Category: Misc
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CopyCamp
CopyCamp An unconference for artists about the Internet and the challenge to copyright
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Cheatsheet: What is Digg?
Cheatsheet: What is Digg? “When I’m talking to clients,” a seemingly well-informed Google employee told me over brunch, “I want to mention Digg. I know it’s something I’m supposed to know about, but I don’t.” No worries. For everyone who needs a refresher on Digg, we have an exhau
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Event Photography Inspriation: Ted
Event Photography Inspriation: Ted I’ve been using their conference site as a bit of inspiration about how event photography can be executed and used. They don’t just put a few pictures on their front page. Instead, they make their front page an immersive photographic experience. Every tim
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Tara Hunt, Kris Krug and Mike Arrington at Gnomedex 6 ~ The Chris Pirillo Show
Tara Hunt, Kris Krug and Mike Arrington at Gnomedex 6 ~ The Chris Pirillo Show A collection of three interviews by Alex Williams of Podcast Hotel from Gnomedex 6. This collection starts out in a conversation with Tara Hunt of Citizen Agency. The second conversation is with Kris Krug, talking about what made him decide
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Blogging for Change Contest | ChangeEverything.ca
Blogging for Change Contest | ChangeEverything.ca Blog about changing your community, and you could find yourself at Bard on the Beach, courtesy of our Blogging for Change contest!
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Is MySpace Safe?
Is MySpace Safe? The question is not whether MySpace is safe because nothing is. The real issue is whether MySpace can be used safely or whether the risk is too great and we ought to stay away from MySpace altogether.
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Open hack day at Yahoo!
Open hack day at Yahoo! Continuing on the geek thread, i’d like to invite everyone to Hack Day at Yahoo! on September 29. The way hack days work at Yahoo! is that you come with an idea of how to mashup different tools at Yahoo! and then you hack like mad for 24 hours. It’s
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The Best Canon EOS Lenses
The Best Canon EOS Lenses Here are the top 20 lenses based on user ratings with no regard to cost
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New Canon 50mm Lens
New Canon 50mm Lens I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the recently announced Canon EF 50mm f1.2L USM lens. One of my favorite lenses in my current arsenal is the 50mm f1.4 lens. It’s a pretty good lens, but its build quality isn’t quite as nice as I’d like.
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Laughs abound below the belt
Laughs abound below the belt Although there are plenty of bawdy jokes in this romantic comedy, Bolloxed is much smarter than you might expect from a play that begins with a man holding his testicles in anguish.
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Senator Tim Ryan kicks Bush’s Ass
Senator Tim Ryan kicks Bush’s Ass Democrat Tim Ryan from Ohio kicks the Bush Administration ass. He was responding to why young people think the Administration will institute a draft despite their denials.
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BarCampEarth: a local report
BarCampEarth: a local report Having literally been there, done that, and got the T-shirt, I can safely say that the quality of the presentations and the chances to make connections are at least as good as at a formal conference that would cost at least 20 or 30 times more to organize
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STEPPIN’ DIRTY?
STEPPIN’ DIRTY? sneakerAID leather therapy is a high quality cleaning solution for use on the leather uppers of your sneakers. It cleans, conditions, and protects your kicks and keeps them looking fresh out the box. Started by my friend Drew Dunford.
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Photo Camp
Photo Camp Matthew Trentacoste, Kris Krug and Warwick Patterson held a session at BarCampVancouver on anything and everything photographic that we, the session go-ers, wanted to talk about, learn, gain, explore.
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Vancouver Photographers Unite – Midnight Gastown Photowalk
As part of BarCamp Vancouver and PhotoCamp, Matt and I are pulling together a lil photowalk in Vancouver’s Gastown. Digital or film, pro or hack… everyone is welcome… bring a camera (or several!) or be a subject/model. We’ll walk around, take pictures, eat Mister Tube Steaks and generally have a good time. Bring a flash,
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Barcamp Vancouver
Barcamp Vancouver is THIS FRIDAY. We’re all very psyched to be part of the first BarCamp Vancouver, and hope you are too. Read on for all the deets… If You Can’t Come, Please Remove Your Name From the List There are currently about 15 people on the waitlist. If you can’t make it, please visit
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Something Awful
Something Awful For the amount of money we’ve spent on the Iraq war, we could give every adult man and woman in Iraq 16,000 dollars and a plane ticket to the United States.
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Music 2.0: The Coming Revolution
Music 2.0: The Coming Revolution We are undergoing a transformation in how we locate, acquire, and consume music. To some, new technologies such as file sharing networks, music blogs, and podcasts are the end of music as we know it.
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Free e-book: How to Pitch the Media
Free e-book: How to Pitch the Media A while ago, frustrated at the lousy quality of pitches that companies and p.r. people were making to me, I wrote this short (15 pages) book. It’s meant for anyone who is trying to get media attention for their company, charity, web site, event, or what