Entries from September 2007

Staying Small

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

When Tridea was first started, we made an agreement that for a least a while, we would keep Tridea small. Of course down the road, if business grows tremendously, an we start expanding our horizons with the work we do, we will need to address expanding the team. But so far, staying small has worked [...]

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Working with Intellectual Property

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Say “intellectual property” to a designer, and you’ll likely either be met with a eye-roll or a questioning look.
Why is this? As designers, it’s an integral part of our job. The issues of fair use, copyrights, and intellectual property apply to the works we admire, the source material we use, and indeed, our own projects.
Because [...]

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Accessible Flash Found…

September 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

…Ok, not really.
I DID however come across a really great Flash based site that illustrates the difficulty of hearing impairment beautifully.
In short, it’s an exercise aimed at showing someone with good hearing what it is like to have hearing impairment and the daily challenges they face. The funny thing is, as much as I praise [...]

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Budgeting For Web Design

September 12th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s almost normal that every so often we have a [potential] client that approaches Tridea not knowing how much they should invest in a new website. Even, worse, when we give a range for our prices for particular projects, it is sometimes looked at as way too much. What businesses need to understand, is that [...]

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The Benefits of Blogging

September 9th, 2007 · No Comments

These days, you see a lot of different companies starting blogs for themselves. With the ubiquity of the web now, blogging can be very beneficial for any company that wishes to use the web to get the word out about their company and what they do. Having a blog is best way to reach the [...]

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