Author: Kris Krüg
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Beijing Trip Mentioned in Vancouver Sun Article About Business Opportunities in China
(cross-posted from my blog @ Bryght) On Thursday I leave for China with Robert Scales to attend the China Access 2008 "What is Your China Strategy?" Forum in Beijing and it's starting to get to crunch time. I worked through much of the weekend catching up on email and Bryght projects and cleaning up my…
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Interview on Kootenay Co-op Radio with Jill Boland of Tech Village
(cross-posted from my Bryght blog) Yesterday I had the opportunity to be on Kootenay Co-op Radio with Jill Boland, Executive Director of TechVillage and Jason Taylor of Selkirk college. Tech Village is a non-profit based in the Koots whose mission is to support and grow the new media and technology industry in the region. From…
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Møtley Krüg
Ha… thanks to Derek Miller and the Lip Gloss and Laptops grrls for the awesome geek present >> MotleyKrug.com. Now I gotta think of something clever to do with it. Suggestions? Maybe I’ll start a clothing line? or a hair-band? Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/…
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E3 Wrap-Up
(cross-posted from my blog @ Bryght.com) I just returned from E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in LA and what a busy week it was! E3 is the premier trade show for the video and online gaming industry and Robert Scales from Raincity Studios and I went down on behalf of New Media BC and the…
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The Emeralds Used My Photos on Their Website
I got an email from Kazuya today letting me know that The Emeralds, an awesome Japanese rock band I hung out with at SXSW, had used some of my photos for the cover of their website. Awesome! 🙂 Thx guys. Part of the Events and Reports collection. See also: Web Summit Vancouver 2026.
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I’m Going to Beijing China!
On May 26th I’m going to Beijing, China with Robert Scales of Raincity Studios to participate in the Growth Economies/Growth Industries of the 21st Century: China Moves Higher conference put on by our friends at China Access 2008. The post about the trip from the Bryght site is below. This week I’m getting vaccinations and…
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Get Funded By Google to Work on Drupal With Bryght
From the Bryght site… Vancouver students: Want to earn $US 4500 while working on Drupal Google Summer of Code projects? We've got free WiFi, desks for two students and Drupal culture that you can soak up in spades (as well as Bryght guy Adrian being a SOC mentor) from us here at the Vancouver Bryght…
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Glencora Twigg of Twigg & Hottie at Vancouver’s Glad Rags Party
Last night, Megan Cole of Raincity Studios and I went to check out a fashion show called ‘The Glad Rags’ party put on by Fashion High and sponsored by The Tyee as a part of their Guilt-Free Hedonism series. It was a night focused on wearing localy sourced and manufactured designs and supporting sustainability and…
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Carpooling to Work and Buyin’ a Bike
Global warming and air pollution are only some of the good reasons to drive less and take other forms of transportation… community and sunshine some other good reasons to consider alternatives like carpooling and biking. Check out my early morning ramble about the new bike I’m buying and my nascent attempts to rideshare to work.…
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Burnkit Office Grand Tour
JD and Burnkit got their new office in the ‘up and coming’ part of Vancouver east of Main Street. The space is a work in progress but Josh has a ton of vision for the studio and it’s gonna be great. Come wander around with me Jer Crowle and Joshua Dunford as we check the…
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A Couple of kk+ and MC VideoBlogs
Wassup internets. Here’s a couple more YouTube.com videos of Megan Cole and I wandering around Vancouver and carrying on. Check it out. kk+ and MC wander around downtown Vancouver a bit and talk about the Vancouver sunshine and some of the cool *work* parties we have lined up over the next few days. BONUS: One…
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Thomas Jefferson Was a Badass
Thomas Jefferson Was a Badass “A little revolution now and then is a good thing Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Workspace – Future Home of Yoga for Geeks
Workspace – Future Home of Yoga for Geeks Bill and I discussed the possibility of me teaching twice a week in the space (which is going to be gorgeous). Classes would likely be included with membership, though details are still TBD. My aim, assuming this all works out, would be to offer accessibl Part of…
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Drupal’s Aggregator2 and Social Signal Blogged on WorldChanging
Drupal’s Aggregator2 and Social Signal Blogged on WorldChanging At Social Signal we’ve used Aggregator2 to help move news through the different parts of the emergent telecentre.org network. We use it to bring news and links onto our own web site, including a web page that rounds up nonprofit technology news based on t Part of…
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Prioritized CMS Requirements for Greenpeace UK
Prioritized CMS Requirements for Greenpeace UK About a month ago, I posted the list of six activities the Greenpeace UK web team and I plan to perform by the beginning of June. So far, we’ve completed the first three. We’ve also chosen the 3 open source CMS products we plan to evaluate given our prior…
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HOW TO Prioritize Requirements (Part II)
HOW TO Prioritize Requirements (Part II) Once you’ve defined and weighted the organizational objectives your project is being undertaken to address, and you’ve identified and weighted the user types the project is meant to serve, define the requirements for the software you’re planning to implem Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See…
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NextBillion.net Nominated For A Webby
NextBillion.net Nominated For A Webby NextBillion.net brings together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise. Create an account today and start sharing your thoughts. Part of the responsible AI collection. See also: Vancouver AI Community Lunch Meetup: Fostering Community in…
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ONE/Northwest Receives Salesforce.com Foundation Grant
ONE/Northwest Receives Salesforce.com Foundation Grant We’re pleased to share the news that ONE/Northwest has been awarded a $25,000 Development Grant from the Salesforce.com Foundation to fund the integration of Plone, a powerful and user-friendly open source content management system, with the Salesforce.co Part of the creative technology collection. See also: 20 Ways to Resist AI’s…