live shortly.

It's now Wednesday morning and I'm heading out to John's Diner for breakfast before the short stroll over to Grand Central to catch the train north to Tarrytown where I'm hooking up again with Carlo Pelligrini over the Hudson in Nyack where we're going to be shooting video on Thursday.

Enough for just now, I'm getting hungry and John's Diner is supposed to be one of THE places to have breakfast in Manhattan. I'll post my review later.

Apparently it is fashionable for commentators to make predictions for the next year. So I thought I might try and predict what is in store for Mimtech.

1. In January we have new staff joining us (not a prediction, I have already hired them) so I expect there to be more going on in the office and having to make tea less often
2. We have some training lined up in different WCM platforms for most of the techie guys so I predict a lot more geek speak and jargon being bandied around
3. We will launch a new offering in January but I won't spoil the surprise just yet, we will be getting a lot of attention and new and exciting business in the New Year
4. I will be more tired (my wife is having our second child next week)
5. Obtree users will start to consider their investment a bit more carefully
6. Mimtech will land our first big implementation in New Zealand early next year, this is already at a fairly advanced stage in the sales process
7. Lots of new processes, as we grow this is inevitable if a bit dull
8. Less chatter about Web 2.0 and more real value add development work being done in general
9. More community activity in the WCM space we operate in
10. Software as a service replacing Web  2.0 as the buzz phrase of the moment
11. Uses have more control over the presentation layer
    
12. Celtic and Rangers striking a deal to become one club - Glasgow United. Or maybe an end to world poverty and conflict. Or Microsoft bringing out some bug free software. Or Apple releasing a product that doesn't start with i. Obese being the new size zero. I appear to have run out of sensible ideas.
    

Everyone at Mimtech is committed to reducing the environmental impact of providing our services by becoming a more efficient business. We're remote from the vast majority of our customers which results in lots of flights and time wasted stuck in transit.

Did you know that 1 person flying from London to New York = 1.87 tonnes of carbon emissions?

Where practical Mimtech embrace technology like WebEx to help reduce our carbon footprint by facilitating meetings online as an alternative to inefficient travel. This together with engaging, inspiring and empowering our staff and customers help us meet the challenge of how best to deal with some of the serious green issues facing us all.

Next time you want to see us why don't you request an online meeting with Mimtech via the registration/contact form at http://www.mimtech.com/contacts.asp?

If you've never experienced just how effective an online meeting can be take a look at the demo here. 

John, Doug and I are off to Cologne next week to the Red Dot partners' conference and a night at the ice hockey (Germany v. USA). Although we are looking forward to the inevitable social aspect of the trip (not to mention the beer) there is a serious side to our visit.

Following the Open Text road map presentation several of our clients have been asking us to find out more if we can. 

We have arranged to meet with the Obtree and RedDot technical teams in Cologne to talk about mim:switch, our wcm-to-wcm migration solution, and how they could support us and our clients and to see where we can offer added value to their clients.

If there are specific questions you would like us to raise then please do get in touch (simon.mone@mimtech.com  079 444 1 7000).

We will be posting an update on our return so, watch this space!