Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Website Design Video

In this very cool video we display some of our work. The music is by Geoff Byrd and the name of the song is Elusive Butterfly. Enjoy and be sure to click the video to see it's full width!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Runaway Prius hits 90 mph before stopping with aid of CHP - latimes.com

I read an article today on LA Times website Runaway Prius hits 90 mph before stopping with aid of CHP - latimes.com about another Toyota car having its accelorator stuck. Toyota reported that they did not know at the time they were questioned if this guy brought his car in for the recall service, as the Prius was part of the recall.

Apparently there were 56 fatalities stemming from this malfuntion since 2004. Ironic that we are only starting to hear of this issue only now in mainstream media. I appreciate that Toyota has admitted their error in letting the issue drag on far too long before starting the recalls. But that is a big error.

This reminds me that technology is subject to wear and tear and malfunction. Recently I had a client who I have had on my server for several years. I developed their website. They emailed to inform me that one of the features of the website was not working. I spent about 15 minutes investigating what may have gone wrong and if I could fix the issue within a short time frame. I realized that the best course of action would be to rebuild that feature as it could not be easily fixed. I mentioned that this was a billable issue and my client was quite annoyed with having to pay to have this fixed, years after the site was built.

I used the analogy of a normal car part needing to be fixed or replaced because of wear and tear. I asked my client if they would be willing to pay for this or would want this fixed for free.

Websites are conditioned to wear and tear. Database structures are subject to constant activity. This activity, from uploading and deleting, for example, causes for a better use of the term: wear and tear. It is subject to eventual possible malfunction.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Photoshop Tutorial - How to Use the Slicing Tool

In this Photoshop video tutorial the slice tool is examined on a website design.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Apple Computer Found Child Labor

I read an article this morning and posted that on my twitter account about how Apple Computer found that three of its suppliers used children in its labor force. Of course, Apple released a statement that they are not happy with these suppliers, for good reason.

I understand the need for companies to use global suppliers. I also understand the difficulty that corporations have in ensuring that their suppliers adhere to their statements of conduct when outsourcing. I guess the question becomes, how do corporations ensure that they only use suppliers that follow the law. The suppliers in questions had regulations that only allowed for those who are 16 and above to be employed by them, but there were 15 year olds working in their facilities.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Website Design Article on Docstoc

In the following article, as posted on Docstoc, we look at the essential need of customer service in business. The original website design article here.


Website Design

Friday, February 12, 2010

In my profile over at Propeller, I comment on my own blog on Google Superbowl Commercial. I still really love this video!

Photoshop Website Design Tutorial

Thursday, February 11, 2010

I wrote about Google's superbowl comercial on my website design company blog. Some of the things that I ponder about include the advancement of technology in such a rapid progression. Only twenty years ago the Internet was no where near mainstream - that would come some 8 years later. We only were beginning to see bank machine cards in Canada and Internet banking was not available - because there was no Internet for the mainstream!

Read it here - Google's Superbowl Commercial

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Website Design Ontario Twitter background

So, after trying to fiddle with Website Onatrio Twitter account's background, I decided upon this background for my Twitter account.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

website-design-portfolio

Website Design portfolio sample background - I was looking to create a background for my website design Twitter account and came up with this idea for a tile background. I did not end up keeping that background, as it looked too busy, but here is the website design background!

Monday, February 1, 2010

Website Marketing Tool

In this article, Your Website is Your Marketing Tool, we examine the view of business websites as a tool for bringing new customers to the company door.So many people think that they ought to not invest in their website because of uncertain times, but it is so important to reach those consumers who want to research before they purchase products or services.

This is why a company's website is so important.