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Energy@Work goes live

Jamie Johnson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Energy@Work is a Toronto based energy management company that acts as a facilitator of innovative energy management solutions.

The original site for Energy@Work was developed in 2004 when the company launched, and had not kept pace with changes in technology. RKIL was engaged to refresh of content, appearance and functionality.

iPad vs. The Knowledge Navigator

Jamie Johnson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:38:00 +0000

So the 2010 iPad is announced, how does it compare with the with the 1987 Knowledge Navigator concept piece for 2010?

The iPad has many of features that the Knowledge Navigator forecast, and some it did not.

Are We Going to Get the Knowledge Navigator?

Jamie Johnson — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:55:46 +0000

In 1987 Apple Computer released a video of a concept titled the Knowledge Navigator where a university professor interacts with a tablet computer to gather information for his lecture. With the soon to be announced iPad from Apple is an interesting implementation of where they may be headed.

Mann&Partners' Site Goes Live

Jamie Johnson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:28:15 +0000

Mann & Partners, LLP is a dynamic group of lawyers practising in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada who provide a broad range of services in most areas of law to clients throughout Ontario. The firm decided it was time to update their web site in order to make it easier to add content and to take advantage of social media.

Energy Efficiency Becomes a Factor, At last

Jamie Johnson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:07:40 +0000

RKIL has been evolved for the past 20 years in areas of energy efficiency with our projects for NRCan, Ontario Hydro, Energy@Work and the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance. The concept of a watt saved is a watt earned makes sense, and more opportunities are available now than ever.

Carrots and Sticks Don't Work for Knowledge Work!

Jamie Johnson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

When it comes to motivation, what science knows, and what business does are two different things. The science is pretty clear that for cognitive tasks higher rewards do not produce better results, in fact they produce worse results.

What does RKIL stand for?

Jamie Johnson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Over the years the question has been asked quite a few times, and like any good name, there is a story behind it.

Those three balls?

Jamie Johnson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The RKIL logo has a juggler with three balls in the air, and we have been asked more if there is some symbolism for those balls?

Window 7 - How the desktop world has changed

Jamie Johnson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:07:15 +0000

With Microsoft's release of Windows 7 and Apple's Release of OS 10.6 the world of personal computers has slipped quietly into a new era.

On the shelf beside my desk are a series of disk recovery utilities that were once a key part of my kit. System crashes and the need to completely rebuild a disk or server were a regular part of what was required to be in the business. I have not needed to update those utilities in years, because the systems have been so stable.

Cloud Computing in Trouble?

Jamie Johnson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

It has been a tough couple of weeks for "Cloud computing".

Larry Ellisson from Oracle hates cloud computing, or at least the term.