Even for those of us who just read email newsletters on a regular basis can find the experience a less-than-ideal one due to hacked together templates unable to follow existing standards.

This is where the newly launched Email Standards Project comes in. The project’s goal is to work with both email client developers and web designers to improve support for these standards in email.

We’ve come a long way in standards support amongst web browsers, now it’s time to tackle email.

For those unfamiliar with Joost, it’s “the new way of watching TV”. You download Joost to your computer, and have instant access to tons of channels ranging from Comedy Central to National Geographic.

Just drop me a line mark [at] inertiawebdesign.com or leave a comment if you’d like an invite thrown your way.

Say what you want about us nerds, but it’s definitely clear we do get out of the house on occasion. The turnout was huge, especially taking into account the almost painfully perfect weather. After waiting in the Rush Line for over an hour, we entered the theatre to catch Gary Hustwit introduce his acclaimed film.

We both loved it of course, but I really feel it’s a movie almost anyone can enjoy. You don’t have to be a type nerd to get anything out of it. It’s beautifully shot with captivating music as well as being completely entertaining and enlightening.

The movie will continue screening throughout the summer, hopefully to be released on DVD sometime this fall. I definitely recommend those with no design background to check it out, you’ll be amazed by how passionate designers get over a typeface, it’s wild.

Earlier today we launched CampusLifts.ca, a rideshare website for Ontario university students. This project is especially important to us as we were working with our most demanding client ever, ourselves (too cheesy?).

We won’t go into too much detail about the project here, we’ll be getting into the nitty gritty over on the CampusLifts Blog.

The site acts as a meeting place between students looking for a lift throughout Ontario and those offering one. All too often we saw students wasting money or resources getting home from school. We wanted to create a simple online meeting place where they could come together to help each other out.

We’ve been hard at work over the past couple of months, but this is just the beginning. We have exciting plans for CampusLifts in the near future.

We will of course continue to grow Inertia Web Design through client work. We work with amazing people and have no intentions of slowing down. We have a couple neat projects on the way, so stay tuned for those.

In the meantime, check out CampusLifts. The site is only open to students and faculty of most post-secondary institutions in Ontario, the narrow audience makes it easier for you to help us spread the word!

No posts in December means we were swamped with work which is an absolutely fantastic position to be in. We are truly lucky to have worked with some of the greatest people we could ever imagine.

Developing ongoing relationships with you all has been an exciting experience and we look forward to fostering those relationships in 2007.

Talking business now, we have some very exciting projects approaching, both our own and continuing client work. As always, we will do our best to keep this blog updated regularly.

You don’t need to be an uber-nerd, in fact we prefer those who consider themselves average web users. We want to make this project as simple as possible to use. Nerds of course are welcome as well, you can help us from an advanced viewpoint.

I’m not sure how quite yet, but we will find a way to appropriately thank you for your time spent helping us out.

Thank you for contacting Motorola e-mail support, we appreciate your request.

Thank you very much for your considerations and interest in our products.

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I’m all for curteous customer service, but please know when to draw the line.

Entitled “Leadership for Women”, this workshop will focus on developing your success as a leader. Learn more about the workshop by checking out this .pdf file with more information. You can register online here.

We’ve been working alongside Kelly and Jill for the past few months and couldn’t be happier with our relationship. Definitely look into the workshop for yourself, and visit their websites often to keep updated. Move quickly, the workshop is in 3 days!

Its strongest asset however, has got to be behind the scenes. Working as half of Yamji’s development team is Theron Parlin, a great guy and an extremely hard worker. Being only an Alpha, the site is still under heavy development and is sure to get even better. Rounding out the team is James Carppe.

I highly recommend you register and take a look around, just try not to sit too close to the screen.

Links to help:

• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (US)
• Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
• American Breast Cancer Foundation
• rethink breast cancer