I know I was a bit grumpy the Twitter after that Canada US hockey game. As a thank-you for putting up with my passion for Canadian hockey I give you the official POWERSHiFTER "Go Canada Vancouver 2010" wallpaper. The hockey team is back on my good side but I am still a little choked about the overall medal count...GO CANADA! Wallpaper>>1024x768, 1200x1024, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, and the iPhone

Welcome to Powershifter Media's new website. It’s built on an open source CMS called Joomla! (The exclamation is actually part of the name). 

Why choose Joomla!?

Flexibility: As a consultancy of one I need to be able to manage my site quickly and cost effectively without employing a developer for site updates. Open source offers cost effectiveness and freedom from being tied to a certain vendor for future updates and changes.

Community: Joomla! is built on bottom-up foundations that make working with open source tools so effective. Just ask the Obama folks about the power of a 'bottom up' organization.


Searchability: The entire site is search engine optimized (SEO) out of the gate.  And because I’m using ajax instead of Flash, every part of the site will get crawled and indexed by the search engines.

Economy: I should practice what I preach! I am constantly telling my clients that static sites are inefficient, costly and depend on having a full time development team standing by to publish every bit of new content that you throw their way. How Web 1.0 is that?

Sure, critics will say that employing Joomla! presents design and system limitations. But I feel that having form meet function and being able to get your fresh content out on the Web quickly and cost-effectively outweighs the Joomla’s restrictions. And as Powershifter evolves, watch for those restrictions to fall away as I push Joomla! into overdrive to see just how far it can take my business.