The Effects of The Astral Media Buyout
March 20, 2012, No Comments

What is a conglomerate when it comes to communication technology? The recent buyout of Astral Media by Bell Media has so ...

WCAG 2.0 and The Government
February 21, 2012, No Comments

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG, are an international standard designed to enable disabled individuals ...

Cloud Computing and Government Security
February 15, 2012, No Comments

Cloud computing is used by the government to both help make public services more accessible and to keep certain secrets ...

Web 2.0 and the Government
January 23, 2012, 1 Comment

The Canadian government has demonstrated exceptional foresight with its embrace of the Web 2.0 initiative. Essentially, ...

This Week in Open Data
July 26, 2011, No Comments

From poor African farmers to Irish parking problems, here’s a round-up of the latest in open data news. • Farming in ...

Ottawa Open Data
Ottawa: Tier One
May 20, 2011, Comments Off

Is Ottawa poised to once again dominate the open data scene? Despite the recent economic collapse and corresponding with ...

Money being used as toilet paper
Bonsai Economics
April 28, 2011, No Comments

Where there used to be a middle class in some countries that served as a buffer zone, the 21st century is increasingly b ...

Open Innovation
Can Open Innovation Prosper in the U.S.?
February 8, 2011, No Comments

What is open innovation? In Canada, “open innovation” is defined as a system whereby larger corporate or organizatio ...

Open Innovation - The only way to have a good idea, is to have a lot of ideas.
Our Greatest Accomplishment, The OPIN Platform
January 7, 2011, No Comments

What’s the single most important thing you accomplished in 2010? Our greatest accomplishment last year was the release ...

Common Look and Feel 2.0
Common Look and Feel 2.0 Court Case
December 22, 2010, No Comments

As a special needs computer consultant, Donna Jodhan discovered she could not apply to Canada’s federal government job ...