Fenix Blog

Fenix Cares 2011 Winner!

August 29th, 2011

Thank you to EVERYONE for the wonderful submissions to the Fenix Cares 2011 Initiative. The passion communicated through the submissions was exceptional and motivational. It was a rewarding experience to have submissions come in from across the country!

After careful deliberation, and passionate debate between our team members, we have narrowed our selection to one winner. Although all of the submissions are worthy of our time and attention we are only able to choose one. 

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We are Fenix, and We Care

April 26th, 2011

Update: Submissions are now closed. Thank you to all participants. We will be announcing our selection shortly.


We are VERY excited here @FenixSolutions this morning. This morning marks the kick-off of our FenixCares 2011 initiative. 

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Google Launches Plugin that Fuses Microsoft Office with Google Docs

November 22nd, 2010

For anyone not currently using Google Docs and want to experience the benefits of real time collaboration and the "cloud", Google has launched a plugin that fuses Microsoft Office with Google Docs. This allows those people only familiar with tools like Office an opportunity to get the benefits of the cloud for free.

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Presentation to The Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE)

November 9th, 2010

Moving traditional publications online - how to create value by interactive technology

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Fenix is Seeking a Full-Time Web Applications Developer

October 29th, 2010
Hi Web Developers! Fenix Solutions is currently looking for a talented web applications developer for a full-time position. If you:
  • Love building cool things with open source frameworks and platforms
  • Have a thirst for knowledge and love learning new things
  • Have extensive experience writing sound, object-oriented code
  • Have a sound understanding of software development principles and best practices
  • Have war-honed ninja skills with HTML/CSS/JS
  • Enjoy working in a team
  • Have great written and oral communication skills
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Cutting Through PR-Speak - Part 1: HTML5 Video

June 28th, 2010

HTML5 has certainly been making the rounds in the news lately. With Apple's on-going PR campaign against Adobe's Flash technology, comes mounting misconceptions about what exactly HTML5 is, what it can do, and what it means for end-users.

I hope to clarify several of the most glaring misconceptions over the next few posts. Today I'd like to focus on the most publicized and misunderstood issue of HTML5 video.

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Fear and loathing in Social Media – Tips to help your organization overcome the initial fear social media

April 27th, 2010

I'm amazed that we're still hearing about a lot of fear in organizations when we talk to them about social media. It's not uncommon to hear from an internal communicator that they're facing some resistance from management and can't do everything they would want to. A lot of that fear comes from not seeing the value in the channel, fear of losing control of the corporate message and not knowing what to do with feedback once they get it.

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Microsoft No Longer a Barrier to Using Open Source Web Apps

April 26th, 2010

When people think of open source, the things that immediately come to mind are products and tools that many consider to be polar opposites of Microsoft offerings:

  • Firefox vs Internet Explorer
  • Linux vs Windows
  • Apache vs IIS
  • PHP vs ASP.NET
  • MySQL vs MS SQL
  • Open Office vs Microsoft Office
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