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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • ComVu talks community

    ComVu talks community ComVu has some pretty interesting technology. Today it only works on Windows Mobile devices, but Series 60 support is coming soon (all the Bryght guys…

  • Back Like Lazarus…

    Back Like Lazarus… Project Opus, a Drupal based music project here in Vancouver, gets some funding. Go David!

  • Musicians should have feeds.

    Musicians should have feeds. Too few musicians or labels actually have feeds for their shows, though Sub Pop is a nice exception and includes a page chock full…

  • Mollyguard

    Mollyguard Ridiculously cheap RSVP and pre-pay services for events, including survey features, promotions tools, and membership management. And when I say ridiculously cheap, I mean free or (for…

  • Ten Video Sharing Services Compared

    Ten Video Sharing Services Compared The number of video-sharing sites has shot through the roof recently, as dozens of companies try to become the Flickr of the online…

  • Hacking A More Tasteful MySpace

    Hacking A More Tasteful MySpace The social phenomenon that is MySpace is one I don’t fully understand, and yet, one I must fully respect. In fact, with over…

  • “Official” 2010 Olympics Protest Site

    “Official” 2010 Olympics Protest Site It’s no secret that many designers, including us, have a real problem with the process used to select the Vancouver 2010 Olympics identity.…

  • What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church

    What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Web 2.0 is the latest rage. It’s on the cover of Newsweek and everyone is speculating if it’s the revenge of…

  • Hangin’ @ Raincity Studios

    Apparently if I don’t post my YouTube video blogs to this site, people try to claim they don’t exist. Ok ok, you shouldn’t have to follow my online…

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