Blog Articles

  • PWA is taking on mobile apps in mining

    What’s PWA anyway? (Not the PDA you are thinking of…) It stands for Progressive Web Application. It allows a web application to behave like an installed mobile application on your smartphone. The only thing is — it is accessed through your browser. No need to deal with the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. […]

    Read more →

  • Lithium is in high demand

    Due to demand in laptops, electric mowers, consumer electronics, battery storage, e-bikes and especially electric cars. With this demand comes social, ethical, environmental supply chain issues during mining. How can a web application help with this? Create a cloud-based web portal that can collect, track and report on sustainability goals for managers and teams across […]

    Read more →

  • Trivia: How do lithium-ion batteries move from mining to OEM?

    Mining Refining Cathode Production Cell Production Module Assembly OEM Source: Volkswagen

    Read more →

  • So, how do you get clients as a software contractor?

    I get this question quite often mostly from friends and well-meaning folks. Maybe we can ask a different question — not “how do you get clients” but how do clients get you? To keep it simple, this is my process: Meet or search for clients that have a need to fulfil using software. I’ve met […]

    Read more →

  • Courses you can take as a Fire Protection Professional at BCIT

    In this post, I will highlight some of the courses you can take at BCIT to level up your skills for a solid career in the fire protection industry. Firstly, these are some of the basic courses to get you started in the industry: OCHS 1410 – Fire Extinguisher Service TechnicianLink – https://www.bcit.ca/study/courses/ochs1410 FIRE 2084 […]

    Read more →

  • How appointment chatbots can help reduce no-shows and increase your dental practice bottom line.

    Summary Canadian public spends about $12.2 Billion per year on dental services Chatbots can help your dental practice increase revenue by speeding up response times, freeing up staff for more dental-related work and automatically booking appointments reducing no-shows “Thanks to AI and chatbots, the future of dentist appointment booking is here.  Is your dental practice […]

    Read more →

  • Was the argument worth it or not?

    Let me tell you a story. The other day I was helping a friend that just bought a house move. He hired a local professional mover here in Kamloops. The movers were about to leave and my friend said to the movers they would need to assemble the furniture as well.  One of the movers […]

    Read more →

  • Serverless Architecture for Survey Web App

    Serverless Architecture for Survey Web App

    Purpose The purpose of this article is to show how you can leverage the power of React, C# in a serverless way of thinking. This will be done by designing a web app for survey app. Our requirement First, let’s determine what our requirements are. We want to implement the following use cases: View questions […]

    Read more →

  • Getting Started with ASP.Net Core and Visual Studio Code

    Its a pleasure to post on this Blog – I used to work with Peter and have known him for a few years now.  He really is a great guy, even though I am jealous  of the fact he has a Tesla X. Anyway, I have recently been working on a video tutorial (links below) […]

    Read more →

  • Affordability for your first mortgage

    You got that job, you got married. Maybe your wife is expecting a baby.  You are looking to buy a house or a home to be specific.   The question comes to mind how you can afford the down-payment.  You check the property prices and they are shooting up everyday.  Usually you need about 5% […]

    Read more →

Search the blog for more articles