Local Vancouver start-up NowPublic have just announced receiving funding of (USD) $1.4-million from a group of leading technology and media investors and individuals. The company will be using the financing to grow its reporter base and deliver the first On Demand...
I came across a great post today that relates nicely to the way clients base their decisions on who to hire for a piece of work. As context, often Work Industries competes with larger web consultants. Those larger consultants often have large portfolios of work and...
Shane Schick writes in the Globe and Mail today that Small businesses need online savvy for success. I read the article and liked it. Profiled is a product I’ve been keeping an eye of for a few months now, Shopify, a simple way for anyone to set up an e-commerce...
Over at the Marqui blog Tara reports back on an Influencer 50 report Marqui commissioned to tell them what groups exerted the most influence over the buying decision of their target market. The results: Industry Analysts: 22% Journalists: 18% Vendors: 18%...
*For a limited time, to a limited geography, for people with the free Skype software installed on their computer and audio in and audio out device(s) equiped Skype announced today that its SkypeOut service is going free for all calls in North America until December...
Today I came across CollectiveX, a site for managing a group of people on the web. Interesting, I thought to myself. That’s pretty much what I’ve been looking for for a client who wants to manage their board members, various committees and all their...
I came across a strong post today from the E-Valuation of Information Systems blog about the vital difference between effectiveness and efficiency. Especially helpful to me were the compare / contrast columns of words associated with effectiveness and efficiency. I...
Recently I went through the rigamarole of buying a cell phone for the first time. Yes, there was pain. But now I like my handy little connected toy. In the sales process I had the opportunity to choose my phone number. The sales rep turned the screen on her terminal...
One of the hazards of working from a home office is receiving telephone marketing. For instance, Jacob Krause from ReMax called today to tell me all about the hot real estate market in my (nameless) area. Except, he didn’t. I mean he didn’t call and he...
Yesterday I attended the announcement of the Living Rivers Trust Fund, where BC Premier Gordon Campbell announced a tripling of the fund to $14-million. The story seems to have totally missed all local news outlets, with the except of the lamentable paywall at the...