We’re back in the swing of things after a brief jaunt away to South America. We’ve also upgraded our working conditions! They’re not as peaceful and serene as an ocean view but they’re ergonomically sounds and have been infused with LED lights to add to the coolness factor which we’re 50% sure might get old after a few weeks. Why did we opt for standing desks? Well we’ve always been keen on healthy living and atypical positive working conditions but in this case we’re also motivated by legitimate science rather than purely non-rational emotional reasons for our choices (we promise our design work is also based on rational reasoning, not spontaneous emotion!) A New York Times Magazine tracked approximately 123,000 Americans and discovered that the death rate for those who spent six+ hours a day sitting was 20% higher than for those who sat for less than three hours a day. […]
Design; Being Good, not Just Looking Good
Without a doubt web design is one of the most flexible art forms out there. From the first ‘<‘ in an a series of HTML, CSS, or PHP you literally have the ability to turn lines of code into objects of beauty. Sure there are rules than need to be followed; common sense, W3C requirements, best practices and standard setups but realistically you can do a lot when it comes to taking an idea in your head onto the web. An artist is only limited by his ingenuity and with a computer as your palette and the internet as an infinite resource you have a lot of breathing room. So where is the connection between design and business? A designer can create a beautiful website, but unlike an actual piece of art, websites are often appreciated for the function and developmental aspects as well as their design. The most loved […]
talonX Web Team in Transit
Hey all, you may have noticed that the talonX team has been traveling a lot (mainly regarding ongoing projects in the United States). This is just a heads up that our team will be away for an entire eight days from August 4th to August 12th south of the border. We’ll still be in contact via email in the evening (MST) and should be be able to handle critical issues within a 24 hour period. We do our best to offer the highest in customer service so we’d like to pre-warn everyone that we may be a little delayed in responding in the upcoming days. We appreciate your business and if you have anything last minute requirements make sure you send them over now so we can handle them for you!
The Truth About Web Design
In the digital age everyone knows something about making a website. From one page website builders to complex layers of PHP, Ajax & jQuery and everything between, most people have fiddled with making something that is eventually plonked down somewhere on the world wide web. These days you don’t need a university degree, you barely even need knowledge of coding or even color coordination for that matter as there’s a growing number of platforms that take care of that for you. This being the case, where does the lonely and oh-so-talented web designer find himself (or herself) in this world where digital knowledge is coming to the people and the power balance is shifting from specialization to everyone-ization? People in positions of power or in possession of certain levels expertise sometimes tend to fear the spread of knowledge, the growth of others who may, at some point, come to compete […]
Our First Approved Review
Despite months of our much appreciated clients attempting to write Google reviews, there seemed to be constant kinks in the process for one reason or another… UNTIL NOW We’re pleased to announce our first (hopefully of many) approved Google+ reviews (discontinued in 2019), now only Google Reviews are available. Now that the reviews seem to be getting through, we would be overjoyed if some of our readers would take 3 – 5 minutes to write about how much they adore (or abhor) our services on our Google My Business page.
Web Services 2.0
Heads up! talonX has restyled some of it’s key webpages to detail our service offerings more clearly! Don’t worry, nothing serious has changed, but we decided we’d let everyone know some of the finer details as we evolve to meet new demands and overcome new challenges. First Announcement: We Love WordPress Yup, it’s official, we love WordPress and we’re going to focus on this specific content management system as a building platform for the majority of our sites. We’re still integrating e-commerce and some customized PHP but we’re focusing on weaving together the finer points of HTML5 and CSS3 and combining them with jQuery to build some lovely new projects. What does this mean for you? Well for one, faster turnaround times, and two; a whole lot of extra functionality on the dashboard for when you’re suing the site on your own! Announcement Numeral Dos We’ve upgrade our search engine […]
Behind the Scenes of Web Design
This is what we look like when we’re designing your websites and animations! … Well not really, it’s a lot less flashy but we swear it’s twice as hard! Seriously though; excellent video on true mastery over a skill.