Author: Kris Krüg
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Checkin’ In from CBC’s Digital Development Labs
(cross-posted from my blog over at Raincity) Checking in from the basement of CBC‘s Vancouver headquarters as we kick off an event which is bound to be quite remarkable – the CBC Digital Development Labs. This morning was introductions by the entrepreneurial-minded attendees chosen to display and refine their ideas for possible development by CBC.
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ION Magazine – New Vancouver Fashion, Music, Culture and Art Blog
Check out the new ION Magazine blog – featuring Daily(ish) Reviews, behind-the-scenes peeks at fashion and music shoots, and access to guest list and insider info on the by-now-legendary ION parties. They assure me that 08 is going to be next-level, and Static Photography and Kris Krug will be a part of it all! 🙂
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Vancouver Film School ‘Entertainment Business Managment’ Graduating Class
For the past 2 semesters I've been teaching at VFS in the Entertainment Business Management faculty. I teach 'Internet Technologies 101' and 'Internet Technologies 202'. As a part of our final project for 'Internet Technologies 202' each of the students has been creating and maintaining their own WordPress.com blog. With Matt coming into town, and
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2008: To Infinity and Beyond!
My resolution is revolution but here’s a couple more goals for the coming year… – Read more books (one a month). – Eat more lunch (everyday!). – Get an acting agent (I want to play a villian in a movie this year). – Don’t be in love… be love. Updated: I should also prolly talk
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AUDIO: Tips on How to Take Better Holiday Pictures
A couple weeks ago I was a guest on CBC‘s On The Coast talking about photography and how to take better family photos over the holidays. It was a fun interview with JJ Lee who is a fashion and design columnist for CBC Radio One. Every Monday you can hear JJ On The Coast. OTC
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Twitter vs Pownce – Which Microblogging Platform is Right for You?
Here’s the video, some notes, and some links from my recent talk about Twitter vs Pownce on the Lab with Leo TV show. I *really* shoulda included a review of Jaiku in my comparison. D’oh. *smacks head*
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Facebook Launches Facebook Applications (F8)
Here’s a Google Video of me talking about Facebook Apps on TV on the Lab with Leo show. I really like doing these kind of ‘expert’ segments. It’s fun and I meet a lot of awesome people. I think I’m going to pull a page together on this site that makes it easy for people
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Talking About Bryght on the Lab with Leo
Here’s a recent segment of the The Lab with Leo show of me talking about Bryght. We cover Drupal, open source software, and our recently launched work on the Grateful Dead’s online community website. I’ve done 3 other segmants that haven’t aired yet and am scheduled to be in the studio to film 2 more
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Catching Up On Blogging @ StaticPhotography
With BC Fashion Week bearing down on me, I’ve spent some time this week catching up on blogging over at my fashion photography blog at Static Photography. I’ve been shooting tons and involved in lots of interesting projects but haven’t had the time to post about them properly until now. Late last week I put
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PhotoWalk and PhotoCamp @ BarCamp Vancouver
This weekend is BarCamp Vancouver and I’ll be heading up a PhotoWalk on Friday night and a PhotoCamp on Saturday. Here’s some shots from last years late night photowalk at BarCamp. If you’re interested in photography, cameras, or just want to talk a cool walk through East Van… it would be great to see lots
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Home from Gnomedex 7.0
Back in Vancouver for a week after a few days in Seattle at Gnomedex. Gnomedex is a secret club of uber geeks that gets together once a year to hang, chill, chat, chest beat, network, share, and collaborate. Or something. It’s put on by friends Chris and Ponzi and draws a great group of nerds,
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BarCamp Vancouver Information and Details
BarCamp Vancouver is this Friday and Saturday. I’m one of the organizers and will be hosting my 5th PhotoCamp. If you live near Vancouver and use the internet you should come to this event. It will be fun. You will learn a lot. You will mean a lot of awesome people. You unfortunately will not
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Creative Commons on the Lab with Leo
About a month ago I went on the Leo Laporte show to discuss Creative Commons. Below is the video (holy crap it’s already been watched online 1,600+ times!) . Since then I’ve also recorded sessions on Bryght and Facebook Apps but they haven’t aired yet. I’ll post them here when they do. Tomorrow I’m going
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Bryght World Tour 2007
(cross-posted from my ‘other blog‘ over at Bryght.com. you should subscribe to that RSS feed as well as this one if you really wanna keep up to date). This is a quick post to update customers, partners, collegues and friends of my upcoming travel schedule and the events that Bryght will be participating in over
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nextMEDIA 2007 Slideshow
I had a great time at nextMEDIA in Banff this year. Thanks to Mark Greenspan and team for pulling together such a wicked event. Highlights for me were: * the Net Neutrality panel with JRoks, Kooze, Matt, and AmberMac * reconnecting with MC, finding some time to hang out with David Vogt and making new
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Wikis in Plain English
Check out this awesome video that explains how Wiki’s work by social designer Lee Lefever. Click To Play Part of the AI for Creatives collection. See also: AI Keynote Slides Need Taste Before Prompts.
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Which Famous Photographer Are you?
I took this quiz that Thomas Hawk pointed me towards and the results that were ‘the robot’ thinks that my photography most resembles Helmut Newton’s… who happens to be one of my inspirations. Awesome. 🙂 Which famous photographer are you? Helmut Newton: Known for fashion and nudes illustrating themes of mass media, glamour, sex, and
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Photography Video from Northern Voice Post Everywhere on the Web
Here’s a video of me talking about photography at Northern Voice earlier this year. It was taken by Robert Scoble of PodTech and has been posted all over the web including over at Digital Photography School where there is an interesting pissing match going on between people who think my video is a good informal
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Burnkit Website Reboot
My buddies over at Burnkit, the hottest web design and creative services firm in Vancouver, launched their new website today… and it’s smokin’. They are a part of a bunch of boutique design agencies that are participating in a web redesign contest called May 1st ReBoot. The site features video embedded in Flash and lots