Category: Web & Early Blog

The it Lists – Parasuco ?it? Denim Parasuco is a Montreal based jeans company that has quietly emerged (and grown up) as an international fashion brand with a cult-like following. ?Donna Italia? (famous Italian mag) listed…

The it Lists – Parasuco “it” Denim Parasuco is a Montreal based jeans company that has quietly emerged (and grown up) as an international fashion brand with a cult-like following. “Donna Italia” (famous Italian mag) listed…

ChangeEverything One Change at a Time Act locally, think globally. That’s one of the premises behind Bryght VPS site, ChangeEverything.ca. Community members on ChangeEverything.ca submit "changes" no matter how large or how small and the community…

You Can’t Build Community with a Carrot I feel like these contests are a reflection of the idea that building community has shortcuts ?like you can build any community you want if you have a sexy…

Best Album of the Year: Neon Bible I’m calling this one now: The Arcade Fire have released the best album to come out in the past year. Neon Bible is simply a great, great collection of…

Six cool things you can build with OpenID Apart from explaining what OpenID is and how it works, the key point I was trying to get across in the talk was that OpenID is a simple…

WikiCharts ? Top 100 This tool shows the articles from the English Wikipedia that are viewed most. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of…

WikiCharts — Top 100 This tool shows the articles from the English Wikipedia that are viewed most. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of…

Understanding Avatars in Games and Social Media The following is a selection of samples of avatar usage within games and social media, culled from throughout the web. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection.…

Congress for the New Urbanism The members of the Congress for the New Urbanism, whose site is on a Bryght VPS, are part of a worldwide movement to restore the livable, walkable community balance that we’ve…

Gang Bangs & Murder Inc. @ D&G? D & G has always courted controversy, as much for the tempestuously public love affair between the two men at the center of the fashion house (and their hot…

Gang Bangs & Murder Inc. @ D&G? D & G has always courted controversy, as much for the tempestuously public love affair between the two men at the center of the fashion house (and their hot…

Bryght ‘Basic’ Install Profile Details A simple install profile that includes a selection of useful modules for creating a variety of sites, and some basic configuration. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See…

Belated, but Joyful, Northern Voice Podcast Mop-up « Ephemeral Feasthouse Yup, been meaning to scribble something about Northern Voice but wanted to take the time to do it right, ? since magical time expansion is unlikely,…

Zufällig in Austin Texas am Montag (SXNW)? Dann gibt es noch jede Menge Parties – eine würde ich jetzt schon mal blind empfehlen. Meine Kumpels Kris Krug (aka kk) und Robert Scales (aka Scales) schmeissen mit…

NowPublic partners with AP The news just keeps getting better. Today the Associated Press (AP) and NowPublic announced that they have agreed to a deal that will bring NowPublic’s citizen content into AP’s news gathering network.…

Light Blue Line – exploring the effects of global warming What would happen if all the ice in Greenland melted? Bruce Caron and his colleagues are exploring this using their Bryght VPS site, lightblueline, The light…

Email is the place where information goes to die So, I’ve been accused of using the title for this post — “Email is the place where information goes to die” — quite a lot. I figured…

Assessing Contrast – The Squint Technique Here’s a surprising little tip that a pro once shared with me when thinking about contrast in images. It’s not really conventional but it works! Part of the Web and…