Headspace Halifax Website Design

3 Things clients fear about design companies

Posted on April 01st, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business 1 Comments

In many ways, I don’t envy client who hire design firms.

Imagine you need to buy a couch. You walk into the furniture store, and the sales rep tells you he has the perfect couch for you. Only, here’s the thing, you can’t see it until you buy it.…Read More

What it truly means to build with web standards

Posted on March 18th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business, Development 0 Comments

Many of the web projects that we bid for specify in their RFP that the vendor must build with web standards as specified by the W3C. However, in the past, some of our clients have wondered why sites we produce do not always validate, and some clients have even been…Read More

Why we no longer support Internet Explorer 6

Posted on March 11th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Headspace News, Business 6 Comments

Here at Headspace, we have been asked why certain websites do not appear as nicely as they do int IE7 and up, Firefox, or Safari. Here’s why; Since last year, we have been early adopters of the opinion that IE6 should not be supported any longer.

IE6 is a 9…Read More

6 web applications that are essential for our business

Posted on January 17th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business 2 Comments

For many web professionals, there are as many web-based applications and resources in one’s toolkit as there is traditional desktop software. I thought it might be helpful to share some of my favorite web-based resources with you. Keep in mind I’m not saying that any of these are definitely the…Read More

99designs: Hacks and Cheapskates unite!

Posted on December 24th, 2009 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business 15 Comments

So recently, a rather bold individual walked into our offices and proclaimed how 99designs has made our jobs obsolete, and now any company can get top-quality designs at bargain basement pricing. How true is his claim?

For those who don’t know, 99designs works this way:

• You the client have…Read More

From Cabot Trail Hospitality to Federal Glitz - Tour d’ Tourism!

Posted on November 05th, 2009 | By Kevin Springer Filed under Headspace News, Business 4 Comments

Within one week, I attended two tourism events, which were extremely informative, inspiring and exceeded my expectations.

Last week, I traveled to the pristine Inverary Resort in beautiful Beddeck (October 28th and 29th) to attended the 5th Annual Tourism Solutions for the Cabot Trail Conference. This terrific…Read More

ExpressionEngine Client Guide

Posted on September 06th, 2009 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business 33 Comments

As many of you know, we over at Headspace are big fans of ExpressionEngine. Whenever we train our clients on how to use their CMS, we also provide a printed and digital PDF which acts as a quick reference guide. This is great for when clients are trying to remember…Read More