Mario Bourque
About: Mario is the Manager of Information Architecture for Trapeze Group in Mississauga, ON. Trapeze Group delivers solutions that consider the full 360 degrees of passenger transport.
His current focus is on document and content management, search engine optimization, intranet development, and customer facing Websites.
He brings over ten years of experience in Information Architecture, User Interface Design and User Experience.
Blog Posts
Updated: Bill C-61 - Canada’s New Copyright Law
--Here is the link to bill C-61 proposed by the Conservative government of Canada. If enacted, the Canadian DMCA will leave Canada with one of the mo...
IxDA Interaction|09 Vancouver, BC February 5-8, 2009
--Well, Burnaby really. The Second annual IxDA Interaction conference will be here in the Great White North from February 5-8, 2009. Vancouver is one...
Bill C-60: Amendments to Copyright Law in Canada
--So, the Conservative Canadian government is going after the pirate ship. CTV.ca article here. Bill C-60 here. Under the proposed legis...
Photo of 3G iPhone case - available June 10?
--OK, so unless the joke of a lifetime is upon us and Apple's credibility is about to tank, we can fully expect the new iPhone to be out soon. I&...
iRise Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Axure Software Solutions
--The patent information is here: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7349837/claims.html The news article is here: http://www.centredaily.com/busines...
Follow me on Twitter…
--… but only if ya wanna! I have many more people that I follow than are following me on Twitter. That is fine and dandy, because I don't e...
China and Mobile Devices, Particularly Phones!
--Really cool stat: China: The country’s 583 million subscribers represent the biggest prize on the planet for cell phone makers — the la...
Loblaw customer service - poor user experience.
--As I was making Sunday morning crepes, I found bits of straw in my package of President's Choice Organics whole wheat flour. When we brought ba...
Apple takes delivery of 188 mysterious ocean containers? Are they shaped like iPhones?
--CNN Fortune article: follow this link. ImportGenius, a search engine that gathers “competitive intelligence” by monitoring U.S. Customs...
Opera Mini is the world’s most popular mobile Web browser?
--Opera claims that Opera Mini is used by more than 44 million people. So why am I only hearing about this now? Obviously my head is stuck in t...
Notes does not suck!
--Good evening miniscular listening world! It's been busy in Marioland navigating the User Conference season at Trapeze Group. The North American...
Employee fired over free Timbit getting job back
--It's all about the user experience. As practitioners, we live, eat and breath user experience. We look at it from every perspective throu...
Zen and the Art of Rogue Employee Management
--A while ago I found a Yankee Group report called "Zen and the Art of Rogue Employee Management". I went back to it a few days ago after rea...
UX+IA workshop: Toronto, June 2008
--ToRCHI, the Toronto chapter of ACM SIGCHI, is organizing a one-day workshop on the topic of user experience (UX) design of web site information arc...
2008 IA Summit Slideshows
--I'm going to list the 2008 IA Summit on this post so I/you can keep as a reference. There are multiple versions scattered around, so I'll t...
Why is Twitter cool?
--Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail - http://tinyurl.com/4b4hsg cnn.com
Google Cheat Sheet
--Here it is: http://www.feedsforme.com/google/ This two page Google Cheat Sheet lists all Google services and tools as well as background informatio...
Back to normal…
--Things are beginning to get back to normal around life. It's been almost two weeks since the IA Summit and I still haven't followed up on all the c...
Hang in there!
--OK, so I haven't really posted anything lately. Things are quite busy. With the IA Summit come and gone, I imagine I'll be doing a lot more with th...
2009 IA Summit
--… will be in Memphis, TN at the Peabody from February 18 - 22, 2009. This is highlighted in the program for the 2008 IA Summit, which is goin...
Slideshare and India
--As I created an account on Slideshare, I noticed something very interesting. Note that the two "default" countries are United States and In...
Internet Safety
--I just came back from a presentation on Internet safety from the local YMCA/YWCA. There were two ladies from an online gambling support network, an...
Internet Safety
--I just came back from a presentation on Internet safety from the local YMCA/YWCA. There were two ladies from an online gambling support network, an...
Internet Safety
--I just came back from a presentation on Internet safety from the local YMCA/YWCA. There were two ladies from an online gambling support network, an...
Chinese Domain Name Fraud - Part Deux
--http://blog.sinohosting.net/beware-of-chinese-domain-names-fraud/ I had previously reported being contacted by a domain name registrar regarding my...
Ask.com - What?
--Came across this snippet this morning: Ask.com scales back in makeover Updated Wed. Mar. 5 2008 8:16 AM ET The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO ̵...
Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons creator, dies
--Two things that ramped up my imagination when I was young: LEGO and D&D. Yes, I'm not afraid to admit it. Thanks Gary! This Guinness is for...
Canada: Commuters stick to their cars rather than transit
--I live 67 kilometres from my work and my monthly fuel bill is around $300 dollars (I drive a Mazda 3, not a gas guzzler). An article on CTV's W...
theweathernetwork.com has a Web farm
--Upon going to the Website of "The Weather Network" this morning, I was greeted with this message: "The Weather Network web farm #1 is b...
Nine Mistakes That Turn Your Corporate Intranet into a Ghost Town
--You want an intranet that helps staff collaborate and share information. But, advises Martin Amm, there are several process errors that can k...
The End of Netscape
--I saw this today: Official support for all Netscape client products will end on March 1st, 2008. Please see the announcement for more details...
Marketing in the Google Era
--Kraig Swensrud is the Sr. Director of Marketing Products at Salesforce.com. Recently he developed 7 best practices to help marketers adapt to "Mark...
iconfinder
--http://www.iconfinder.net/ An icon finder Website with a 2.0 flavour! This is good. Nice designs too.
The History of Information Architecture - Gartner Voice Podcast with Alex Wright
--Good podcast interview with Alex Wright, IA for NY Times. From Gartner (23 January 2008): “Leading-edge organizations are constantly looking ...
Internet Brand or Internet Keyword in China
--This week, I received an email from a domain registrar in Hong Kong. He was inquiring about a Chinese company wanting to register some domain names...
Yellow Ball
--One of the things I faced here at Trapeze was organizing content either by region or functional group. By region we have North America, Continental...
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Comments
You know what would make me happy? Wearing a button with your head on it. :)
Look...I got an account. Where to next?
I think your flight difference is based upon where you're coming from. Maybe you an snag your rental car and just pick me up at the airport. Send me your mailing address and I'll write up a cardboard sign with my name on it for you to hold outside the gate. heh