Some useful tips here from Stephen Hannon as he picks on the topic of death by PowerPoint! We’ve all been there. An important customer meeting has finally been scheduled, and a presentation is needed.
Mobile and Location-based Marketing for Small Business
Here’s a tip off about a webinar coming up in the near future on a relatively hot topic – Locaton Based Marketing for small business. Details… The U.S. Small Business Administration and the W20 Group, a cluster of digital communications companies, will present Getting Started with Mobile and Location-based Marketing, the final topic in the […]
New Yorker Mapping the Craft Beer Industry
Kudos to The New Yorker for recently looking at the rise of the craft beer industry. The craft beer (micro-brew) industry is soaring in popularity and stats now show that these tasty little breweries are really starting to tap into the lucrative beer market. Heck, as an example, Costco sales reveal that over 1/3 of […]
Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map
Have you ever wanted to contribute to the National Map? Well, now that the USGS has embraced the crowd there’s an opportunity for you to do just that! If you have access to the Internet and are willing to dedicate some time editing map data we hope you will consider participating! The USGS is recruiting […]
Booz Allen Statement on Reports of Leaked Information by Edward Snowden
Obviously a hot topic these days but from a personal opinion here, the actions of this guy are disgraceful and shameful – lets hope justice prevails and he’s given a chance to plead his case and his foolish actions to a court! I noticed today on the Booz Allen website and official PR statement… June […]
Hot Products, Business Integration and more at HxGNLive
Well, the dust is now settling on this year’s third annual HxGNLive event – think Hexagon AB Global Network). A number of themes and crucial take-aways are worthy a quick mention when recapping this record-setting event. Like many tech conferences, common themes and hot buzz topics that emerged included: The Cloud, the crowd, mobile, big […]
Businesses That Aren't Using Mobile? Sad But True
I stumbled onto some research findings recently and what got my attention was not the headline, but rather, what the headline didn’t say. The pitch was that according to a study, 66% of small business use mobile technology (smartphones, tablets) but when you think about that, what it really states is that 34% of small […]
Recent GeoTech News / Magazines from Spatial Media
Here’s a reminder from yours truly that GISuser is owned and operated by Spatial Media, our parent company. Our team of professionals churn out several online portals, print magazines, e-newsletters, daily news updates and features, and much more. Be sure to take advantage of all the amazing content we have to share – there really […]
Biz Tip – AEC Firms Lose an Average 100K a Year
A little financial advice from an industry insider to help in these tough times… June Jewell, a CPA and owner of Acuity Business Solutions consulting (and author of author of “Find the Lost Dollars: 6 Steps to Increase Profits in Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Firms), says the architectural, engineering and environmental firms she works for […]
Canada Post Suing Over the use of the Postal Code
An interesting issue is unfolding in Canada and quite frankly its darned amazing! This coming from the owner of the website geocoder.ca who has been named as a defendant in a an ongoing legal action from Canada Post (aka. The Government of Canada) – personally, I find personally that in these times of hype and […]