Giving Jamaica the power to rate and review anything
Posted Aug 13, 2009

We soft launched Yuhrate.com a week ago and have been surprised at the quick and enthusiastic response of visitors to the site. People are reviewing the favorite restaurants, beaches and attractions. Owners are sending us photos of their establishments and asking to be included on the site. The site features reviews of places, products, services, events, and activities. Everything you need to know in navigating the Jamaica experience.

On Alexa.com the site moved from an initial ranking of 13 million to just over 700,000 in that week after we have added in the social media a...

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Video about Drupal wins several awards
Posted Jul 28, 2009
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Social and mobile -- new best friends
Posted Jul 07, 2009

The social crowd is always connected these days, in more ways than one. In a networked world, the need to stay connected is acute even for people we wouldn’t normally consider busy. In recent times, several social networking tools and micro-services connect people digitally in ways we have not experienced before.

While the telephone and email manages to keep us fairly well connected, there seems to be a growing desire for richer, quicker means of staying "in the know" about anyone or anything that interests us. Friends want status updates on that special occasion or experience as it happens...

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What’s the value of Twitter to a business these days? 
Posted Jun 25, 2009

Still wondering how to use Twitter to bring value to your business? Well, Venture capitalist Fred Wilson, an investor in Twitter, says he has at least part of the answer. Wilson says it’s all in the power of what he calls passed links.

Essentially, Wilson believes twitter equals traffic, because tweets usually have links in them that are typically minimized by using sites like bit.ly and...

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Getting a great user experience from Kingston On The Edge
Posted Jun 22, 2009

Kingston On The Edge brings a vibrant energy to the city’s art and music this week as it has done in the past two years. The brand is bigger now, and seems set to become a permanent fixture in the life of Kingston.

This week a packed schedule of entertainment and art showings will keep the young and the hip busy as venues all over town get involved (See Schedule on this page). There is Dance on the Edge at Philip Sherlock Centre, Gallery Hop at Revolution, Bolivar and Mutual galleries.

There is a film night at Red Bones a second Red Rubberband Mural project and an artist open house in...

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