We're very happy to announce that our web sites are now directly powered by wind energy.  CartaNova is built around sustainable principles - and we required web hosting to match.

After some searching we were excited to strike up a new business relationship with Canvas Dreams in Portland, Oregon.  Our new server(s) reside in a secure data center powered by Renewable Energy initiatives including the Biglow Canyon Wind Farm. [video]

You have a great business established or maybe you're just starting out and it's time to get noticed.  You need to market on the web, but you're lost in an almost unfathomable jungle of shady web design firms and 'SEO' companies?  [What is that SEO thing anyway?]

CartaNova offers you some of our own practiced tips in this beginner's guide to what works for ethical marketing online.

As a design business we're often asked how much a simple web site costs.

How much should a car cost?  A cup of coffee?  Like most things, the price of web design is determined by value.  Read on for our thoughts on the subject.

One of the toughest things about the web for small businesses is its uncertainty.  In 2007, Visionary technologist Kevin Kelley shared his thoughts on the future in 'The Next 5,000 Days of the Web'. [video] The short of it: The internet of web pages is becoming the internet of things.

One of the greatest money-sinks for a small business can be software.  Today you can buy a new computer for much less than you could ten years ago, but often the software becomes the unexpected extra cost. After getting an office suite, photo editor, and anti-virus you may find that these three programs alone cost just as much as your computer!

In the heady days of televised mass media, advertising formulas were simpler:  Make a commercial or mailing, praise your product, and hope that 0.4 % of the viewers agreed.

Today the web is everywhere. Businesses face global markets and consumers have different expectations.  What follows are some best-practices to help you define a message about your business or product, and to then get it out there to people who actually want to see it.

The LUNA Project is an off-grid eco-education centre located in Southern Ontario, near the city of Hamilton.  It is not just a nice place to visit – it is home for LUNA Project founder David Masters. Seeking to get closer to nature, David built a yurt and began transforming old farmland into sustainable forest.

At its best, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a process of combining great site content with great programming to extend a networked community of interested parties.  At its worst, SEO is a firm promising you the top spot in Google, horrible content-rewrites, and exquisitely useless link-building.  Read on for our guide to making SEO work for you.