Category: Misc
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Discollection Photoshoot
I’ve been meaning to post to this site for a while a few shoots I’ve worked on in the past couple months including this one with kdon of Discollection and the Torgerson sistas – Margie and Petrina. Thanks to Shai again for doing hair for this shoot. Shai’s got a great new blog too BTW
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Vancouver designer vintage clothes.
Vancouver designer vintage clothes. Kim from Discollection started a wordpress blog, soon to be moved over to Discollection.ca. Go kdon!
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What’s Zo Wearing?
What’s Zo Wearing? Secret Photoshop Agent and resident Fashion Icon zoetica often has the staff at SGHQ asking, “What’s Zo wearing?” Her unique and eccentric style is a rallying call to those who suffer from mainstream malaise. Each week, she tells us how she’s combined ord
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Movember Update – It’s On!
Well Movember is in full swing, and here’s the first iteration of my Mo… taken in Photobooth over at Workspace here in Vancouver. I’ve heard guys say “I’m a grower, not a shower.” I like to think I’m both. Several other peeps are representin’. Check out awesome Mo’s by Brian LeRoux, Derek Miller, Dane Brown,
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SuperHappyDevHouse 13 on Flickr
SuperHappyDevHouse 13 on Flickr FactoryJoe gettin a lil silly with one of my cameraphone self-portraits on the SuperHappyDevHouse 13 flyer.
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The Definitive Guide to Cell Phone No-No’s
The Definitive Guide to Cell Phone No-No’s Annoying cell phone usage is becoming a scourge of our society, and it’s not just for arrogant executives anymore. It seems like wherever you turn in public spaces, there’s someone yelling into their phone, having the most mundane conversation about n
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Your Guide to Wikis
Your Guide to Wikis A wiki is simply a web page that can be written or edited by the public or a group of people. What sets wikis apart from other web pages is the simple way that anyone can edit or add to an existing page, or start a new page.
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Photobooth Pictures @ Workspace
For those of you who don't know, that lil white 'puter sitting on the bar at Workspace has an awesome app on it called Photobooth. It works with the onboard camera and you can take fun and silly pics of yourself and the peeps you see at Workspace. I'm currently working on a lil documentary
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November Drupal Training Update – new Drupal for Consultants
November Drupal Training Update – new Drupal for Consultants Oh, right, the update: we’re locking down the first day as a more general day that should be applicable to people that don’t fit neatly into either Designer or Developer, or that don’t have time for a full 4 day course. So, the first day (November
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Deconstructing Flickr’s “Interestingness!â€
Deconstructing Flickr’s “Interestingness!†By hinting at the existence of secret sauce, Flickr enters the “we’re more than a pretty face” and “trust us we have amazing algorithms underneath” competitions along with people like Digg. If fact it’s getting to the point that if you can’t work the word
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Interestingness Is to Flickr As PageRank Is to Google
Interestingness Is to Flickr As PageRank Is to Google The recursive nature of Flickr’s interestingness makes it analogous to Google’s PageRank–the complex site ranking system used by Google that ranks sites fundamentally using the PageRanks of the sites that provide links (“inbound links”) to the ranked sit
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The Interesting Economy
The Interesting Economy Today, Flickr has interestingness, which is a measure of some combination of how many times a picture has been viewed, how many comments it has, how many times it’s been tagged or marked as a favorite, and some other special sauce. I suppose revealing the
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Flickr Interestingness Rankings Patents Released
Flickr Interestingness Rankings Patents Released Blog posts about Flickr’s interestingness, and a February Flickr forum post on changes to the interestingness rankings, show a lot of interest in the “secret sauce†on how photos are determined to be interesting. A couple of patent applications were
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New JPG Magazine Photography Magazine
I joined the new community website over at JPG Magazine. JPG Magazine was started by friends Derek Powazek and Heather Champ and has had close ties with Flickr since the beginning. They’re launched a cool new site with community features and I think it’s going to be a hit. I submitted a couple photos for
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A Tale of Three Communities
A Tale of Three Communities The online world has created a culture of creation among ordinary people. Meanwhile, magazines are still partying like it’s 1899. Writers write, readers read, and never the twain shall meet.
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Middle Finger, Olympics!
Middle Finger, Olympics! I walked right by it not thinking to take a photo of it. Not only do I work in the same office as a company with a citizen journalism site, but I work with citizen journalists. If you see them any of the posters elsewhere in Vancouver and use Flickr, be s
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Worldchanging Tour: Vancouver November 5, 2006
Worldchanging Tour: Vancouver November 5, 2006 We often show our love for Vancouver in posts on Worldchanging, but now we can show it in person. Please join us for an evening of big ideas and fun people on November 5 at Workspace. Here are the details: November 5th: VANCOUVER at Workspace 6:00-8:30pm
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Office has more than a stunning view.
Office has more than a stunning view. Article about Workspace in the dead tree newspaper.
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Jump.TV using Drupal
Jump.TV using Drupal JumpTV is -according to itself- “…the world’s leading destination for online television” It offers nearly 200 channels from more than 65 countries, and it recently switched to Drupal! In a short interview we asked Tom Herman why they choose Drupal as th