- BC + AI Is Live — and We’re Building the Future We Actually Want
We just launched Canada’s first grassroots AI industry organization. Not because we love meetings, but because someone has to ask the hard questions while everyone else is busy printing money on artificial intelligence. Like: Who gets to decide what “intelligent” means when you live on unceded territory? Read More … - Vancouver AI Meetup #16: Where Tech, Creativity, and Community Collide
A monthly open-source mixtape of BC AI knowledge, culture & collective intelligence from the bleeding edge of the Pacific Cascadian AI underground. Read More … - DIY AI in Vancouver: Building a Grassroots BC AI Industry Association
“Industry associations” claim to represent AI in BC. Meanwhile, our grassroots community built something they couldn’t: an ecosystem where humans matter more than profit. They’re selling AI. We’re living it. Read More … - Web Summit Vancouver 2025 Survival Guide
Behind the press kits and panels, Vancouver’s tech underground is staging a protocol shift—one rooted in justice, joy, and gentle refusal. Read More … - How Indigenomics AI is Flipping The Script On Economic Power in CanadaReimagine what economics can be when we measure what truly matters—community well-being, environmental stewardship, cultural wealth, and intergenerational sustainability. Read More …
- We Don’t Do Panels. We Do Portals.
AI don’t need hype. It needs healing. We opened the night with ceremony, not code. Spirit first. Systems second. That’s how you realign the future. Read More … - How to Build an AI Second Brain That Actually Works for You
Most digital systems are designed for neurotypical productivity zombies. What if you built one optimized for your actual thought patterns instead? Inside: how I transformed fleeting ideas into completed projects by embracing digital chaos instead of fighting it. Read More … - A Creative Technologists AI Age ManifestoHow will you connect worlds that have never spoken to each other? Which voices will you amplify? What values will guide your choices? The future isn’t written in code yet—it’s being written by those brave enough to navigate digital chaos with bold authenticity, one unexpected connection at a time. Read More …
- “Is A Hotdog A Sandwich?”: Vancouver AI Data Storytelling Hackathon w/ Andrew Reid
Forget boring data decks. I just sat down with Rival Technologies CEO Andrew Reid to plan Vancouver’s most ambitious AI hackathon yet. We’re challenging 40+ teams to reinvent how humans experience data – starting with the eternal question: “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” Read More … - Transcending Tech’s Darker Impulses
Data is the new land, algorithms are the settlers, and we’re all just unpaid labor feeding the machine. Every prompt, every input, every “free” tool is a fresh vein of digital gold being mined for corporate empires. And the kicker? They’re selling our own reflections back to us—our words, our art, our creativity—wrapped in a polished, machine-generated sheen. AI isn’t neutral; it’s power-coded. And unless we start rewriting the rules, we’re just passengers in someone else’s history. Read More … - Data Storytelling Hackathon: Where AI Meets Art, And Data Sings Its Truth
Forget Silicon Valley playbooks—we’re writing new rules where data speaks truth and machines amplify humanity. This is AI with soul, purpose, and swagger. #DataStorytelling #VancouverAI Read More … - Vancouver AI: The Community Building BC’s AI Future – February Meetup Recap
Where the real work gets done. No gatekeepers, no hand-holding—just a crew of builders, thinkers, and misfits shaping BC’s AI future. Watch what we’re making. Read More …