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  • uHear 2.0

    We didn’t just want to give a facelift to the previous version of the app: in addition to some really cool new features, we wanted the entire user experience to be more modern and engaging.

  • Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) – What you need to know

    What is it? At one point or another everyone has opened up their inbox and has found unwanted emails. Sometimes called junk email or unsolicited bulk email (UBE), the Canadian government is implementing a new law, Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), to crack down on unwanted emails and texts. This law will have a major impact…

  • WordPress and Web Accessibility

    The YYZ is a Nice Place to Be It’s fair to say that the city of Toronto is reasonably accessible. You can access any major retailer, access restaurants, major sporting events, concerts, and most other public places. Wheel-Trans can even get you there for the same price as the regular TTC cash fare. I must…

  • Creating a Brand Online: Choosing a Domain Name

    Trying to understand how your small business can become online friendly? Our “Creating a Brand Online” series is designed to provide straightforward advice for your small business as you create your online brand. Many companies and individuals serious about their brand decide to register a domain name – typically in the form of “yourname.com”. This domain name can…

  • Social Media and Online Marketing Trends for 2012

    It seems that social networks and the Internet in general have been playing an increasingly important role in our lives. While the online world hasn’t completely displaced our real-world connections, we certainly rely on it as a way to socialize, follow news and events, shop, find information, and otherwise live digitally. As we said in…

  • Web Design & Development Trends of 2012

    As web designers and developers, we trust our core design sensibility to create websites around principles of taste and usability. But we also love seeing new ideas and new current website trends. In this post, we’ll run down some of the web design and development trends we found captivating in 2012. 1. Single-Page Websites Navigating…

  • Building an Internet that Includes Everyone: Accessibility Camp Toronto

    Over the weekend the Kobayashi Online team had the pleasure of attending and sponsoring the second annual Accessibility Camp Toronto. Held on November 17, 2012 at OCAD University, this “un-conference” gathered accessibility experts and those hoping to make websites and applications that everyone can use. The basic goal of accessible web design is to create online content that’s more…

  • Prepare for WordCamp Toronto with Our Guide

    Planning on coming to WordCamp Toronto? A great attitude and a willingness to learn will go a long way. But there are also some other things to bring that will make your time more enjoyable. To find out how to be prepared by reading our guest blog post on the WordCamp Toronto website.

  • Bad Design Sometimes Hits the Mark, But That’s No Excuse

    Sometimes bad design can be good. Ahem, sorry, let’s try this again: Bad design can meet the client’s objectives. But even though bad design sometimes hits the mark, we think there’s no excuse for bad design. And furthermore, you can incorporate whatever trickery that make horrible designs work into something that’s truly elegant and beautiful.…

  • Automated Twitter Updates for WordPress: 5 Steps to Make Great Tweets with WP to Twitter

    When you publish new content to your blog, don’t wait for people to just stumble on it – tell your followers on Twitter and other social media channels about it! If you don’t have a lot of time, there are some great ways to automatically send out a Tweet the instant you publish a new…

  • 5 Ways to Apply Strategy to Your Online Content

    “Content is king,” is an old adage that remains true in the Internet age, an age which has more or less become defined by the proliferation of content. But not all content is created equal. This is where content strategy comes into play. Content strategy helps provide a purpose to an organization’s website, blog posts,…

  • Feeding the Viral Loop: 9 Ways To Make Content More Sharable

    Having people share your content is vital to increasing its reach and popularity because it helps introduce new people to your content. Like many of the things we learned in kindergarten, however, sharing is an essential skill, and one that adults often neglect. Because sharing is also central to the spread of online content like…

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