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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 [...]
Collaboration between competition for an innovative City
Imagine a city which innovation is not for the sole purpose of generating revenue. A city which industry leaders, enthusiasts and citizens gather once every couple of months for a weekend for social innovation, a weekend to produce elegant, innovative and useful solutions through collaboration. Solutions which are created for citizens of that City, apps [...]
An idea to help stop telephone fraud & scams
Whether you are young or elderly, we are all at risk of telephone fraud and scamming. Just recently, an incident touched base a little to close to home. Just recently, I came up with a possible idea and thought on how to stop or at least help squash such incidents from happening around the world. [...]
United Nations, Open Data and Education
Just recently, I have noticed that the United Nations has an open data portal. Is it just me or did we all miss something? According to the UN Data about page, this portal is a part of the database service and project launched by the UN Statistic Division (UNSD) in 2005, called “Statistics and Public [...]