This is part of a new series to follow up on the previous one I wrote on offshoring IT jobs. In the last series, which included an overview, and then for and against arguments, we looked at investing in IT infrastructure and talent outside of Canada. Today, we’re going to look inward instead and focus on “nearshoring.” We’ll start from…
Valentine’s Day is upon us and love is in the air. I’m not talking about the rom-com kind of love. I’m talking about the passion people feel for their mobile devices. That overwhelming feeling of love you get when you walk into an Apple Store and you’re surrounded by some of the coolest fastest hottest hardware on the planet. And…
The day that everyone we were all waiting for has arrived. Blackberry 10 is a go, and Canadians will have the first crack at the first of two new handsets, the touch-screen Z10, which will be available within weeks. Meanwhile, the Q10, which will have the more familiar Blackberry keyboard, will be out in the spring. The look and feel…
The remote workplace. It’s an interesting concept since it means different things to different people, and it’s defined in new ways every day. Of course, whether we’re talking e-mail, instant messaging, social media, video conferencing, or virtual desktops, it all began with the popularity of the Internet. From the moment a critical mass of companies began to use the Internet,…
Martin Luther King Jr opened his Massey Hall lecture for CBC radio on Christmas Eve 1967 like this: Peace on Earth. This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world is sick with war; everywhere we turn…
As an IT staffing company in downtown Toronto, we at Stafflink have the pleasure of meeting many amazing people working in technology at awesome companies, everyday. We wanted a way to acknowledge the amazing tech talent and companies in the city. This is how our TOtechninjas blog project blossomed.
We love supporting causes that are important to our staff. Yesterday we rustled up some golf clubs and met at ClubLink’s Station Creek Golf Course to support Bereaved Families of Ontario-York Region. They offer free access to caring and compassionate bereavement support services to families, groups and individuals grieving the death of a family member. Our own Michelle De Rubeis, famous for…
I recently watched a video on USA Today about female tech execs that I thought would be interesting to discuss in today’s blog post. In the video, Victoria Ransom of Wildfire Interactive and other female tech execs discuss their thoughts on a new wave of startups led by female entrepreneurs.
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