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An open letter to London Transit Commission expressing concerns
Over the weekend, I finally said that it was enough of this “downtime” and unavailability of London Transit Commission’s WebWatch application. Thousands, if not millions, of dollars have been spent on the London Transit Commission’s new vehicle technology which includes equipping each transportation vehicle with Global Positioning Systems (GPS). I have written a letter which [...]
Open Halton, a citizen led initiative for Open
From Montreal Quebec, to London Ontario, and now Halton region, Ontario, Open Government and Open Data citizen led initiatives are joining the movement throughout Canada for Open. Nik Garkusha of Microsoft Canada is spearheading the citizen led initiative in Halton Region. Launching the initiative’s website on August 26, 2010, Nik is looking to move and [...]
WordPress Widget to display post excerpt in sidebar
So have you ever wanted to display the current page’s excerpt in the sidebar as a widget? Well, this morning a similar situation arose on how to do this within the Twitter-verse. So, there a couple of us sat thinking and trying to assist in anyway possible. Anyways after a few minutes going back and [...]
A personal reflection on the past four months
When there is an ending, there is always a new beginning, or at least I would like to believe. Today is my last day at Echidna Solutions Corp., where I have been employed for the past four months a Web Developer. For the past four months I have been working on a variety of projects [...]
A tech community & platform which can teach Governments
Drupal is a open source content management system known around the world by web developers, designers, enthusiasts and many others. Today, Drupal is being used hundreds of thousands to create websites and solutions for individuals, companies, government agencies and administrations. What started as a hobby in a dorm room at a University, has now become [...]