We’re approaching the end of the year and your calendar is most likely running out of pages! oOnce again we are very proud to sponsor vrse design’s Calendar for HOPE

One of two things are happening when a blog goes quiet for an extended period of time: either you’ve run out of things to do and talk about, or you’ve been run off your feet with so much work. Happily for us it’s been the latter.

One of the hurdles we face in the web/interactive world is communicating the language we use for terms and the process for the work we do. A main reason for this is that we work with a number of people outside the industry, and the ‘speak’ isn’t overly natural or intuitive at first.

If a plan doesn’t cut it, take a different tack and try again. Work until you get something that moves the needle or cut your losses and move on. Above all, don’t keep holding on to things that aren’t working

We’re pretty excited to be sponsors and attendees of this year’s Pica 2011 Beyond: the un-convention taking place in Banff in early May. The event describes itself as “a graphic design conference that openly eschews the ordinary and any other euphemism for business as usual.”

The truth is that simplicity is hard. It takes a lot of effort to take a rough, loose idea and shape it into a tight, bulletproof thought. People love to add, not take away. We feel empowered when we contribute, not when when we pare down.

The ability to do everything doesn’t mean you’ll do everything well. To do something great online, you need to be smart. You need to know what’s right for you, you have to decide, and then you have to go and do it.

Says Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German playwright, poet and novelist) of growth: ‘He who moves not forward, goes backward.’ In 2010, we did our best to operate by this simple principle, making certain that what we pursued was intentional, meaningful and focused on moving forward. So, to be ranked in the #6 spot on Alberta Venture’s 2010 Fast Growth 50 list was an extremely gratifying way to tie up ...

The decade is drawing to a close, and it’s quite something to look back see how we’ve grown and the great projects we’ve been a part of.

When developing strategy for communicating our ideas to people, we sometimes are trying to do the same thing. We are stuck on all of our particulars and it can bog us down.