There’s been a call for businesses, no matter how small or local, to get online in some capacity for the last few years now. Well, 2020 didn’t really leave many of them with a choice. This year, tech dominated the headlines (as well as something called Covid-19). Communication, medical research, fast-food delivery, virtual classrooms – […]
Another day in tech, another acronym. Today, we are delving into the wonderful world of APIs – Application Programming Interfaces. For anyone outside of tech, that might just sound like a randomly grouped set of words so here is what an API does in plain English. An API is a type of messenger service that […]
So here we are at Part 2 – exploring the recruitment process from the eyes of a small business. In Part 1, I talked about how Telescopic usually deals with the application and interview stages when taking on a new team member. We thought we had a well-oiled process but nothing could have prepared us […]
Telescopic have just recently hired someone. The recruitment process, especially in small businesses, is never an easy one. Nevermind during a global pandemic! To illustrate the effort it takes for a small company to do this, first, before we even consider posting the job, we need to evaluate the cost of the hire and weigh […]
Let’s get this straight first – “CMS”, in the web world, stands for Content Management System. Another fancy acronym. But what does that even mean? In its essence, a CMS gives you access to dynamic data stored in a database and/or file system. That could be a website, it could be an app or maybe […]