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We would like to congratulate Q College for their recent name change! Q College (formerly VSBT) announced today that it has changed its name to include the word 'College'. This is a big step.

I am struck by the number of times the subject of how and where to spend a marketing budget comes up and the company's website doesn't even factor into the conversation. In the last ten years alone, the Yellow Pages phone and business directory has shrunk to less than half of what it was in 2002 (source: http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Victoria+phonebook+shrinks+half…) and Google searches have risen year after year as shown in the following data.

Google Searches over a ten year period:

1999 (September) -> 3 million a day (Google official history)

The Vancouver Island Outdoor Adventure Expo is coming April 1st, 2nd and 3rd and Deck Fifty Design is hard at work redeveloping their new website. Currently, www.vancouverislandoutdoorexpo.com is built using Wordpress, but with the limitations of the WordPress platform, our client felt it was time to upgrade to a CMS that would better meet their needs.

Statistics tell us that about 80% of Canadians use a mobile phone, with roughly one quarter of them being smart phones (iPhone, Android, Blackberry etc). Every day, more and more people are accessing the web on their mobile device while on the go. When you consider that mobile plans run their course on 3 year cycles, with options to renew/upgrade sooner, my prediction is that within the next three years you will see a large increase in mobile browsing rates using smart phones such as the iPhone. The question isn't to mobile or not to mobile?

It's Wednesday and the Deck Fifty Design office is a-buzz with the sounds of fingers tapping on keyboards and frenzied mouse clicks. Launch days are like that. Lots of last minute dotting of i's and crossing of t's.

We're thrilled to announce the launch of the newly redesigned Redbird Communications site.

Our story isn't unique, but it is one of success, big and small alike, won through hard work, determination, know how and the pursuit of excellence.

In my last post I outlined some of the benefits of Safari in your day to day browsing. Today I'm going to highlight a lesser-known feature of Safari that might just be the first step in considering Safari for web development as well.

I'm not sure about the general public but for some reason after my somewhat recent upgrade to OSX Snow Leopard - Flash on Firefox just isn't working. In my usual browsing, my Firefox app hangs probably 2-3 times per day, on average. This is all due to Flash elements loading in the page. I've tirelessly searched online for answers, only to find endless threads commending Snow Leopard on being leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessors in terms of speed and reliability. Unfortunately this has not been my experience.

Luckily, I've found a solution. Maybe not one you would expect..