I Feel Like the Prom King
Robert Scales pointed out that the ‘kriskrug‘ and the ‘kk‘ tags on Flickr both made the most popular list today. *blush*
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Robert Scales pointed out that the ‘kriskrug‘ and the ‘kk‘ tags on Flickr both made the most popular list today. *blush*
From the Webby Awards via the Web of Change mailing list… 10 Web Moments That Changed the World 1. The Dotcom Boom and Bust (1995-2001) – Launched by Netscape’s IPO, the Boom & Bust fast-tracked the Web 2. The Drudge Report Breaks Lewinsky Scandal (1998) – Matt Drudge Scoops one of the decade’s biggest stories Read More …
Last night I went to VFS and listened to Andre Charland from eBusiness Applications give an overview on AJAX and the whole web two dot oh movement. It was a good talk and the most in-depth coverage of AJAX I’ve heard. He spent less time talking about the technology and more time talking about the Read More …
There are several social software sites I’ve been tinkering with over the past year or so. Here’s a link to my profiles on the ones that are the most intersting. Flickr by far is my favorite and is the only one where I actually spend a lot of time. Last.fm is pretty amazing and doesn’t Read More …
Thanks to Bart, Lloyd, Andy, Geoffrey, Chris, Anthony and the rest of the Flockstars who flew me down from Vancouver to take some pics at their Web 2.0 launch party called the Colors of Web 2.0. The other companies who contributed to putting on the event were Flickr, Odeo, Wink, Technorati , SocialText, Del.icio.us and Read More …
Here’s some photos from last weeks Web 2.0 conference in SF. I had a great time and was lucky to meet some online peeps I have admired for a long time, including Bram Cohen, Jason Fried, and Mark Cuban. A couple of wild cards were Michael Powell and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. It Read More …
I’m here at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Lots of interesting stuff going on. I’m just between sessions and thought I’d drop a few quick notes. * Cool to see the Vancouver crowd representin’ – Will Pate, David Gratton, Andre Charland, Lori Pike and token YVR boy Termie. Six oh four in da Read More …
The BitTorrent book Susie and I wrote is done, printed and bound and ships to stores next week. You can pre-oder Bit Torrent for Dummies at Amazon now. The first chapter and the index and table of contents are available online now over at Wiley. Check it out and let me know what you think. Read More …
*stretch* Just getting up after a big first night here at Web of Change. We had a great meal together last night and then spent a couple hours getting to know each other. The crowd is amazing… big names that everyone will know are here… like Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and CivicSpace Labs, the Humane Society, Read More …
I just arrived on Cortes Island for the Web of Change conference. For the record this place is 3 ferries away from the mainland (Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, Campbell River to Quadra Island and then Quadra Island over to Cortes Island). This is definately the most remote spot I’ve been to since living in Yellowstone. Read More …
(cross-posted from my Bryght blog) I’ll be going to Web of Change on Cortes Island here in British Columbia on Wednesday. Web of Change is an annual gathering that connects global leaders in online communications, technology, and activism, who are actively building a better world. "Web of Change is an invitational gathering for networked leaders Read More …
The site for Northern Voice 2006 website has just been launched. Northern Voice is a grassroots personal publishing and blogging conference held here in Vancouver, British Columbia. Last year it was awesome and many people who atteneded said it was the best conference they went to all year (and I hang with people who go Read More …
Last week Roland and I drove down to Portland for the Podcast Hotel. The event was for musicians, record labels and other people interested in podcasting, the web and audio recording technology. Thanks to Alex Williams for everything you did to pull together a great first event… it was great to see Eric, JD, Matt Read More …
SillyGwaiLo is sitting here giving us a super sneak preview of the Drupal Flickr module he wrote this weekend (based on Boris‘ Skype Drupal module by the way). This thing is very alpha… and very hot. Unlike other implemenations of Flickr/Drupal modules I’ve seen this one is multi-user… perfect for community sites! It adds your Read More …
Here’s a few photos from the informal DrupalCon we pulled together down here at OSCON in Portland. Plenty of geekery to go around. If your not here, it’s not too late… interesting (and free) Bryght and Drupal training taking place this Saturday too. Get in touch. Drupal Geek Photos on Flickr
I don’t know if I should try to catch a few hours sleep or just stay up until registration starts at 7am. Anyway, Will posted first but here are a couple notes from our trip down…. + The new Deep Dish kicks a whole lotta ass. I still like Deep Dish Toronto better though. + Read More …
Michelle Miller and her crew from Global TV swung by the Bryght office today to talk to Boris Mann about citizen journalism, blogging, podcasting, and web 2.0. He totally nailed it, walking them through the power of distributed hyper-local newsmakers and used the coverage of the London Bombings as an example. He showed them Flickr, Read More …
Microsoft gave us sweet jackets at Gnomedex in Seattle. They had some big news today about RSS, Longhorn (the next version of windows) and IE 7.0. In fact, they said we were the first roomfull of non Microsoft folks to see the product. Pretty cool.