ourrug | a.k.a. Russell Smith

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1. People of the British Isles use the word "our" to prefix other people's names when referring to them in personal context i.e., "our-Russell is a good Web designer".
2. Rug is a childhood nickname of Russell's given to him by his mother.
3. So, our-rug is how his family would refer to him in conversation and in turn has also been adopted as the name of this business.
4. Currently ourrug is comprised of two people, Andrew Richmond of pardonmyfrench™ (design) and Russell Smith, Web Analyst, The Ontario College of Art & Design (development).
5. Conveniently located in Leslieville, Toronto.

What We're Good at

Now that you know how to pronounce the name of the business and its contents, here are some practices that we pride ourselves upon:

Accessible Web site Design

• We try and use standardized (X)HTML semantic mark-up when possible to build our client's web pages. This not only is extremely search engine friendly (SEO), but wireless devices like the Blackberry or iPhone like it as well.
• We also try our best to adhere to the W3Cs WCAG 1.0. Very good practice these days.

Print/Graphic Design

• We can produce anything from company logos/business cards and letterhead to complete financial reports. We assume nothing and work up from there.

Content Management (CMS) Integration

Custom Web site Development

• We can also build custom web applications from simple 'contact us' forms to complete product inventory management systems as was the case over at Gattefossè Canada Inc.

Web site Maintenance Plans (tailored to meet your needs)

• Starting as low as $45/mth.
• Currently covering OCADFA since 2007.

Some of our Clients

OCAD Faculty Association (OCADFA)
Litigation Management Inc.
Gattefossè Canada Inc.
Mortgage Intelligence
INFO Financial Inc.
LanPak Inc.

Let their testimonials speak for themselves...

"Gattefossè was looking for a site with speed and functionality, but we also wanted our customers to have the ability to find our product information easily. Encapsulating all of these elements, we were looking for a clean, fresh design.

ourrug certainly met all of these expectations in an efficient, cost effective and timely manner. They were able to listen and understand our needs and to provide us with a site which our customers should find easy to navigate and valuable to visit."

- Joseph Duszczyszyn, President & CEO, Gattefossè Canada Inc.


"I wanted to take a few minutes to thank ourrug for the work that you have completed on our Web site. Your ability to take an idea from an industry that you were unfamiliar with and design a Web site to suit its needs was simply impressive. The Website you designed is exactly what we had envisioned.

We finally have a site that provides our current and potential future clients with an accurate portrayal of who we are and the many services that we can provide to them".

- Roddy Laing, Associate Manager, INFO Financial Inc.


"Russell Smith has been most helpful in collaborating with me in creating my own Web site. His easygoing manner, in addition to his broad knowledge of Website creation helped me save time and provided me with new ways to create a highly functional, user-friendly, and attractive Website.

Consulting with Russell has provided me with new skills and tools that I can use to further advance my own Web site-creation skills. In this way, he has empowered me to help myself.".

- Tom Robles, B.Ed, Teaching Assistant, OCAD, TomRobles.com

News front

• 12/05/2008 - Pet project The Hive [rsvp.ourrug.net] was dimised today in favor of the new name Faimui, Wedding Guest RSVP and URL.
• 12/12/2007 - Settled another 1yr Web site maintenance plan b/w ourrug & OCADFA covering 2008
• 02/03/2007 - Settled a 1yr Web site maintenance plan b/w ourrug & OCADFA covering 2007
• 08/03/2007 - OCADFA is officially launched!

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