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If news is not in English, did it happen? English was already the lingua franca of science, business and academia. Now English appears to be fast emerging as…
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Essays on AI, culture, community, creative practice, consent, taste, and what stays human when the tools get loud.
If news is not in English, did it happen? English was already the lingua franca of science, business and academia. Now English appears to be fast emerging as…
Photography Books for your Coffee Table What better christmas gift to get someone than a book of great photography! So if you’re looking for some last minute gifts…
Quickie Folksonomy Screencast I bashed out this screencast on the basics of folksonomies (requires QuickTime, 19MB). It does not pretend to be a comprehensive or deep account of…
Online Photography Rights: Are You Allowed to Link to Me? This got me to thinking about what my online rights are and I realized, unfortunately, that I have…
Colette Fisheye by Lomo Viennese purveyors of photo-artistry, Lomo, have teamed up with Parisian concept shop pioneers, Colette, to make a black version of Lomo’s Fisheye camera. The…
Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked A large gap exists between the public’s perception of video games and what the research actually shows. A PBS article…
Sleep Debt – Time for More Shut-Eye At the end of this study many of these subjects reported feeling a level of clarity, and a quality of awareness,…
This morning walking to work I had the opportunity to join project FU H2. I’ve been cruisin’ around flippin’ off Hummers all week but this was the first…
Family Picture Christmas Cards Each year I open my cards with anticipation hoping that this might be the year that I actually get a picture where the family…
Last week at Blogs N Dogs in Banff I gave several presentations including one about using blogging and web technologies specifically for indendent artists and creatives. Christina Carr…
The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 So in spirit of the holidays, here is a list of some of the best Web 2.0 software that I’ve come…
Moving On – Some words that I would love to see retired from my existence for quite some time: If you want to impress me, here are some…
Recovering from Blog-Verload Yes! I just coined a new blog word. Or did I? Let’s see, a quick Technorati search should be able to determine that… Technorati says:…
Blogging for the creative crew As an innocent in this new democracy, and as a writer, teacher and artist, I’d like to share with you some of the…
Bold predictions for the savvy designer, 2006 edition “that Fisher Price lookâ€: “Big buttons, big text, big everything. Yes, it definitely has its place at times. But I…
Web Design and Development Trends for 2006 Designs will soften, with more rounded corners, pastel colours and hinted boxes.†and “2006 is going to see Ruby on Rails…
Last night we got together and did some podcasting at the pub here in Banff. It was a great time… 20+ people from the confernce showed up, and…
Canada.com Redesigns Without RSS Feeds Canada.com recently launched a long-overdue redesign of their website. I’ll let you decide what you think on your own, but I find it…
Things I Didn’t Know Before Yesterday A number of people asked me yesterday what I learned at the conference, and I had a hard time answering, not because…
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