La Petite Nation: six weeks of work, and the first weeks online
Planned since early September and developed continuously since it went online. Here is what was accomplished on La Petite Nation, in order, with the actual numbers.
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The web, SEO, AI, social media and business, from 2004 to today: Robert Scales's articles and the Raincity Studios and Holistic Hybrid blog archives, with their original credits. In English and French.
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WCAG 2.2 Level AA: what it means for your website
One Canadian in four lives with a disability. WCAG 2.2 Level AA defines how to build a site these people can use. Here is what it requires, and why we aim for it on every site we build.
By Robert ScalesAttending the Futureproof Festival of AI in Vancouver
At the end of October, we will be in Vancouver for Futureproof, the AI festival organized by Kris Krüg and BC + AI.
By Robert ScalesTwenty-five years online: lessons learned since 2001
Drupal in Vancouver, dive resorts in Bali, AI in a Quebec village: what has held true over twenty-five years of web work.
By Robert ScalesRebuilding 25 years of lost content
Old blogs disappear, but the words often survive. How to recover lost web content from the Wayback Machine, and what to do with it.
By Robert ScalesStarting a business in the Petite-Nation: a practical checklist
Registration, taxes, local support and funding, a written plan and an online presence: the practical steps for a new business in the MRC de Papineau.
By Robert ScalesLaunching Petite Nation Numérique
A web and AI agency for the Petite-Nation: why here, why now, and what it offers the region's businesses and organizations.
By Robert ScalesWriting that sounds like a person in the age of AI
Readers recognize text that was generated and left unedited. These editing habits restore a genuine voice.
By Robert ScalesDaveO Dispatches: a website for small printed things
A showcase and shop for a series of hand-made chapbooks, built with an AI app builder, for a former colleague from Raincity.
By Robert ScalesAI agents for small businesses: what's real
Agents that book, reply and research: what a small business can delegate to one today, and what remains a demonstration.
By Robert ScalesPitch deck checklist for a Quebec startup
A slide-by-slide checklist for pitching to a bank, a regional fund or an investor in Quebec, with a bilingual deck and figures known by heart.
By Robert ScalesA Business Model Canvas for a rural business
The nine boxes of the Business Model Canvas, applied to a small-region business where seasons, partners and word of mouth change the answers.
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