In my last blog post, I highlighted five fundamental principles to keep in mind when making your next web video. My first point was that when making a video, you should have a clear purpose in mind. That generated more than few conversations about why companies (and people!) choose to communicate through video.... Read more »
Technology
Are you going the last mile with your responsive website?
I’ve spoken about responsive development and how important it is before, but this post isn’t about that: responsive is already something you have to be doing, and if you aren’t doing it now, you’ll have a major redesign on your hands in a year or two. This post is about how, once you’ve done a responsive... Read more »
Celebrate the opening of Ottawa's Open Device Lab
We've been working for the past few months to build Ottawa's (and Canada's) first Open Device Lab. We're ready to open the doors to the Lab and we want you to come celebrate with us! On July 11th, from 3PM until 7PM, join us at the bv02 office (858 Bank Street, Suite 103) for the Ottawa Open Device Lab (ODL) launch... Read more »
OC Transpo Open Data Initiative
Communication with its many riders is a key concern for OC Transpo, who provides public transportation services to the greater Ottawa area. When looking to expand its channels for sharing service information, the transit organization turned to bv02 to plan and implement the release of an open data transit... Read more »
The Importance of Open Data and APIs
To call this a “growing” movement would be an understatement. Open data and APIs are and will be critical in the future of web and mobile technology. If you haven't heard of open data or APIs yet, now's the time to catch up. What is open data? “Open data” is an umbrella term that includes open APIs for a... Read more »
Coming Soon: bv02’s Open Device Lab
Definition: A collection of donated or loaned mobile devices for everyone to use at bv02. Since more people access websites on their phones every day, testing websites on different devices isn’t really an option anymore, it’s a necessity. However, this comes with a problem: there are a lot of devices. A lot. Not... Read more »
Lessons Learned at NSNorth 2013
This past weekend Brett Tackaberry and I went to the Ottawa Convention Centre for NSNorth, Ottawa’s first Mac, iOS, and web development conference. The weekend in a nutshell? Amazing. Being a marketer in attendance, I was worried much of the content would dive into a black hole of Cocoa and Objective-C, but I... Read more »
Mobile Photography Vernissage
At bv02 we work hard, and play hard. We’re just as creative outside the office as we are in the boardroom, and we wanted to share some of that with you. Every once in a while we’ll post something (like this) on the blog that sets the work aside and gives you some unique insight into the people behind the... Read more »
All About Sitecore Mobile Development
Almost every major organization now has a significant online mobile presence in order to better interact with their audience. To Sitecore’s credit they have been very forward thinking within the mobile space since they have anticipated this trend and added core functionality to Sitecore in order to help with mobile... Read more »
“A game-changer in terms of technology”
We’ve been working with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, school divisions, communities and educational consultants over the past two years to pilot and implement a holistic language assessment for early learners in Saskatchewan. This week, the assessment was featured in a column in the Leader Post, talking... Read more »
Adaptive Images in Sitecore
Hello folks. I have released a first version of the Sitecore Adaptive Images module. I think it will be a very useful codebase to start from and I’m excited to continue extending its functionality in the coming weeks and months. The idea of adaptive images is nothing new, but this module takes that concept and... Read more »