Web 2.0 for Good

Web 2.0 for Good Web 2.0 for Good is the first event in the UK to explore how Web-based tools such as blogs, wikis, podcasting and social bookmarking can be used to promote social change and innovation. These new tools offer unprecedented potential for campaigning organiz

Greenpeace UK CMS Project

Greenpeace UK CMS Project I’ve been retained by the Greenpeace UK web team to continue working with them on the project we started planning at our away day three weeks ago (also since my last entry, I’ve learned that “away day” is the term used for “offsite” over here). The projec

More bangs for the buck: Ben Brown IMterview

More bangs for the buck: Ben Brown IMterview Online matchmaking is just like the real world: shit happens. The Wall Street Journal points out a few failures and the new effort to perfect it — we can do it better with TECHNOLOGY — from eHarmony, True, and Match.com. And the goal is always marriage.

Megan Cole Starts At Raincity Studios

Megan Cole Starts At Raincity Studios Hello internets. My new post as Marketing Champion, aka Agent99, has officially commenced at Raincity Studios here in fabulous, sunny Vangroovy. As of today, I have joined the team of Robert Scales, Mark Yuasa and the other lovely gems here at Raincity.

YouTube – The web at its best?

YouTube – The web at its best? YouTube is the most popular online destination for watching and sharing videos. They are currently serving up over 30 million videos a day and that number is steadily growing. In a matter of minutes, you can create an account, upload a video (up to 100MB)

Culture Jamming the Chevy Tahoe

Culture Jamming the Chevy Tahoe Chevrolet has opened up a site asking visitors to create advertisements for its ginormous SUV, the Tahoe, using a collection of clips and soundtracks, as well as your own text. Thing is, there’s no reason you have to make ads in favor of ginormous SUVs…

Tech Village Switch On Event With Communicopia

(cross-posted from Bryght.com) After NTC and Penguin Day in Seattle, I drove East accross Washington to Spokane and then north back into Canada to keynote at a cool new tech conference called Switch On put on by a non-profit called TechVillage. TechVillage is funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Kooteney Association for Science Read More …

NTC and Penguin Day

(cross-posted from Bryght.com) I’m here in Seattle for a one-day free and open source technology conference called Penguin Day that is taking place as an adjunct to the Non-Profit Technology Conference. From the website… Penguin Day Seattle will: build new and enhanced relationships between key constituencies in the open source and nonprofit communities in Seattle; Read More …

SXSW Wrap-Up

(cross-posted from Bryght.com) Well, internet spring break is officially over. The ringing in my ears has stopped, all the geeks are back banging away at their keyboards and counting their money piles, musicians the world over have had their fill of tech talk, and my liver is speaking to me again. SXSW was an awesome Read More …

Lomo LC-A

I got a new camera, the Lomo LC-A, but I’m too busy prepping for SXSW with Colin to blog about it. 🙁 Stay tuned.