Web Sites, Philadelphia, and the Ruminations of a Small Business Owner

The president of Brio Solutions comments on Web Design in Philadelphia, business, technology, and the world in general.

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To Flash Or Not To Flash
Just a warning, this blog is a tiny bit technical.  If this stuff makes your ears bleed, then stop reading.  Otherwise, enjoy... Whenever we are designing a website, the question about Flash ALWAYS comes up.  For those that don't know, Flash is an application currently owned by Adobe.  Flash makes it very easy to animate text and pictures on the web.  Normal browsers can't understand flash files....read more

Why you may want to lease your web site
We had a big week at Brio this week.  We finally picked up briosolutions.com!  I have wanted the .com domain for years.  I am undecided whether the “.com” STILL has a leg up on the other extensions, and I really have grown to love my “.NET” domain, but it is no doubt better to have both. We also launched a new product line, Brio ONE Site.  ONE Site is a hosted solution with tons of features.  So....read more

Startups are such sweet sorrow
In Philadelphia, and in every other place in the world, one of the first things a new business needs is Web Design.  As a result, Brio ends up working with a lot of startups.  This is probably one of the most exciting AND scariest parts of our business.  The scary part should be fairly obvious…startups don’t have money (typically anyway).  You may be thinking that the exciting part is pretty ....read more

The Art of Logic – a tug of war between designers and developers
In the web/software industry, there is an inherent conflict between designers and developers. A designer, who is responsible for the way the site looks, and the user’s experience, is the creative force, the artist, the right brain, and wants to add every shadow, rounded corner, floating image, and (insert any other special effect here) that contributes to the user’s experience on the site. The ....read more

My First Blog
Hello World, My name is David Rose.  I am a small business owner(www.briosolutions.net) who is married with a kid and lives in Philadelphia.  Some may find it hard to believe, but this is my first blog entry EVER.  That is hard to believe because “A”, I love to talk and “B”, I live and breathe technology….but nevertheless, blogging has yet to become one of my communication channels until today. ....read more