To manage all the different Work Industries projects I use a web-based project management tool called Basecamp from design firm 37 Signals. 37 Signals are widely known as proponents of simple, clean software. In fact, they say as much on their front page: We believe...
Last week I posted about Graphical User Interface (GUI) prototyping tools and thought that I had discovered a pretty good list of reference points. But then I remembered Gliffy, went back to the site and tried it out again. Suffice to say it is the best example of the...
This is one for the nerds out there - let me hear you scream! - here’s a very comprehensive list of Graphical User Interface (GUI, pronounced goo-ey) prototyping tools. So what use could they possibly have? Well, consider that you’re working on a sign up...
Congratulations to Vancity, the folks involved with the ChangeEverything campaign, and Social Signal for a great write up of their project in TechCrunch this morning. ChangeEverything.ca is a Canadian 43Things clone that will launch this month and is provided by the...
A stellar Work Industries client, the Pacific Salmon Foundation, is looking for a full-time program coordinator to join their team. The job will entail lots of document and proposal review, salmon program administration and coordination and basic desk work at a...
The unconference I’m helping organize, BarCamp Vancouver, is set to run from 6 pm this Friday, August 25th, to 6 pm, this Saturday, August 26th. It’ll be 24 hours of full-on geeking out. We’ve capped attendance at 120, expanded from our original 90,...
What follows are my notes from a presentation to WESTAF I did this morning. They are point form for referral and may only be really understood by me and the handful of folks in the room on the 31st floor this morning. But here they are nonetheless for your perusal....
Please note that as of tomorrow, August 15th, Work Industries World Headquarters will be located at the following address: Work Industries World Headquarters Suite 302 - 70 E. 2nd Avenue Vancouver, BC, Canada - V5T 1B1 Anyone looking to reach us by post, with a cheque...
Over the past few days I’ve come across the following thematic convergence of companies thinking about their impact on the environment. Over at the FreshBooks blog Mike McDerment has announced their green office initiative: “ways that small professional...
Recently I discovered a great article from the de facto usability guru, Jakob Neilsen, entitled Traffic Log Patterns. The article consists of two parts, the first being traffic distribution on a website, the second being traffic distribution as related to search...