I am an environmentalist. I like BC and want to help change the world through smarter conservation of energy and better programs to reduce energy consumption. One thing that I found today deeply disturbs me. It turns out that the Carbon Tax is nothing more than a money grab. The math behind …
On Feb 25, 2013, the Vancouver Graph Database User Group will host a meetup. This is an incredible opportunity to hear Neo Technology's Pernilla Lindh provide an overview and introduction for Neo4J. Pernilla is a Community Manager with Neo Technologies, the company behind Neo4J, the world's …
I am a BC Conservative Party member. That is correct. Moi! Why did I choose this party over the Liberals and the NDP? Simple. I read their mandate and it makes sense for British Columbia. I also respect the people they are running in the next Provincial election. The BC Conservative …
The United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) is a global standard for the classification of products and services offered by companies worldwide. It is very important in terms of being able to identify trends in national productivity and also matching needs and capabilities. …
Yesterday I wrote a blog post hinting at what Whispr is up to. If your organization works with DACI or RACI or any expanded variations, you may want to consider signing up for the private beta. THis can be done by using the subscribe function and adding the code #techn in front of your name. …
Some of you are in the know about what we have been working on for the past months and we are getting close to launch. Whispr (located at http://whis.pr ), is about to revolutionize how people work and collaborate on solving problems. If you have ever used DACI/RACI or similar approaches to …
Aaron Swartz was around in my early days of XML when I had the immense honor of working with people like Lisa Rein, Ken North, David RR Webber, Ken Holman, Didier Martin, James Tauber, John Evdemon, JP Morgenthal, Simon St. Laurent, Kurt Cagle and others. In retrospect, we (not Aaron) were …
I am sorry to say this but Windows 8 is one of the worst business decision you have made (beside Vista). I have used Windows since 3.1 when it was a mere shell. Windows 8 is so convoluted that several veterans such as myself cannot seem to figure it out. Simple tasks such as creating a …
Don't get me wrong on this one. I love and use (and even teach others how to use ) graph database's like Neo4J and others who label themselves "NoSQL' such as MongoDB. I also don't have anything against someone who owns an ultra large piece of data. It is the terms themselves and that is the …
According to Google Chairman and co-founder Erik Schmidt, Google's Android mobile and wireless device is winning the handset war hands down. Independent Analyst firm IDC confirms this with the numbers coming in for Q3 2012 that Android enjoyed a 75% market share over iOS's runner up spot at …