JenTekk Blog

Taking on a project from an acquaintance who becomes a networking partner who becomes a friend who becomes a clients is always so exciting!

Mutual respect has already been established making the trust factor hurdle a non-issue. Additionally, knowing my client’s personality, priorities and passions make it easier when deciding the direction – look & feel, and tone – of the website.

Such was the case with Colleen Beland of 2nd Chance Debt Arbitration Service.

I met Colleen at a networking event back when she was working in another area of finance. I found her vibrant, smart, trustworthy and truly kind, we hit it off right away. Colleen had all the characteristics of someone I could trust as a friend, AND with my money. I hired her financial services without a second thought.

As she planned marketing her new company 2nd Chance, Colleen asked if I would be interested in assisting her with her online presence. Not only was I interested, I was honored!

We chose to use the very popular Joomla! CMS so that Colleen could manage the site herself. The project went exactly as I’d anticipated: with much enthusiasm, passion and appreciation from both sides.

Colleen, thanks again for the opportunity to assist you with your website! I know how passionate you are about helping people out of financial debt… everyone deserves a 2nd chance!

I wish you all the best my friend!

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JenTekk is pleased to announce the launch of our latest project CL’cK – Connecting Learners with Knowledge.

Funded by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, with 7 other sponsors, Fraser Health, Interior Health, Northern Health, Provincial Health, Providence Health Care and BC Health Education, the CL’cK web site was built to connect front-line health care staff with the knowledge they need to improve outcomes for their clients.

Website Goals

To meet the goals of this Pilot Project, the CL’cK web site needed much of the content to be accessible to the public, while other more sensitive content would be viewable only to registered users.

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Rastin of rmdStudio and I met yesterday in Kitsilano at Calhoun’s Bakery (below) where we first partnered in 2007 to officially incorporate Tazzu as Tazzu™ Networking Ltd.

This meeting today however was to mark the passing of time, and acknowledge the winds of change.

We did some reflecting and agreed that Tazzu™ had been a blast!

Since that first meeting in ’07 Tazzu™ has had its share of successes – initially a vibrant growing community, networking meetings in Yaletown, Gastown and Richmond, a number of WordPress Camps, Joomla Camps, including organizing and hosting the very first Joomla Day in Canada: “Joomla Day Vancouver”.

The Tazzu™ community grew from an initial small handful of local acquaintances in 2006 to a vibrant group with members hailing from around the globe.

Some say that all good things must come to an end. I’m not so sure this is true, but what I do know is that time keeps ticking, and along with the passing of time comes change.

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JenTekk is pleased to announce the launch of the 2010 Kids Summer Reading Club website themed “Reading Rocks!”

We have had the pleasure of creating the Kids SRC website for the past four years, with this year making it 5!

Thanks to BCLA and the great people who also contribute to the Kids SRC – as always, it was a blast working with you!

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To celebrate 4000 code commits, Rastin and Ash decided to release to the public Anahita Social Engine™ version 1.0 Alpha 1 codename White Angelica!

»» READ original announcement here

As an alpha version, it naturally has bugs, does not yet have some features such as privacy and Access Control List. In addition, user blocking is not yet fully functional. These and more are being addressed in the next alpha release, currently under development.

»» DOWNLOAD the installable packages here

Catch the buzz

This news comes with much anticipation as the buzz of Anahita Social Engine™ picks up momentum:

Last month Mr. Bob Bloom did an interview with Rastin and Ash on his radio podcast show, featuring the Anahita Social Engine™ project and Nooku.

»» LISTEN to the podcast here

Earlier, the Nooku and Beyounic Teams presented the Anahita Project at the Joomla Day Italia Rome in their Nooku presentation.

»» READ original blog post here

Follow Anahita Social Engine™

If you want to hear all the latest news regarding Anahita Social Engine™ first hand, these are the ways you can stay in the know:

• Anahita Social Engine™ on Twitter @anahitapolis
• Anahita Social Engine™ Fan Club
• Anahita Social Engine™ Blog

Congratulations to Rastin and Ash, and the Anahita Social Engine™ Partners on this wonderful milestone!

Want to become a partner? Read Become a Partner on the Anahitapolis website.

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Thank you BlueFur for this great little article:

» BlueFur.com Customer of the Week: Jeannette Duguay.

Quoted from the article:

“An avid fan of BlueFur since 2004, entrepreneur Jeannette Duguay (“Jen” to friends) wears a variety of hats.

For starters, she is the owner of JenTekk Web Solutions, a website design and development company. Based out of Richmond, JenTekk has been…”

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Lots of good things are happening down at BlueFur. This recently added feature – Customer of the Week – is just one of many to come.

You see, on Feb. 11th 2010, BlueFur announced that it is now under new ownership and that we can expect lots of positive changes, especially in the customer care and service dept.

I’ve always had great response with the customer service – so to read how they are going to turn it up another notch is simply fantastic. Keep it coming!

Congratulations to new owners Ben & Joel. All the best to you and the gang at BlueFur!

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It’s that time of year again when the BC Library’s Association starts gearing up for the annual Kid’s Summer Reading Club.

JenTekk has had the pleasure of creating the Kids SRC website for the past four years.

We’ve just received the official news today… that we can make it 5 years in a row!

Kids SRC 2010 Theme: READING ROCKS!

Judging by the above poster, this year’s theme is going to be a blast to design for.

Thanks to BCLA and the great people with Kids SRC – I look forward to working with you again!

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