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This August 15th marks the end of our fifth year in business.

What’s more exciting is that it begins our sixth year in business.

We could sit around and talk about what we’ve accomplished, where we’ve been, and how hard it was to get here (which we do all of the time), but it’s more fun to dream about the future.

This new year, the sixth year, is what will make us different. It will take us places we’ve never been, see projects we’ve never imagined being a part of, and will build us into the design staple we’re always striving for.

This advice is often given to those looking for inspiration for a complex problem.

So what happens when you go outside and get away from it all? When you really take initiative and break away for awhile?

You first start to slowly forget the daily grind of responsibilities and distractions. You don’t have to submit reports to 3 different supervisors and get administrative approval to do anything. You can take whatever trail you want, go in whatever direction you desire, and have complete freedom to be where you are.

How do I find a good web designer?

Hop on your favorite trusty search engine and look for web designers in your area. Look for developers though if you have a huge idea that needs mapped out and seems like a custom job.

Those that don't have it, want it. Those that do have it, love it.

Content Management Systems

Websites built on Content Management Systems are pretty much our standard build now. This puts the management of your website's content completely into your hands. You decide when to publish new stories, when to release new products, all with a couple of clicks.

Right around 5pm things start to change around here.

Our website's background images start changing to some beautiful sunsets and clouds.

It's a nice calming way to end the day.

One of the most important parts of running your own business is personally knowing your clients... especially in Kansas!

It's best to take the time to actually learn about your client's business, history, and lifestyle before you jump into a project with them. It will help you spend less time guessing what their wants and needs are, and it will give you an overall concept of the vision they have for the project. If not that, it will at least shine some light on the reason they have that vision.

Check out our owner Barrett over at Flavors.me/barrett

Happy Earth Day 2010!

As you can tell from the backgrounds of our site, we love photographing nature.

We hope you enjoy our photography in the backgrounds of this site. They display random images, and the types of photos displayed depends on what time of day it is.

We're also on flickr every so often, and will try to post more outdoor photography when we can. The nicer it gets outside, the easier it is for us to get out on a walk and take a couple hundred photos.

Here are a couple drawings pulled from our notebook. These are the initial concepts for some of our sites in production. It helps to draw these while learning about our clients wants and needs before getting too far digitally. Sketching soothes the soul too.

A lot of people want to know what goes on during the design process of a website, or any project really. So here's a window into our world.

There is often a generic time-line for every project, it differs between every project, but most often it looks like this:

- Initial meeting with the designer/developer to tell them about the vision for the project. Be specific with each other. At this point, the client communicates exactly what they are looking for or tells the designer that they have a blank canvas, and to be uber-creative.