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
See you at the cloudHQ
Having recently disposed of just about all my hardware except for a Nexus 7 and a Chromebook, I have become more reliant on the cloud than ever, and one of the pivotal services that looks to help me complete the transition is the recently discovered cloudHQ. In a nutshell, the online
June 05, 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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