Thinking on design, technology, and innovation

Published on April 1, 2020

Designing for Laughter: Can We Build an App to Improve Local Comedy?

Associate Designer Wendy Schiller immersed herself in Boston’s comedy scene to see if she could improve how comedians get to know each other, and promote themselves online.

Published on March 27, 2020

Lessons from Zoom on Privacy and Security

The discovery of this Zoom flaw provides a master class in how not to think about privacy and security.

Published on March 25, 2020

Three Quick Tips to Writing Better Jira Tickets

Few people like writing Jira tickets. However, they are a fundamental part of the development process. Here are three easy tips to improve your Jira skills — and your process.

Published on March 18, 2020

How to Be Effective When Working Remotely

COVID-19 requires companies to rethink working remotely. At Cantina, we commonly use offsite work for delivering quality services to our clients and we have insights to share.

Published on March 11, 2020

Boundaries, Blockers, and Overcoming the Limits of Innovation

How to recognize the boundaries and blockers to innovation practices, and how you can work around them to make the real change.

Published on March 4, 2020

Cantina Supports Youth Enrichment Services with Second Annual Boston Marathon Run

For a second year, Cantina hopes for tremendous backing as its team supports Youth Enrichment Services (YES) with a Boston Marathon run.

Published on February 26, 2020

Making Security Applicable: Reflections on the Iowa Caucus Voting App and Public Awareness in 2020

A conversation among some Cantina Data Privacy and Security Working Group members on why security is important in our personal and public lives.

Published on February 5, 2020

Ed Tech Roundup: LearnLaunch 2020

A roundup of hot topics in education technology: mobile, AI, data and mixed reality.

Published on January 29, 2020

Working with Structured and Unstructured Data

A case study on the value of storing both structured and unstructured data in the same database.

Published on January 22, 2020

What an OpenIDEO Challenge Taught Us About the Power of Collaboration

Cybersecurity visuals are often misleading. OpenIDEO’s innovation contest gave Cantinistas the chance to better convey issues surrounding data tracking.