¶ Published Tuesday, March 16th In Design & Features - No Comments »
We have just launched a new feature on the Nimonikapp site. When you hover your mouse over a Legislation Title in the legislation list, you will see a small description of the legislation name. Also, if you compile a register based on legislation, we will automatically pull these descriptions into the notes section of your register so your register offers you more than a simple list of tracked legislation. We are progressively adding descriptions in across jurisdictions, but you should see most of the Federal and Ontario acts have been described, Quebec, BC and regulations to follow. Here is aRead the Rest…
¶ Published Monday, December 28th In Design & Features - No 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.
¶ Published Wednesday, October 28th In Design & Features - No 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 it as a stand-alone service. Priced at a very competitive 120$ per year per province and with all our Federal information free, we hope this new service will keep you on top of legislative changes. Sign up today and the first month is free. HereRead the Rest…
¶ Published Tuesday, September 8th In Design & Features - No 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:
¶ Published Sunday, August 2nd In Design & Features - 1 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 itch. Take a look at the before and after. Before: After:
¶ Published Wednesday, July 15th In Design & Features - No 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 posted to the calendar as expiration dates approach. See this video to better understand the new feature. Let us know what you think! P.S. Soon, you will be able to synchronize the calendar with your desktop application (Microsoft Outlook, iCal, and others).
¶ Published Thursday, May 21st In Design & Features, Miscellaneous - No 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 will just click on out of there. The Globe and Mail, Canada’s premier newspaper just redesigned their website and my verdict is: Disaster. The previous version was not amazing, but this is truly a mess. Below is a screenshot and here are a few notes.Read the Rest…
¶ Published Saturday, May 16th In Design & Features - No Comments »
Just put together a presentation on the way we deal with legal registers, please give us your questions so we can improve it.
¶ Published Friday, April 17th In Design & Features, Environment - No 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 said, we need to redefine what packaging is. There is no reason why all packaging cannot be biodegradable, packaging can become a nutrient as opposed to a contaminant. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located in the Northern Pacific Ocean, is made up of millions ofRead the Rest…
¶ Published Tuesday, March 31st In Design & Features, Miscellaneous - No 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 as one complete work – as opposed to a series of articles. He then applies fabulous layout, typography and consistency to produce a product people want to purchase – what a crazy idea! His main point is this, “Any industry, no matter how dull andRead the Rest…
¶ Published Monday, March 2nd In Design & Features - No 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)
¶ Published Monday, February 23rd In Design & Features, Miscellaneous - No Comments »
We believe lighter, faster and easier is …. better! Despite this common sense approach, too many companies invest in expensive “enterprise” software that they think will solve their problems, they won’t. In fact, these software packages ranging in price from 10 000 $ to over a million dollars usually cause more headaches than they relieve. For one, these large pieces of software try to do too much, making them bad at many things instead of good at one thing. The software salesman, who works on commission, will promise you the moon to get you to sign on the dotted line. TheseRead the Rest…
¶ Published Monday, February 16th In Announcements, Design & Features - No Comments »
The need for speed is in all of us. Last week, we made significant performance improvements. This was done by removing data processing bottlenecks one-by-one, a long process but in pure figures, significant speed improvements were achieved. We hope that this will translate to an improved and smoother experience for our users. Let us know if you like the speed of the site. http://www.nimonikapp.ca
¶ Published Wednesday, February 11th In Design & Features - No Comments »
A major challenge with ISO 14001:2004 and equivalent systems is legal registers. In our experience, we have seen registers in various formats and with different content, but one common thread is their difficulty to update them. When companies undergo ISO 14001 audits, they rush to update their legal registers – often using consultants or lawyers at a heavy cost. With NIMONIK, your register will always be up-to-date and ready to use . With Nimonik, you can create Facilities which allows you to build and host three items: A Legal Register An Impact-Aspect Register Documents related to your facility (permits, certificates of authorization,Read the Rest…
¶ Published Friday, February 6th In Announcements, Design & Features, Legal Issues - No Comments »
In the next few weeks, we will be unveiling a new feature: Municipal Tracking. We will offer bulletins (plain language updates) and links to municipal by-laws. Only Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver will include Topics (detailed guidance text) on municipal by-laws, other municipalities will only have updates. As such, municipalities are priced significantly lower than provinces: only 10$/month/municipality. Some of the municipalities we will track include: Montréal Toronto Vancouver Abbotsford Baie D’urfé Calgary Charlebourg (Arrondissement) Charlottetown Cornwall Edmonton Gander Halifax Hamilton Laurentien (arrondissement) Longeuil-StHubert Mirabel Moncton Ottawa Quebec City Regina Saskatoon St. John’s Valleyfield Winnipeg Lac Brome Mississauga
