A little under two decades ago I experimented with using graphic design tools to build publications for personal interest.  I was moderately successful in creating the materials.  This week I had another chance to do this a create Brochure for a client.  I had all of a week to pull it all together and add corresponding updates to the matching

More changes planned, I have decided to work with the Theme Co Pro Theme. As this offers virtually unlimited flexibility to build sites without the constraint of purchase and adapting themes from various sources as I have been doing up to now and suffering the creative constraints placed upon the you by the creators of these themes. I have also

It’s been some time since I have posted to this blog, but over the past few days I have seen it necessary to review these websites and bring them up to date.  I hope that has been completed for now. 2017 has seen the return of website support work. First it was to support my wife Grace’s campaign for Calgary

Actually, for a Coal Mine. Grande Cache Coal to be exact. I did some work in 2011 to develop an EDI system to help with the release of the Trains from the mine. This time it has been to help with the production reporting within the mine and for Logistics. The objective was to replace a number of ad-hoc reporting

Well, I went to Edmonton and worked there for 8 months travelling back and forth every week ……. It was fun and it was a magnificent pleasure working with the folks at Service Alberta.

I have been working for the past few weeks on creating an EDI interface between Grande Cache Coal Corp and CN Railways to speed up the process of getting trains released from the mine (in NW Alberta.) The project is coming along well. We are now waiting for the Translation software to arrive. Then we can get on with the

Just back from spending 2 months in Hawaii, working on developing a new business with a friend.  The company was HonuBoard ETC LLC.  Two months of work were for not, we have parted ways and I am moving back to working in the Oil Patch in Canada.  I leave Hawaii behind parting with many fond memories of the time I

Attending Forrester Seminar in Calgary today. Learning about Information Technology trends and the impact of social media on networking.   Faced with the prospects that the industry is moving. I have come to realize that one needs to invest in retraining and learning recent technology to be able to respond to the change.   Some things have not changed but a lot

I have been working on a web site for a leading Canadian Artist, Graham Pettman) for some time.  Lately I have returned to developing it.  In the past 24 hours I have added more photos of his work and some links to articles about him. (Update 2023: this website has long been retired; it was a pleasure to being able