Station Master's Journal

If you are a big Mozilla Firefox fan (like we are) then you might be interested in this short list (heh) of 85 Firefox shortcuts for the PC and for the Mac.

Today while looking through some of my favorite blogs I found an awesome article about creating a collaborative work environment (or is it known as a collaborative workplace?). The company who originally spawned the idea is located in Phoenix but I wonder if it would be possible to create a similar working group here in Victoria. I know I've had some interest from a few designers here in Victoria on the Jelly concept, but it looks like concept is more of a full-time work environment.

Phoenix is the 5th largest metropolitan area in the United States, and has the distributed talent and resources to become a powerful destination in the web industry. Unfortunately, it has always lacked the spark that brings everything together.

Local organizations that should be helping the web industry thrive have become bogged down in local politics, turf wars, or ego showcasing. Most web workers have given up on the hope that they'll actually change anything.

Attempts to emulate Silicon Valley (or other web hubs) have typically failed, because they simply don't fit the unique Phoenix culture and geography. We need to build a new community model, a Phoenix-centric one, to turn this city into a relevant hub of web talent and innovation.

That's where Gangplank comes in.

If you have any interest... fire me an email at info@simplestation.com and I'll start building a master list of individuals interested in the concept. I figure if we had a solid 3 to 5 groups who wanted to spit rent we could definitely get the whole thing going.