Reading Time: 3 minutes I recently came across an article on Entrepreneur.com listing five ways to attract visitors to your website. As I was reading each item on the list I kept thinking that I had read these ideas before. Well, it turns out that I had. Previous ThirdSide blog posts have touched on each of the concepts presented […]
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Two-Factor Authentication is easy, free, and will save your digital life
Reading Time: 3 minutes Years ago I was a business-to-business sales rep for AT&T. As part of my job, I carried three pieces of equipment: a Blackberry, a laptop, and a keychain with a constantly changing LCD display. I quickly learned that this keychain was used for two-factor authentication. It was the key to accessing everything I needed on […]
Ten years ago today, your life changed.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The birth of the mobile web You may not have known it at the time or you may have been acutely aware of it. But on July 29, 2007 at 6:00PM, people were ushered into Apple Stores and AT&T Stores one at a time. At that moment the ubiquitous iPhone started to find its way into […]
Spotlight: Buzard Pipe Organ Builders
Reading Time: 2 minutes You may not be aware of it, but right here in Champaign we are fortunate to have something that many people think of as an old-world craft…a full service pipe organ building company. Housed in a simple four-story brick building near downtown Champaign, John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders has been building, installing, and maintaining pipe […]
Before & After: Palmer Arena
Reading Time: 2 minutes The folks at the David S. Palmer Arena in Danville knew that their website was ready for a facelift. They already had a really energetic logo, but there were a lot of little details that weren’t exactly what they wanted, particularly how the site displayed on mobile devices. A solid 70% of their site’s visitors […]
Spotlight: Dallas & Co.
Reading Time: 2 minutes What better opportunity to work a bit of digital magic than upgrading the website for local costume-and-magic shop Dallas & Co? When founder Andy Dallas passed the mantle to his son Rob and Rob’s wife Ashley about two years ago, they took the opportunity to try something new. The result? A bright, colorful new website […]