Sample Projects
Avidaid has undertaken projects for a wide variety of industries. The following examples represent a small sample of our work. You can also select the Photography tab to see a slide show of images.
Click on a report or web page icon to view it. The project will open in a new window. When you are done, click 
in the top right corner of the screen or just close the window.
Some of the documents are in Adobe PDF format.
You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view them. You can download a free copy from Adobe's web site.
A U.S. developer of dynamic airborne maps and navigation systems needed to showcase its new product line. Avidaid created a Web site using Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop & Illustrator that utilized DHTML, cascading style sheets and PHP. View >>
The Clan Lamont Society of Canada is a not for profit organization that promotes Scottish heritage. Avidaid built a web site that allows members to keep in touch with current and past events and for new members to join. Visitors can also help support the work of the society through online donations and the eCommerce purchase of Celtic jewelry. View >>
Industrial Heritage Nova Scotia is a not for profit organization dedicated to documenting archeological sites that are of significance to the industrial history of the province. They needed a new web site with an updated look that allowed visitors to search their database of industrial heritage sites. View >>
The Lab, a professional photo processor in California, needed to update their web site. Avidaid created a site that showcased their services and provide enticements for people to visit regularly with a gallery of works by local photographers and an online magazine. View >>
Cradle & Carriage creates high quality, hand made infant clothing. They wanted a brochure that expressed the warm, comforting nature of their merchandise. Avidaid provided the photography, wrote the ad copy, and assembled the final brochure using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. View >>
Two corporations formed a cooperative cross-marketing venture and wanted separate and distinct press releases that gave the same information in each company's unique format. Avidaid created the documents and submitted them to various press agencies. View >>
The management of a Canadian corporation needed a way to control their production process. Avidaid devised a custom implementation of our standard process flow to carry them from requirements gathering through analysis, return on investment, design, project management, production, quality assurance and release. View >>
Agilent Technologies required a world wide Web application to meet its ISO 9000 quality plan. Avidaid created the application and provided training to Agilent personnel. This end user guide was used during those training courses. View >>
A client required a new database to track the production of electronic equipment. Avidaid installed an Oracle SQL database on an HP/UX server and created the data structures to meet their needs. (The name of this client has been changed to XYZ Corp. in the document due to security restrictions.) View >>
A Nova Scotia company used C++ to create a database application. One of the features was a class to provide unique exception handling and message passing. Avidaid used Trolltech's cross platform QT product to to create the application and Doxygen to produce the documentation. View >>
Kendall-Jackson wineries in California's Sonoma county used Microsoft Visual Basic to extract data from a Sybase SQL database. Avidaid created a VB class that allowed programmers to create formatted reports. View >>
This article by Avidaid's founder and president is from his column in BoomersForever.com magazine. It explores the rise of electronic book readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Personal Reader System with a focus on how these devices will impact society. View >>