Darren Puscas - web consultant

03/08/2023

My latest web dev project: adriennemareebrown.net Here you can read adrienne's blog and all about adrienne’s projects and publications, friends and teachers, speaking engagements, and more!

My role was to take the beautiful design and inspiration of www.facebook.com/adriennemaree and And Also Too and bring it to life on the web! Working with them to help fulfill their creative vision on the web was a wonderful experience.

10/30/2016

Want to podcast? Check this guide full of tools & resources to get you started! http://www.darrenpuscas.com/2016/10/podcasting-basics-notes-for-beginners

Are you trying to figure out how to get going with podcasting?

To help you get started, I've put together these extensive notes and resources covering podcasting basics, equipment, podcasting editing software & more!

10/30/2016

More than 70% of WordPress installations are vulnerable to hacker attacks due, in large part, to poor user security practices. The good news is there is a lot that can be done to improve the situation with limited effort.

Here are some simple tips for beginners and non-developers to up the security of their WordPress site.

http://www.darrenpuscas.com/2016/10/4-easy-things-wordpress-security/

October 30, 2016 4 easy things you can do right now to improve your WordPress security. More than 70% of WordPress installations are vulnerable to hacker attacks and the total number of hacked WordPress websites hovers around 200,000 each year. Here are simple some tips to up the security of your Wo...

09/12/2015

There was so much material out there on this guy, I put together this list: http://www.darrenpuscas.com/lynton-crosby-harper-strategist/

September 12, 2015 Lynton Crosby: Stephen Harper’s new strategist. Connections to private healthcare, to***co, fracking, tax havens. Xenophobic and anti-refugee campaign strategies. Staunch defender of the one percent. We all want to know more about Lynton Crosby, the political strategiest man who i…

07/28/2015

I've just relaunched my site at http://www.darrenpuscas.com

I'm focusing my work on website care, site audits, and design for non-profits, NGOs and labour. Plus planning to do a lot more writing on both social/political issues and web design. More to come, stay tuned!

(I'm in the process of changing reWorkit over. I'll still be keeping this page as is though)

I’m passionate about helping NGO, arts, & labour clients eliminate their website “pain points” and strengthen their web presence. I’ll help get you on the right track and relieve some of the stress you feel about your web presence and strategy so you can focus on your own work. I love managing proje…

02/14/2014

Here's my latest reWORKit web project, the redesign of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly's website - just launched it yesterday! Excited for the GTWA to have this new communications tool. www.workersassembly.ca

GTWA site redesign has launched!

09/11/2013

Update on UWindsor Strike:

09/07/2013

"Right-to-work" laws: dressing up ideology as research. http://opinion.financialpost.com/2013/09/05/why-we-cant-afford-u-s-labour-laws

Stripping workers of their collective rights never creates jobs

08/29/2013

To me, this is part of the (my) new union I am anticipating most.

“Our new union, from the beginning, recognizes that the labour movement must innovate constantly: developing new ways of organizing, representing, inspiring, and empowering working people to demand...

08/29/2013

Good advice for web designers on how to better understand clients and do better work for them.

In the web community, it often seems like client work is what people do when they need money to fund the projects they really care about. I might be considered an oddball for not aspiring to work in a hip startup or create a product out of a side project. I love working in client services.

08/28/2013

08/28/2013

Important new book coming out on state-led attacks on public sector unions and how unions are responding http://fernwoodpublishing.ca/The-Politics-of-Public-Sector-Unions/

Fernwood Publishing is a progressive independent Canadian book publisher. Fernwood Publishing publishes critical works in the social sciences and humanities.