So one of my new year’s resolutions is to be a little more active on facebook and twitter, so what better way to start than switch my facebook account to incorporate the new timeline! As an early adapter in nearly every facet of my life besides social media – it’s a little bit out of [...]

What’s in store for the coming year? We’re constantly asked by our clients to tell them about what’s new and on the cusp in the online world so here’s our list of the top 10 things we see impacting your online presence in 2012. 10. Continued focus on minimal design In 2012 designers will continue [...]

With the prevalence of tabbed browsing in all the main browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari) you’ve likely noticed those little icons that appear in the left corner of a tab. These icons are known by many names: shortcut icon, web icon, URL icon, bookmark icon or favicon (short for favourite icon) whatever you like [...]

In the 14th century Dante Alighieri wrote the epic poem Divine Comedy.  This allegory describes the journey of Dante through his own medieval concept of Hell, outlining what Christians refer to as the “Seven Deadly Sins” a list of vices and errs to inform the populous who where apt to stray from the path of [...]

Ok, it’s once again time for a refresher course on spotting dangerous emails in your inbox. We’re not talking about spam emails, the email from the brother of the prince of Ghana or a big sale on Windows 7 upgrades or emails telling you that you can work from home and make millions. Those emails [...]

* The conclusion to my summer project completed September 20th. After cutting out the shape of my desk, things were finally starting to take shape. Unfortunately a desk doesn’t work unless it’s standing off the ground and at this point I had no legs to accomplish this – so it was time for another trip [...]

We’ve all been there before, and it’s inevitable that people visiting your company have been there as well. We’re not talking about a trip to the ‘loo but rather the dreaded 404 error page. Surely in your web travels you’ve come across this odd page that looks nothing like the website you’re on. You check [...]

We often get asked questions about Domain Registry and find that it’s still a fairly big mystery to many of our clients. Here’s some of the frequent domain questions that we answer from time to time. What is a Domain? By definition:  do·main/dōˈmān/noun. An estate or territory held in legal possession by a person or [...]

For several years Quick Response (QR) Codes have been a curiosity of ours. These weird looking 2D barcodes are used in various forms of marketing to create a link between a smart phone and a website, text message or phone number. We never really took much interest in QR codes because they look so sterile [...]

Now that we’ve made our board selections and they’ve had time to acclimate to the workshop’s air pressure it’s time to plane the boards. Unfortunately my dad only has a 6″ jointer and many of our boards are up to 10″ wide. Instead of cutting these boards in half – which would have been a [...]