It takes a combination of hardware, comfort (Aeron chair, cough), and inspiration to get you working productively.

When starting a company, most unless you are funded by a Venture Capital (VC), you will have a limited budget. So, its whatever you have at hand to make things work for you. A few years down the line, and you’ll wonder how you got work done in an uncomfortable, noisy, corner of a room. I certainly do!

I’m a big fan of Lifehacker when it comes to tips, getting things done’, and working methods that are worth trying out, even if you don’t carry on using them. Some work for you, depending on how you work, what you work on, and what you are producing.

A few simple ideas can go far in boosting your business productivity.

Picture in your mind. Creative designers desk vs. Backend Java ‘Junkie’. The creative usually has a zen type setup with everything in its place, and the backend developer, sometimes hard to spot the keyboard amongst all the starbucks cups.

Working with 2 screens you are meant to work 25% more effectively. However, I’m not sure as it would just encourage me to have Twitter visible in a window, which would make things 25% less productive!

Check out this guys setup, not sure whether it is his home office, but it gives you an idea of what you can achieve.

There’s plenty more photos of peoples creative spaces at Nerdbusiness.

Barcamp Brighton 3. We are helping to pay for the staffing for this event which is being held at Brighton University.

‘BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats”, Wikipedia.

The event is free, with the only condition is that everyone should have a presentation to show. This way the information exchange and conversations resulting from each presentation can be maximised on.

You never quite know what will be presented or discussed at each event, that is the beauty of it. A really good networking event to meet new colleagues and possible clients.

Add yourself to the Barcamp Wiki if you want to attend, the weekend of 6th – 7th September 2008.

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The second event we are sponsoring is Singularity 2008. This is a completely new event organised by local Brightonian Aral Balkan.

Singularity is a web conference with all of the traditional elements. They’ve a wonderful lineup of speakers, presentations, question and answer sections, and networking opportunities.

The twist is that the conference takes place everywhere — all over the world — and using the Internet to tie it all together.

Being environmentally friendly web conference is something that definately appeals to us: saving on thousands of flights and the resulting carbon emissions by having speakers and attendees interact with the conference locally over the web.

We look forward to participating, on October 24-26th 2008. Put it in your diary and see how the event unfolds online!

Although we don’t tend to use too many bags in our web design and development services, we feel that by highlighting this cause we can help other people think about the environmental consequences of using the bags.

Learn more at www.plasticbagfreebrighton.co.uk

The site gives details of suppliers of plastic bag alternatives, as information becomes available (wholesale and retail) and facts and figures about the detrimental effects plastic bags are having on the environment.

On the site is a excellent video named ‘The amazing adventures of a plastic bag’ – a short film written, shot and edited by the children of Balfour Junior School, Brighton. Looking at the pollution in our city.

Together we can make Brighton and Hove the first plastic bag free city!