We’ve built a new SmallBiz site for Jeff’s Bikes, just down the road from us.

The TRC hearing transcripts provide an example of why it’s an excellent idea to set standards before you start work, and stick to them.

It may seem that we just picked a name that sounded a bit fancier than ‘web designers’ or ‘web developers’. Well, kind of. There are a lot of designers and developers out there, so it’s smart to choose a name that sets us apart a bit. But we chose the word ‘solutions’ for very good […]

We held our Black Square end-of-year party a little early this year, as we were afraid if we left it too late the youngest member of our team might make an early appearance. Our supremely capable office manager, Clare, has now gone on maternity leave, and we all eagerly await the arrival of Leila Marais […]

This is a post for designers – it’s a primer on what you need to know when you start designing an email invitation or newsletter, looking at the differences between designing for print & email, and a case study to show how an email design gets put together.

We developed the African Micro Mills site in 2009. The business has undergone a restructure so we’ve shifted the focus on the site to show their updated offering. Visit the African Micro Mills website.

SEO is vitally important when it comes to building a website. Google drives a lot of traffic through the internet, so it’s important that a website gets found on Google. But that’s only half the picture…

We’re developing an new CMS editor that sorts this out, allowing you to overwrite the width & height values in the YouTube embed code.

We’re developing a great new site for a client. The design and code are working really well (as always…), but on this project, the copy has really shone through, both in terms of providing users good information, and providing good keywords & structure for search optimisation.

We’ve been looking around the web for Usability Testing software. In South Africa, most web development companies just plain don’t do usability testing – which would be fine except that most web development companies in South Africa aren’t that clued up about basic usability and user-centred design practices either. We’re also guilty – at best […]