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Smartphones in 2012: Near-Field Communications
March 16th, 2012Leave your cash at home. Tech analysts predict that by the end of 2015, over a half-billion smartphones will be sold with near-field communications technology built in, turning our Androids and iPhones into virtual credit cards. Near-field communications (NFC) equips smartphones with short-range radio frequency identification, allowing users to make credit card purchases with a quick swipe over a payment kiosk. Wired.com contributor Christina Bonnington…
User Research on a Shoestring
February 24th, 2012A resonating message from Smashing Magazine contributor Leonard Souza has been creeping its way into my projects lately, and I think it’s time I share: On the importance of structuring an understanding of the personality, preferences, and contexts of a target web user, he insists: “Nothing is wrong with heading to the nearest coffee shop, finding five to ten people in your target demographic and…
What You Need to Know About .Brand-ing Your Business
December 16th, 2011Business owners with domain name needs, start your engines. As of January 2012, ICANN will be accepting applications for a new type of top-level domain, which allows companies and organizations to register their very own .brand name. Whether looking to pin down a .category ( like .shoes or .curry), or company-specific domain ( .NavigatorMM, or .Scotiabank, for instance), the new domains are intended to “bring…
Lessons in Perception: eBook Technology and the Fast Train It Runs On
November 18th, 2011This year Amazon.com reported higher eBook sales than print. The Kindle, Amazon’s digital book reader, was introduced in 2007. As TechCrunch reporter Jason Kincaid notes, “That was fast”. The surge in eBook sales seemly corroborates with the oft-muttered comment that “print is dead”. Outpacing print in four years does seem somewhat apocalyptic for the old media form. However, let’s consider the innovative characteristics of eBook…
Lessons from the Wild: Navigator Writes For Smashing Magazine
November 17th, 2011For an in-depth analysis of content and design fluidity ( with a Sendak-inspired twist), head over to Smashing Magazine and check out my article! Writing for Smashing for the first time was a learning experience and a true pleasure. I’m keen for comments, so let’s hear em!
The business class difference
November 11th, 2011Web hosting is the platform by which your website takes its place amongst websites on the World Wide Web. Before I say the word “web” again, let me clarify the significance of this service: Everything you view on the Internet sits on a “host”. It’s an unavoidable necessity for getting your company online. You need it, just as you need a domain name, to give…
In Memoriam of Steve Jobs
October 5th, 2011While traveling through South America this summer, I got to have lunch at an outdoor restaurant in Buenos Aires with a couple of ladies from California. They were both Apple employees, more than pleased to dish the dirt on what it was like to work for one of the most influential innovators of our century, Steve Jobs. They claimed he was snide. Brash. He seemed,…
Not Your Average “Back to Class” Post
September 7th, 2011I’m not going to inform you that school driving zones are back in effect, and the sun shines much less hot now, and it is time to put down the Corona and replace your sandals with Barkers and to get back in the office to re-organize your priorities for the oncoming cold and gloomy seasons. Snapping out of the summer isn’t as meaningful as Zellers…
Schmidt’s “Gang of Four”: What it means for small business
June 1st, 2011Who are the cool kids driving the consumer revolution on the Internet today? According to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, there is a “Gang of Four” to contend with: Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Schmidt’s old place of employment, Google. Together, these four multinational companies value at about half a trillion dollars. Like a dangerously powerful team of superheroes (or super-villains, perhaps), each has…
Web Week Roundup!
April 15th, 2011No sunshiney Kelowna weekend will be complete without a glance through my top web wanderings from this past week. From social media musings courtesy of Shawn of the Dead actor Simon Pegg, to a fantastic site dedicated to all things awesome in the Okanagan, I’ve got you covered! Let me first direct your attention to a genius event going on this Saturday night at the Laurel Packinghouse in…
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