In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed.
WATERLOO - ARISE Technologies Corporation which is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, cost-effective solar technology, today announced that its photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing plant in Bischofswerda, Germany has produced its first PV cells on line 2 on schedule.
RDM and TriSource Solutions, LLC. partner to launch the RDM Image and Transaction Management System (ITMS(R)) suite of electronic check conversion software products to TriSource agents and merchants
WATERLOO - RDM Corporation announced yesterday that it has teamed with TriSource Solutions to resell RDM's electronic check conversion software and hardware products. TriSource Solutions' agents and agent banks will now be able to provide remote deposit capture capabilities to their existing and potential customers, enabling them to electronically deposit checks. The RDM software is bank agnostic so merchants will not need to change their existing banking relationships.
Kitchener – Kitchener/Cambridge area employers report a mild hiring climate for the second quarter of 2009, according the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
WATERLOO - ARISE Technologies Corporation, which is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, cost-effective solar technology, today reported its financial results for the 2008 year-end and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2008. Financial results conform to Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and all currency amounts are in Canadian dollars.
Parents worry economic crisis means they can't afford university
TORONTO - The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations has launched a campaign urging the Ontario Government to bring in a Budget on March 26 that will invest more in Ontario universities.
Guelph - Cows are known for their big, beautiful dark eyes. But University of Guelph researchers have discovered it's actually the whites of their eyes that are important when it comes to determining their temperament.
TORONTO - CAW leadership representing production and skilled trades workers at General Motors in Canada unanimously endorsed the CAW-GM tentative restructuring agreement at a meeting today in Toronto.
Toronto - On her first Canadian visit, 2008 NY Post Liberty Medal for Lifetime Achievement recipient Majora Carter will explore sustainability and renewal issues during her speaking engagement on Friday, March 13 from noon to 2 p.m.at Hart House, University of Toronto.
WATERLOO – A Canadian research team has developed a handbook to help health care practitioners – from physicians to physical therapists – provide sensitive care for male and female adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
WATERLOO – Leigh Hobson, a local cyclist who won a bronze medal at the Montreal World Cup of cycling and competed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, will deliver the keynote address at the fourth annual Outstanding Women of Laurier event Thursday, April 2 starting at 11 a.m. at the Waterloo Inn Conference Hotel.
CAMBRIDGE, ON – COM DEV International Ltd. announced its first quarter financial results for the three-month period ended January 31, 2009. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
Kitchener – Wednesday, March 11th marks the ten-year anniversary of the Waterloo Region Small Business Centre—a not-for-profit governmental organization that provides entrepreneurs with start-up information and business development guidance. Locations at Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo City Hall provide small business owners with the necessary tools and accessible resources to navigate through the start-up process and sustain successful growth.
International Medical Equipment and Services Provider Expects Major Process Efficiency Gains From Planned ECM Deployment to All Users Globally
WATERLOO - Open Text announced that international medical equipment and services provider, B. Braun Melsungen AG, will deploy a company-wide ECM solution based on the Open Text ECM Suite. The plan represents a major expansion of the company's use of ECM from around 2,000 users currently, to all users globally when the project is fully deployed in about three years.
London - The National Diabetes Management Strategy has received a $500,000 boost in funding from Novo Nordisk Canada Inc. to research diabetes treatment in primary care and ultimately improve the lives of people with the disease. The Strategy is a joint initiative of The University of Western Ontario (Western) and the Canadian Diabetes Association, led by Dr. Stewart Harris, the Canadian Diabetes Association Chair in Diabetes Management at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Waterloo - DALSA Corporation, an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, is pleased to announce that Dr. Savvas Chamberlain, DALSA's founder, CTO and Chairman, has been made a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada.
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, today launched the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, a two-year $2-billion measure to support infrastructure enhancement at post-secondary institutions, including universities and community colleges, across Canada. The program will promote employment and provide economic stimulus, and create jobs for engineers, architects, tradespeople and technicians.
TORONTO - United Steelworkers (USW) Ontario/Atlantic Director Wayne Fraser said Monday that the union is deeply saddened by the loss of Juana Tejada, the live-in caregiver whose struggle to remain in Canada under the federal Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) sparked a campaign to change immigration law and ensure a fair process to workers seeking permanent residence under the LCP.
World Economic Forum commits to increasing its efforts to identify and select women leaders to integrate into the Young Global Leaders community with the ultimate goal of reaching parity
Geneva, Switzerland – In response to Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s call to action for countries, organizations and schools around the world, the Forum of Young Global Leaders and the World Economic Forum have announced a commitment to increasing their efforts to identify and select women leaders to integrate into the Young Global Leaders community with the ultimate goal of reaching parity.
"The global financial crisis slashed the value of financial assets worldwide by $50 trillion last year, a study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday.
We are in a war. Not the war in the Middle East, but the war we are all experiencing for sales. The battle is almost like hand-to-hand combat because it will be won by selling one customer at a time. To survive in these turbulent economic times, we must win the war for customers; we must be more effective at closing the fewer customers who are looking for our product or service. The game has changed, but the rules of engagement haven't.
Toronto - Ontario’s electricity consumers and taxpayers shelled out $2 billion in 2008 to pay down the stranded nuclear debt of the defunct Ontario Hydro says the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. That’s the equivalent of $150 per year for each of Ontario’s citizens – or $600 for a family of four. And we’re on the hook to continue to pay these charges for years to come.
The historian will have to be very kind to this global financial meltdown and should reward it for the most needed rude awakening call forcing a dramatic change of traditional business models. Right now, all over the world, this crisis is teaching CEOs new things, firstly, face the music and change the tune and secondly, appreciation for finer details and anger management during this extremely-hyper-loss-count.
U.S. hiring plans weakest since 1982 recession, as the downturn takes its toll on Asia Pacific job prospects
MILWAUKEE, WI, USA – The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released today reveals that employers worldwide say they will continue to cut back on hiring in the second quarter of 2009 compared to one year ago, with U.S. employers reporting the gloomiest outlook since the 1982 recession. In the Asia Pacific region, labor market conditions are expected to deteriorate at a surprisingly rapid rate.
Private investors dominate buying and selling sides; office properties most prominent assets traded in second half of 2008
VANCOUVER - The still-unfolding global credit crisis will take the steam out of British Columbia's commercial real estate investment sales in 2009, and indications are that capitalization rates will rise. Meanwhile, mid-2008 deals likely represented the high water mark for prices in this cycle.
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