By Robert Collins on
Monday, June 28, 2010
We have now added two new licensing options that will hopefully make our licensing even more targeted to your exact needs and money saving by buying only what you need. We also have lowered our overall pricing as well which will save you money and hopefully make Netlearn easier for all to afford.
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By Robert Collins on
Friday, February 19, 2010
I have been working with DotNetNuke (DNN) since its first release back in 2002 and I have seen its ups and its downs over the years. My review here will be straight forward and with as little bias as I can manager since I am human and I do love the product.
My History with DNN: I was originally working on a CMS/Portal solution that would be a retail product for my company’s client using the (then) newly release ASP.Net IBuySpy Portal. While researching and posting in ASP.Net’s forums I like many ran across Shaun Walker’s post about an Open Source idea for taking the IBuySpy portal to the next and much better level. At first I like many others were skeptical about the idea of doing a CMS as open source and how it could fit into our business model. So I waited to see what he came out with while continuing forward on our own solution. However, when Shaun released his first build I was blown away. His ideas were simple and great!
The first things I noticed was the fact that he moved management inline within the site itself and not in a ugly, totally unable to be visualized, admin section like the original IBuySpy Portal had and the same as every Portal/CMS I had every used. All of them had one flaw (a flaw I didn’t know about until I saw Shaun’s release), the admin is in a backend where you make changes, and then have to browse the front end to see the change. This is slow, tedious, and causes many design issues as you cannot see the change until you look with a different browser. What Shaun did was move this all inline within the site and it was brilliant. It was not as slick as it is today, but we all saw the vision. By simply adding arrows to the module wrappers, putting a dropdown list of modules, and an edit pencil next to everything (including the tabs), it created a new beast, one well worth adopting and helping with. That was when I was first converted to DNN and I have never considered jumping ship since as I have not found a solution that is nearly as good as DNN. I like many others started sharing ideas with Shaun and over time DNN took shape.
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By Robert Collins on
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
I have downloaded the latest build of Windows 7 Ultimate RC 7100 and used it to upgrade my HP TouchSmart (TX2z) laptop from Vista Premium Home to Windows 7. The installation went very smooth and I had no issues when upgrading. Once upgrades I logged in and was very happy with the many new Desktop features...
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By Robert Collins on
Saturday, April 18, 2009
I was reading posts in a LinkedIn Group and I found one Titled "The Disney Experience … A Culture of Authenticity and Service" that moved me. In this blog I have copied his post including a link back and my comments. Please feel free to add your comment to my blog or the LinkedIn Group if you are a member.
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By Robert Collins on
Saturday, April 04, 2009
As most people know Twitter is a great way to reach out to people throughout the world and share what you are doing. For businesses this is an invalueable tool for sharing what you are doing, make announcements, offer support, and more. I believe
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By Robert Collins on
Saturday, April 04, 2009
The University of the People is a Free Global University that has been founded by a Israeli entrepreneur named Shai Reshef. Brisinger Group has been selected as the LMS Development Company for this great new University. The BGI SCORM LMS Portal will be the core of the University and then will be extended as needed to offer all the features required.
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By Greg Harshman on
3/23/2009 7:12 AM
I first met Rob Collins, founder of BGI, many years ago through a website. Now before you all get the wrong idea, let me explain...
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By Robert Collins on
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Well it is now official, we have received the Learning! Magazine's Best of Class 2008 Excellence Award for our BGI SCORM LMS. It is a great honor to receive recognition on this magnitude and especially when the recognition is not from an arbitrary source like a...
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By Robert Collins on
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wow, we finally got it out the door and it is looking incredible! Our new reporting system is about as full features as a reporting system can get without getting bogged down in manucia in the way that other systems have. With the ease of use that has only been seen in MS Access Reports but the power of Crystal...
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By Robert Collins on
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
We have added a new section to our site that addresses the new Learning 2.0 world we live in and how our solution fulfills these needs. One of the great advantages of working with DotNetNuke as our underlying Portal/CMS is that it comes out of the box with most of the tools and services that make up the Learning 2.0 concept...
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