Given the buzz in the air around this year’s Build conference, you may have missed their announcement on releasing a brand new code editor called Visual Studio Code or VS Code for short.

Christmas Daddies on Saturday raised over $420,000 for needy families in Atlantic Canada. Nicom has been a corporate sponsor for over 15 years, donating its time and talents to the web site and online electronic payment gateway for donations. It is something we are proud of, and we are proud of our employees who make this happen.

When we think of mobile apps, applications that work on a smartphone or tablet, we think primarily of games or downloadable versions of social media programs. The few mobile business applications we see are generic programs for such things as tracking the stock market or sales force automation.

If ever I had to put together an army, I’d recruit Costco shoppers for their sheer loyalty. My comments in last month’s column garnered more feedback than usual, most of it illuminating the privileges of membership which I so callously discounted in my remarks.

Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away, Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer
 ─ From What is So Rare As a Day in June, by James Russell Lowell