How to make do when confronted with a gorilla

Posted on Jan 13, 2010 in Blog, Featured | 3 comments

Today I avoided speaking words with an ’s’ sound. I discovered that I use ’s’ all the time, not in small part to my Canadian habit of sandwiching any sentence with ‘please’ or ’sorry’. So, substituting ‘thank you’ for ’sorry’ (which I have to admit, did give me an appealing upper-crust Euro affectation), I continued about my... Read More

Podcastin’ unplugged

Posted on Jun 6, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

A podcast is digital media, generally an audio or video file, that is made available for download through web syndication, such as via iTunes. Originally podcasts were developed for the iPod, but the term is still used although you are not limited to using Apple technology to access them. Any portable media player capable of playing audio and video can handle podcasts, or if you prefer, you can... Read More

White space is the new black

Posted on May 14, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

Gone are the days of squishing as much content as you can into the smallest space possible. Ample breathing room for your images and adjustment of leading makes your site easier for hungry eyes to digest. White space, or negative space, is a well-known concept in print material, but only in the past few years has this design principle made its way into the aesthetics of the internet. With early... Read More

German Services launch

Posted on Nov 15, 2008 in Blog | 0 comments

Sehr gut! Venus Ink has launched a customized Wordpress blog for Toronto-based translation and interpretation studio, German Services. Read More