Sunning & Surfing in Baja Mexico
Que onda cabron! I just got back from 2 weeks in Baja with a couple of my best buddies. This is the 2nd trip I’ve taken there this…
Writing
Field notes for the age of generative everything.
Essays on AI, culture, community, creative practice, consent, taste, and what stays human when the tools get loud.
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This Is East Van #Community #Art #YVR
Summer is here in Canada. I’ve been spending lots of time fishing and gardening out on Galiano Island… but a big part of my heart (and my photography…
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Workin With The United Nations On A Digital Crowdsourcing Campaign to Stop HIV / AIDS
In May I visited Bamako, Mali in West Africa where I keynoted the. I gave a presentation titled “What Can The HIV/AIDS Movement Lean From Green/Climate Movement About…
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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Perpetual. Motion. Machine. 2011 has been an amazing adventure. I’m just wrapping up 8 weeks on the road and headed off again tomorrow bright and early to South…
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CBC Interview: Plastic Pollution & The Oceans
I was interviewed on CBC Radio’s ‘On The Coast’ w/ Stephen Quinn this week. Here’s the audio transcript set to some of my behind-the-scenes photos of the filming…
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What we leave behind is our digital footprint…
Our future is being documented by us in our present. Each and everyone of us who has a digital camera, a cellphone, a computer or even a camera…
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Social Media Documentarian
In my ongoing struggle define what it is I do in a neat little package I’ve increasingly found myself using the words ‘Social Media Documentarian‘. Based on the…
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Vancouver South By Southwest Party at The Waldorf Hotel
SXSW Interactive has announced a pre-event parties happening in Vancouver in January. The plan to throw a bash in as many cities as we can before the event…
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The Future of Fashion Photography
I’m working on some thoughts for a fashion photography section for Matt Bamberg‘s upcoming book “Defining the Future of Photography“. These notes are really rough but are start…
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New & Emerging Social Networking Tools – BCIT MDIA 2045
Congratulations. After 6 weeks of blogging and Twittering and tinkering with social networks I’m convinced most of you are proficient in the concepts & tools we’ve covered so…
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Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat: Please put a penny in the old man’s hat:
December is around the corner and Christmas is in the air. To transition out of fall and into the Holiday spirit I’m participating a classic Vancouver event… The…
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RiP! A Remix Manifesto
Snow day! In class today we’re gonna watch my very favorite geeky film RiP! A Remix Manifesto by Brett Gaylor and featuring many hero-worthy geeks including Larry Lessig…
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The Waldorf Hotel & The Beatty Street Mural
Here’s a couple local Vancouver projects that inspire me. I’ve documented each of them as they’ve developed over the past several months and recently published these editorials. The…
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Photography Ethics on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
I’m working on a cool photography project for Vancouver’s Lookout Shelters with Buschlen Mowatt Gallery and Joshua Dunford and have been thinking a lot about the ethics of…
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Tweetups, Twittersphere, Tweeps, Twitworking, Twestivals & Twitter
These are some notes and homework to serve as a guide for my New Media and Web Development at BCIT – Class 2. 🙂 Before we embark on…
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New Media and Web Development Class 001 – BCIT
Notes for my first lecture at British Columbia Institute of technology…
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“So Whatcha Been Up To?” – Summer Photography Update 2010
Static Photography has been very busy these past summer months. Every day is a constant hustle at our studio in Vancouver, BC but we get shoot some really awesome…
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‘Vancouver’s Got A Posse’ at South By Soutwest Interactive 2011
Once again that time of year has sprung upon us. If you haven’t noticed a strange influx of SXSW chatter on the internet, then you are one of…
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ReMixology — Thirst-Quenching Fresh Media Innovation!
We’re starting a monthly series of Fresh Media socials starting August 18th. These events will be an exciting gathering point for Vancouver’s leading media innovators. We’re limiting our…
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