One year ago, I concocted the idea of gpsAssassin – a location aware game played on your mobile device. It was a long journey, but we (myself and Jackson Miller) finally took our little side project and officially launched it into the AppStore. Now that we’ve completed the project/journey, I’m humbled and reminded of how…
In preparation for my presentation (Try some Open Source…. Everybody’s doing it), I’ve compiled some of the best offerings in the land of OSS. Utilities Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com) – Browser Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net) – BitTorrent FileZilla (http://www.FileZilla.com) – FTP Client CLAMWIN (http://www.clamwin.com) – Open Source Anti-Virus TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com) – Remote computer control
As the founder of centresource, I’ve always been tasked with choosing solutions that yield the best ROI – period. To that point, Open Source technologies have become an integral part of our business and as a result, also our personal lives. We don’t choose/use them simply because they’re free (in fact, some cost money) –…
Since we’ve been doing more strategy, it has become more and more necessary to formalize our ‘ramp up’ process for new strategists. Our strategist typically herald from the marketing side of the world & combine their knowledge with practical elements of technology. This dual-combo makes for a powerful strategist.However, there is a BIG difference in…
History has proven to me that it is very difficult for clients to understand time & knowledge as an actual currency. If you’re in the time & materials industry, you’ll appreciate what I’m talking about. My wife, who’s a lawyer, was kind enough to send me a song that really helps me bridge the gap…
Nothing will make you more nervous than switching your entire business model to support a new technology :) Particularly when that technology is ONLY supported by the Open Source community. Regardless, it looks like we were right again – or at least not way off the beaten path. Over a year ago, our team of…
Today, we had a client call us and ask if we can ‘save’ their website from an aggressive website designer that is holding their site hostage. I told them yes and thought an easy solution would be to find a utility that allowed us to easily clone/grab their website. I must say, I was surprised…
In the course of doing research for a client, I’m now experiencing what I’ve heard so many others complain about: Phone Prison. I used to believe that ‘phone prison’ was simply an older person’s way of saying that working through a phone system took too much effort. Now I realize that there really are Phone…
CentreSource Inc. is pleased to announce that Kerry Woo has joined the custom web design firm as Digital Copywriter. “We are very happy to have Kerry join our family,” said Nicholas Holland, CEO / President of CentreSource Inc. “His experience in print and online marketing, paired with his reputation for relationship management, is a welcomed…
Nutshell: After having a terrible experience with them during my campaign (read more) & spending weeks to get it fixed, they decided to come back and harass me one last time – for old time’s sake. Since I’m out of the race, I decided to close my campaign-related paypal account. Upon emailing them, they send…
