Discourse the Answer to WordPress
In the past few months I have been setting up a new online forum for nurses using the amazing Jeff Atwood created Discourse. Discourse is a thoroughly modern open source online forum software on steroids. Everything about it screams five minutes from now – easy social networking
November 04, 2014
Permanent Innovation
A couple of times in the last week I have heard the phrase “permanent innovation” or a close variation thereof. The intro to the new J.J. Abrams produced show ‘Almost Human’ talks about runaway technological advancement, and a podcast of BBC’s HARDTalk fe
November 20, 2013
Localization and Beyond
Today’s software, whether a traditional PC, Mac, Chrome (OS) or Linux desktop application, an App for Android, iOS or other mobile platforms, or a website, almost defacto must be localized to capture any kind of sizable market share. Development projects that start off small, which is
June 18, 2013
It’s Just a Web Page
With the Twitter IPO it is worth remembering that even Twitter is just a web page, but I think this notion applies even more to Facebook, as Twitter has pretty much morphed into a utility. I remember working on the redesign of a law firm’s social media strategy, and particularly
November 12, 2013
Within the Confines of these Halls
I recently met a physics teacher named Joel Trudeau in Montreal who, seemingly in his spare time, is also heading a great initiative at Dawson College called S.P.A.C.E. Having in my past life been the Editor of their student newspaper in the 90s , Joel really peaked my interest, so I
June 04, 2013
On the Internet Everyone Knows You’re a…
While anonymity was a calling card of early BBS systems and the nascent World Wide Web, today your only identity is your online identity, and perhaps crucially your businesses’ too. More traditional bricks-and-mortar/services industries have been waking up to this over the past few ye
April 05, 2013
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