Reading Time: 2 minutes Why do you own and operate the business you do? Or, if you work for a company you don’t own, why do you work there? Aside from making money or earning a living, is there another purpose for your company (or the company for which you work)? In recent years “purpose-driven business” has been the […]
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What Does the New Year Hold For You?
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was originally published on December 28, 2017 and updated on December 27, 2018. We’re barreling full-tilt toward the end of another year, and while that might make most people pause and reflect on the year in the review, I’m already thinking about next year! This is the time of year that gives me […]
Accessibility: Where Semantics and Design Converge
Reading Time: 3 minutes I was reading something on Twitter a while ago. It started off as a kind of subtweet blasting some junky code written by a company who should know better. But the comment thread eventually evolved into a micro-conversation about design vs. semantics. The question was raised: why should code be able to style a paragraph […]
Giving Thanks by Giving Back
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thanksgiving has been a tradition in the United States since the Civil War when Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the fourth Thursday in November a national holiday for the purpose of giving thanks. ThirdSide Thursday always falls on…well…a Thursday. Because of this, once every 52 weeks or so, we’re blogging on Thanksgiving. This happy coincidence allows us […]
Spotlight: Rattle the Stars
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve written before about the importance of defining your message. There’s a big difference between utilizing a pithy marketing slogan and crafting an authentic story that truly represents you. We’ve recently had the distinct privilege of helping a local family tell a very important story through their organization, Rattle the Stars. Rattle the Stars came […]
Coffee and Conversation…Or Work?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The other day while my oldest daughter and I were sitting in one of our local Starbucks cafes she commented about how weird it was to see people working or studying at the tables. She went on to explain that she never saw people working in the cafes in Europe while she was there; instead […]
