ThirdSide Inc.

Web Design & Graphic Design - Champaign, IL / Portland, OR

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How Much Does Design Influence Your Everyday Decisions?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Humans are bombarded everyday by a vast array of choices they must make. Which way should I drive to work? What brand of pasta sauce should I get? What outfit should I wear? These are often routine choices that we barely even think about, but something must have influenced those decisions the first time around. […]

Once You Pop, Can You Stop? The Facts about Pop-Ups

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Reading Time: 5 minutes I love building websites. It’s kind of my way of molding at least part of the internet to match my personal preferences as a user. But every so often I get a request from a client that directly conflicts with how I like to enjoy my time on the internet. In those cases, I will […]

The Importance of Website Management

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Reading Time: 3 minutes In most cases a website is not something that you can simply add to the world wide web and let sit there unattended. For it to be effective in serving whatever purpose you had for adding it to the internet in the first place you will need to monitor it, fix any issues that might […]

What Does A Successful Website Look Like in 2019?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Marketing strategies are always changing. This is mostly because people don’t like being advertised to, so companies have to constantly try new marketing ideas to be successful. A website is no different. Left unchanged, even the best websites from 10 years ago fail to serve their function to their full potential. In 2019, successful websites […]

Gmail is Still Growing

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, and unless you happen to lurk in the tech corners of the internet you may have missed it altogether. But it’s very possible your email address had a birthday this week. Fifteen years ago, on April 1, 2004, Gmail was born and has quickly become the top choice for email. […]