Category Archives: Technical stuff

Data in the Clouds

Chances are you’ve probably heard the term “cloud computing” – it’s all the rage these days. While it’s difficult to come up with any short, concise definition of the term, the generally agreed upon notion is that by utilizing a ‘Cloud Solution,’ you are, in fact, placing your data or key applications online versus having [...]

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High mobile expectations

Where did September go?  A blur, and here we are in October.  One memory stands out for me from September.  It occured one evening while I was away on a fly-in fishing trip with friends on a remote lake in Ontario… no hydro… no roads… float plane as the only way in and out.  As we [...]

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UX & options: Emotion, then logic. (Part 1 of 2)

I love technology.  I really, really do.  But it’s been increasing in complexity over the years and as a User Experience (UX) guru, I’m often forced to look beyond ‘computer screens’ when it comes to understanding how people make decisions. A behavioural psychologist, Dr. Sheena Iyengar, set up a study where consumers were presented with [...]

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Google Chrome OS and the future of Internet-only operating systems

Background As a Web Developer and Computer Scientist, I’ve had to deal with research on both web browsers and operating systems and how each piece of software deals with hardware (memory, hard drives, processors, etc.), users, security and the interaction between all three. What has only been a recent development, with the invention of smartphones [...]

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