Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s opening day at Curtis Orchard, and they have a shiny new website to match! Just about everyone in our community knows about Curtis Orchard. Their family-owned farm is the quintessential destination every fall, for apple picking, pony rides and games for the kids, and some of the best-tasting cider and donuts around. Jason and […]
Web Development
Why Your Website Is More Like Your House
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you have heard ThirdSide’s local radio ad you are familiar with the tagline, “Your website is your front door.” It’s a catchy phrase—one we’ve become known for. Your website IS the first thing your customers and clients see, but what happens if we take that analogy a few steps further? What if we compare […]
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 […]
How Custom is Too Custom? Making the Smart Choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes For as long as content management systems have existed, there has been this ongoing question of what kind to use. As soon as there was more than one CMS, there was debate about which one was better. These days, there are dozens of choices at your disposal, most of which can be broken down into […]
Plays, Efficiency, and Websites
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I was in high school I attended a local production of the play Cheaper by the Dozen. I was there to support my younger brother, who played the oldest of twelve children, but I was immediately captivated by the story of the parents—true-life efficiency experts Frank and Lillian Gilbreth—and their household “laboratory.” While I […]
Feeling Insecure?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every once in a while, we get a potential client who’s a little surprised when we say that we build websites exclusively in WordPress. “But, is it secure?” they’ll ask, and they’re right to do so. Over the years, there have been a couple of high-profile instances where WordPress security has been compromised. However, it […]
