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Open Source

  • Open Source is Life

    Open systems, whether with software, organizations, or institutions is increasingly becoming the way.

  • Software

    Why get locked down in expensive proprietary systems?

  • People

    With proprietary software, you will be dealing with salesman.

  • Expertise

    With open source, you will be dealing with the experts themselves.

  • Leverage the power

    Open source tools are increasingly becoming very powerful and comprehensive.

  • Montreal Tech Writer

    Why not deal with an open source expert? Check out below for more.

Below, you will see some of the best open source/free software tools on the market, and learn how Montreal Tech Writer can wield them on your behalf to achieve wonderful things together:
*soon to be supplemented by the Fediverse.

Wordpress/Multisite

One press to rule them all.

  • What is Wordpress?

    Wordpress is the most popular content management system on the web - powering approximately 40% or more of all the websites on the Internet.

  • What can Wordpress do for Me?

    Almost any business or organization can benefit from Wordpress, from a basic corporate website, to ecommerce, to mobile and other communication needs, Wordpress and its library of tens of thousands of plugins and themes, as well as increasingly: applications, has got you covered.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    In Montreal, and even globally, Montreal Tech Writer is well positioned to allow you to leverage the power of Wordpress to grow your business/organization. We can build you a website, but moreover, we can build you a platform.

  • What is Wordpress Multisite?

    Why settle with one website when you can have a multitude, all managed from a single instance. Find out more about Wordpress multisite...

Docker

It's a Docker planet.

  • What is Docker?

    Docker is like a virtualization technology where the OS is common allowing light-weight containerization of applications and even whole application stacks in a single virtual file. Think of Wordpress snapshots. I know I have.

  • What can Docker do for Me?

    Very complex development environments can be rationalized and pushed to their limits with Docker. Think of having many websites, all in development at the same time, and being able to increment improvements to them in a rational, controlled way.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    We are obsessed with Docker so can see to it that your company/organization manages to leverage its potential fully.

Ghost

A second, more honed blogging platform.

  • What is Ghost?

    Ghost is a scaled down platform (compared to Wordpress) perfectly honed for writing simple blogs and related straightforward websites.

  • What can Ghost do for Me?

    If you want or need a very simple communication medium, where Wordpress is just overkill, consider Ghost.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    While Ghost is dead simple to use, because it is node.js and is not nearly as popular as Wordpress, yet, its setup and configuration could be quite complex. Let us help you with that.

Blender

Blend On!

  • What is Blender?

    Blender is a 3d animation and modeling program that also includes a full non-linear editor, compositor, and game engine.

  • What can Blender do for me?

    Unlike other thousands of dollars programs, Blender is free, so your online property can have cutting edge multimedia and graphics too.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    Besides Docker, we are also << Blender Heads >> fully. We also have connections throughout the high end Montreal 3D graphics community, including at Rodeo FX, Ubisoft, and Autodesk Media and Entertainement.

Discourse

What a forum for a discourse!

  • What is Discourse?

    Discourse is a next generation open source forum software spearheaded by the well known developer Jeff Atwood.

  • What can Discourse do for me?

    Surprisingly, forums are still a very crucial part of the web. You can host your own forum, integrate it with your company blog, and otherwise use it to steer the conversation your way.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    We can build a Discourse forum for you, populate it, and integrate it with your current websites and social media accounts.

DigitalOcean

Where open source comes together.

  • What is DigitalOcean?

    DigitalOcean provides virtual private severs (VPS) as a very reasonable price point. You can host any kind of Linux-based server software on DigitalOcean.

  • What can DigitalOcean do for me?

    What can't DigitalOcean do for you is the question. Any type of business function can essentially be run through DigitalOcean at low cost and high efficiency.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    Montreal Tech Writer are devoted fans and are growing their expertise at managing multiple client workloads off of DigitalOcean. Let us provide you with what you need leveraging DO's great offerings.

PressBooks

We are all publishers now.

  • What is PressBooks?

    PressBooks is a plugin for WordPress multisite which effectively turns it into a book publishing platform.

  • What can PressBooks do for Me?

    You can use PressBooks to easily compose and then publish epub and mobi files for Amazon and Kobo, as well as PDFs and books for print.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    With a connection to PressBooks founder Hugh McGuire, and expertise setting up the open source version of PressBooks, Montreal Tech Writer can be your publisher.

Odoo

Open source ERP spells disaster for others.

  • What is Odoo?

    Odoo is an open source enterprise management app that rivals the big ones from Oracle, SAP - and amazingly is free!

  • What can Odoo do for me?

    Odoo can do it all, from project management, to billing, leads management and much much more.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    Odoo is a beast and a revelation to business everywhere. Montreal Tech Writer is digging in. Join us for the journey and we can grow together.

SocioBoard


  • What is Socioboard?

    Socioboard is a social media dashboard akin to Hootsuite and SproutSocial, only in some ways more powerful and free!

  • What can Socioboard do for me?

    Socioboard can help you strategically manage and maximize your online social presence.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    Montreal Tech Writer is busy getting its own instances of Socioboard running in the cloud on Microsoft Azure. Check back with us on how we can implement it for your organization.

Linux

The home of all

  • What is Linux?

    Linux is the best and greatest open source project that was/is a runaway success as the operating system of choice for servers and the web.

  • What can Linux do for me?

    Whether you want to work on the web, or want free and virtually unlimited desktop software for you and your organization, knowing and using some derivation of Linux in at least some capacity is a defacto necessity nowadays.

  • How can Montreal Tech Writer help?

    Since our days with the Advanced System team at Autodesk Montreal, Linux has been a big part of our repertoire so we can help you to begin the open source journey perhaps beginning with its most crucial player: Linux.

  • What is Ubuntu?

    You may have heard of Ubuntu - it is the most popular flavour of Linux and has a nifty desktop version. Make no mistake though, it is powerful stuff. Think Windows 10 multiple desktops is fancy? Ubuntu has had these for ten years or more. And that's just the beginning.

  • What is Linux Mint?

    Linux Mint is actually a derivative of Ubuntu, but that includes a Windows-like desktop and better default hardware drivers. It is now what I am using on two of my computers and is recommended above stock Ubuntu.

Contact

I am a writer, web developer, and consultant with over 20 years experience. I have served small, medium, and up to very large clients. These include billion dollar tech companies such as Autodesk and the highest profile production houses like Moment Factory: who worked on the Super Bowl show with Madonna.

The best way to reach me is by email at: jonathan.g.wexler@proton.me

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