New Feature: Filter environmental search results

¶ Published Monday, December 28th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & FeaturesNo Comments »

We have just pushed out a small feature. When you search for an item in Nimonik, you can now filter the results by Legislation, Topic, or Updates. This makes it easier to find what you are looking for fast.
We are working on search in registers, expect it soon.

Environmental legislative updates

¶ Published Wednesday, October 28th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & FeaturesNo Comments »

Some of our potential clients do not require detailed guidance text on legislation – they already understand the basics, they simply want updates on environmental legislation. They want to know what is changing, when, how and why. We have always offered updates as part of our various services, but now we are pleased to offer [...]

Filter view tweaked

¶ Published Tuesday, September 8th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & FeaturesNo Comments »

This past week we made a number of User Interface improvements, you can now quickly search for ISO 14001 Impacts and Aspects, particularly important updates are highlighted with a red arrow and we improved the filters for the updates.
Old Filters:

New Filters:

Important Bulletins have a red triangle:

New design for important environmental dates

¶ Published Sunday, August 2nd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & Features1 Comment »

In Nimonik, we offer a centralized calendar with most of the important environmental dates. This feature gives you quick access to updates, reporting dates and your permits. We were not happy with the way it looked, it was not using the screen space efficiently and was just plain ugly. So, this weekend, I scratched this [...]

Important environmental dates

¶ Published Wednesday, July 15th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & FeaturesNo Comments »

We have recently completed a new feature in Nimonik. Our “Dates” function allows you to see a calendar of important environmental dates. Three types are displayed

Legislative updates are mentioned based on the date written and date in effect.
Important reporting dates are on the calendar (NPRI, GHG, Hazardous Materials…).
Any documents you upload to your facilities are [...]

Globe and Mail website redesign

¶ Published Thursday, May 21st at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & Features, MiscellaneousNo Comments »

We work in environmental law, but we are also web experts. Designing for the internet and it’s wide variety of users is very challenging, no one does it perfectly. That being said, it is becoming indispensable to design websites well. Users have many places to go for information, if you do not design well, they [...]

Legal Registers in Nimonik

¶ Published Saturday, May 16th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & FeaturesNo Comments »

Just put together a presentation on the way we deal with legal registers, please give us your questions so we can improve it.

Doing away with wasteful waste

¶ Published Friday, April 17th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & Features, EnvironmentNo Comments »

Greenies often complain about the sheer amount of garbage society produces. They are right, we produce a lot. Yet, the challenge is not to simply reduce the quantity of garbage, but to re-define it. Plastic is extremely useful. It saves lives, makes items more affordable and accessible and is generally beneficial to society. That being [...]

Saving print, rising above “Good”

¶ Published Tuesday, March 31st at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & Features, MiscellaneousNo Comments »

Some people say the printed page is on a slow, inexorable, march towards death, we tend to agree. However, there is still hope in the dismal newspaper world. The video below demonstrates how taking a design centered approach to a newspaper can help it beat the technology revolution; the designer in question, Jacek Utko, looks at a newspaper [...]

New Topics Navigation

¶ Published Monday, March 2nd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & FeaturesNo Comments »

We just launched a new topics menu. It makes moving around the site a whole lot faster. Check out the video below to get a demonstration. We hope you enjoy the new menu. (High Quality here)