A Season to Celebrate
Like Alvin, Simon, and Theodore once sang, "Christmas, Christmas time is near..." With four children at home, I can attest that it's "time for toys,"…
A Globally Focused Weekend with Local Roots
One of the great things about today’s world is that it’s smaller than ever. With just a few clicks of a mouse, or tapping an app, you can be connected…
Commerce-led vision through uncertain markets.
Northern partners with Acquia in this first in a series of articles that recommend where brands need to focus digital transformation as we exit the pandemic and enter new uncertain markets.
A New Approach for the RFP Process
"Because it's the way we've always done it..." It's not the best reason for continuing a process, but it's often the most common. But what if you…
Adopting open source in the transit and transportation industry
The fundamental building blocks of running an efficient and user-focused public transportation network and building a well-designed, effective, and…
Make Sure Your Source is the Right One
Proxies, advocates, and representatives are all welcome to participate, but when you want the best quality of information upon which to build the…
(Rebuild) Roster Connects Local Talent to Business
Some of you may remember the old Six Million Dollar Man show, with its iconic opening narration that I’m going to paraphrase -- “we can rebuild [it]…
Is Justin.tv Better Than YouTube?
YouTube is the industry leader for pre-recorded online video, but Justin.tv claims to be the innovator in online LIVE streaming video. Justin.tv uses…
Headlining Reasons to Think Ability First
Last Friday morning, at the Ability First's Champion Awards breakfast, I was in the company of enlightened people. That might be a strong statement…
The Human Touch - The Value of Face-to-Face Communication
Will the Singularity ever occur and mark the rise of our robot overlords? It's possible, I guess, but for as much as technology brings to the world…