Author: Kris Krüg

  • The Zen of White Balance

    The Zen of White Balance The real purpose of white balance adjustment is to compensate for the color temperature of the prevailing light source so that your image will show accurate color. Whether you do so by making adjustments on your camera before you shoot or on your computer after you shoot, the objective is

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  • Misanthropy Art Gallery in Vancouver Closing Show

    Misanthropy Art Gallery in Vancouver Closing Show Curators Celia King, Eben Bender, Everett Nolan and Mr. Brown Stencils by Dead Empire (Nokin and the dark) Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: Vancouver Tech Journal Isn’t Journalism.

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  • Community Business Minded Ness

    Community-business-minded-ness The community-business-minded-ness of the Bryght team was a refreshing surprise. They get community, they get business … and they know open source can be both. Boris, Kris and some friends run Bryght, a Vancouver company that offers quick and dirty (plus almost-as-quick and very pretty) web sites based on the Drupal online community platform.

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  • The Future of Publishing Conference

    The Future of Publishing Conference Stop advertising, start doing! The move from branding to blogging may be daunting for traditional advertisers, but it creates a myriad of exciting opportunities for forward-thinking business leaders, publishers, and people with a story to tell. For decades, traditional mass media has been the best mechanism for connecting companies with

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  • Portrait Photography Tips

    Portrait Photography Tips While I’m not a fan of celebrity-type magazines I am a fan of great portraiture and I must admit I did pick up an old edition of Practical Photography Magazine (May 2005) when I read the tagline,“Stunning Portraits of the Rich and Famous,” on the cover but only because that was followed

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  • Champ, Krug, Powazek, Turingan

    Champ, Krug, Powazek, Turingan “That’s not a law firm, nor a band. They are names, part of my four elements of photographic inspiration. ” Eric you’re awesome. Thx for making my day man. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative

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  • SAJAX – Simple Ajax Toolkit

    SAJAX – Simple Ajax Toolkit Sajax is an open source tool to make programming websites using the Ajax framework — also known as XMLHTTPRequest or remote scripting — as easy as possible. Sajax makes it easy to call PHP, Perl or Python functions from your webpages via JavaScript without performing a browser refresh. The toolkit

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  • Ajax Resources

    Ajax Resources Here’s a small and no where near complete list of some ajax scripts and small ajax apps i’ve stumbled upon: Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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  • Usable Content Manifesto

    Here’s some awesome tips on web writing and site content from DKR. What Usable Content Is * Usable content is clear and easy to understand. * Usable content can bridge gaps—things like language barriers, disability and cultural differences. * Usable content is meaningful. * Usable content makes the reader feel smart. * Usable content is

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  • Beyond Robson – the site for Vancouver

    Beyond Robson – the site for Vancouver In early August, Beyond Robson, a blog about Vancouver culture will launch and we’re looking for bloggers to join the team. Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: Vancouver Tech Journal Isn’t Journalism.

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  • EventBlogging @ WebVisions 2005 in Portland

    I’ll be taking photos, aggregating, and blogging about WebVisions 2005 in Portland today. Go check it out at: http://2005.webvisionsevent.com/blog/ Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab.

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  • T Minus 7 Hours ‘Til WebVisions 2005

    I don’t know if I should try to catch a few hours sleep or just stay up until registration starts at 7am. Anyway, Will posted first but here are a couple notes from our trip down…. + The new Deep Dish kicks a whole lotta ass. I still like Deep Dish Toronto better though. +

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  • Losability vs. Usability

    Losability vs. Usability he rules of Web design can be summed up in two words: Whatever works. In other words, if your Web design is based on a strong business strategy, it sets its own standards. It’s like the siphon effect—you prime the siphon by drawing a little water thro Part of the AI for

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  • FlickrBits

    FlickrBits All stuff that’s Flickr but not Flickr Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab.

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  • Drupal Hosting Options

    Drupal Hosting Options Bryght is a Drupal host, but we offer it as a managed and supported service. We should be on this page too. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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  • Minimalist Photography As An Artform.

    Minimalist Photography As An Artform. Minimalism as an artform is the idea of reducing something to it’s most basic form including colour, shape, value, lines and texture – or lack of. Basically a reduction of form to only the essentials of geometric abstraction. Within this, no attempt is ma Part of the Photography and Visual

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  • stencilrevolution – the dark

    stencilrevolution – the dark Vancouver streetart masta! Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: The Long Road to Futureproof.

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  • stencilrevolution – nokin Gallery

    stencilrevolution – nokin Gallery Vancouver street art masta! Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: The Long Road to Futureproof.

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  • Dodging and Burning in the Digital Darkroom

    Dodging and Burning in the Digital Darkroom Dodging and burning are among the oldest and most time honored techniques in the traditional darkroom. While the way we dodge and burn has changed in the digital darkroom, the techniques remain as helpful as ever. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Hacking

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