Category: Tech

Commentary on hardware, software, websites, IT and information architecture.

  • Private Data in Canada & BC: Are you up to date?

    Please be aware, that if you collect information from your site visitors, that the way you store that information may be covered by Canada and BC data privacy laws and regulations. Check http://www.oipc.bc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=78 for more information. If you have questions or concerns, please check with your site developer, mailing list management service, and/or your lawyer.

  • simply better apps…

    3 keys to simply better apps: We publish everywhere. Not just iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod), but Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and web servers… from one set of code. This increases your market penetration, opens up more income streams, and builds user networks faster. We work faster. 30 percent faster by published studies of our toolset,…

  • Full Moon Rises with CB&F

    Simon Rompré and Stephanie Artz of Full Moon Original Jewelry have worked with Charles Buchwald & Friends to design and develop a newly renovated web site. Using WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS), the site now shows their complete line of West-Coast-inspired designs. A simple shopping cart, combined with the WordPress gallery feature, makes…

  • Announcing: Site-in-an-Afternoon

    Charles Buchwald & Friends is proud to announce our latest service: Site-in-an-Afternoon. This premium service provides you with an afternoon’s worth of Charles’ time, and an optional content developer. Working in your place of business, Charles works with you to design, develop and deploy a complete, professional site in just 3-4 hours. Working with you…

  • Questions and Answers

    We’ve added a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section to this site. We’ll add questions and answers we get regularly… or feel free to ask about anything related to web design and development, online marketing, or software development and we’ll do our best to answer. [faq-ask-questions]

  • Spring Classes

    Working with Saltspring Community Education, Charles is offering two courses for the late Spring session: Photo Editing for Photographers Websites for Community Groups Register for a course with a friend, and one of you gets 10% off!

  • Social Media Marketing in 61 Words

    You can buy attention (advertising); you can beg for attention from the media (PR); you can bug people one at a time to get attention (sales); or you can earn attention by creating something interesting and valuable and then publishing it online for free: a YouTube video, a blog, a research report, photos, a Twitter…

  • CB&F: Now CEME Certified

    Charles Buchwald & Friends are now certified by CEME as email marketing experts. Ask us what this means for your business, or leave a comment with your question or email marketing tip.

  • Quick Guide to The Latest SEO

    Search Engine Optimization is always changing. Thankfully, Rand Fishkin and SEOmoz perform a survey every two years. They poll up to 100 of the SEO industry’s top minds. In 2009 they had 72 experts participate. They recently published the results as the Search Engine Ranking Factors 2009 Survey. This chart summarizes the five most important factors…

  • Photoshop for Photographers

    Charles Buchwald is offering a course through Salt Spring Community Education for the Fall 2009 schedule. The class, called Photoshop for Photographers, is focused on basic and intermediate photo editing using Adobe’s Photoshop software. Here’s the course description from Community Ed: Learn how to edit photos with Adobe Photoshop. Improve composition, contrast and colour; fix…