Tag: Misc

  • Celebrating Canadian Social Media Innovation

    Celebrating Canadian Social Media Innovation The conference, as you’ll know if you’ve been following recent posts, was hosted by the Canadian Institute. The general topic was social media. So it suddenly struck me: it’s remarkable just how much innovation there is in the social media space in Canada Part of the Events and Reports collection.

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  • A Flurry of Vancouver Web 2.0 Startups

    A Flurry of Vancouver Web 2.0 Startups A new wave of Internet start-ups is hitting the west coast. Vancouver is experiencing something parallel to a second goldrush following the burst of the dot-com bubble with the growth of innovative, small companies tapping into the power of social network Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection.

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  • Who can resist a moose with an iPod…

    Who can resist a moose with an iPod… Northern Voice is back for a third time! Registration is open now for this fun Canadian blogging conference, scheduled for February 23 and 24 at UBC in Vancouver. This Friday December 1 (tomorrow!) is the final day for speaker submissions. Part of the Events and Reports collection.

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  • threads of gastown fashion show

    threads of gastown fashion show Hey internets, So Monday night was the fashion show for the WEAVE charity, and it was a success. Lots of peeps came out, and it was great to see some familiar faces. I have yet to find out how much money was raised for the cause, but will post it

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  • got hats? | ChangeEverything.ca

    got hats? | ChangeEverything.ca Do you have any warm clothes you like to see go to people in Vancouver shelters right now but just can’t get to a shelter yourself? Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: The Long Road to Futureproof.

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  • Francois Brunelle’s Doppelgangers

    Francois Brunelle’s Doppelgangers Canadian photographer Francois Brunelle has embarked on an interesting quest to take portraits of people with their look-alikes. Not the most visually arresting photography project in the world, at least when compared to LaChapelle’s fashion work or Tol Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media

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  • Summary of the violent acts and punishments inflicted by God, according to the Bible

    Summary of the violent acts and punishments inflicted by God, according to the Bible Where is the good and just God Christians say they worship? Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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  • Aperture vs Lightroom

    Aperture vs Lightroom We’re in an era of transition in the way that we manage digital photographs. A year ago, we were mostly stuck with the filesystem and tools that built on top of it. That experience sucked. Enormous books were written about Digital Asset Management (DAM) w Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling

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  • Social Media Club Vancouver at Bryght Offices

    Social Media Club Vancouver at Bryght Offices Social Media Club is being organized for the purpose of sharing best practices, establishing ethics and standards, and promoting media literacy around the emerging area of Social Media. This is the beginning of a global conversation about building an orga Part of the AI Ethics and Philosophy collection.

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  • Fighting comment spam with Drupal

    Fighting comment spam with Drupal Recently, I asked a colleague why I couldn’t comment on their fancy, new, corporate blog and this was their response Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: The Web3 Manifesto: Challenging Tech Titans with Trust, Ownership, Privacy and Inclusion.

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  • The Flickr Camera Guide

    The Flickr Camera Guide Popular photo sharing site Flickr has published lists and graphs of the most popular cameras used on the site. The results are an incredible camera guide. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab.

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  • lomokev – Your flickr superstars, interviewed.

    lomokev – Your flickr superstars, interviewed. Lomokev lives in a world of LOMO and Drum’n’Bass. He is one of the last LCA users doing real lomos on flickr. His photos are full of life, colors and high contrasts. Part of the Conversations and Interviews collection. See also: Shane Gibson’s AI Sales Dojo.

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  • Use your photographic skills to show your support for Creative Commons!

    Use your photographic skills to show your support for Creative Commons! Creative Commons is hosting the CC Swag Photo Contest on Flickr from November 6, 2006 through December 18, 2006. To enter, take a cool, creative picture of your favorite Creative Commons swag (t-shirts, buttons, stickers, etc. — all available from the S Part of

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  • Discollection’s Designer Vintage and kdon Photoshoot

    Discollection’s Designer Vintage and kdon Photoshoot This past August Kris Krug and I collaborated with Margie Torgerson, Shai Dhali and Petrina Torgerson on an innovative photoshoot in the alleys of Gastown. Margie got her hair done by Shai at Prepwork, after we met at discollection for styling and make-up Part of the AI for Creatives

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  • How We Do It Video: Blogging as We Travel

    How We Do It Video: Blogging as We Travel In the video we mention a number of resources. Our camera is the Pentax Optio WP. Our computer is the Sony VGN-T350. This site runs on the Drupal platform, which is hosted and supported by Bryght. Our graphic design was done by Rain City Studios. We

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  • Basic Photographic Lighting Techniques

    Basic Photographic Lighting Techniques Learning lighting setups for portraits, glamour, boudoir, etc. can be expensive and frustrating. Especially if you set out to do it by the trail-and-error method. The cost of film and processing alone, while you are learning, can be staggering. And the re Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See

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  • Lighting for Still Photography

    Lighting for Still Photography The behavior of light is not well understood by many photographers. This applies both from a technical as well as compositional standpoint. It must, however, be comprehended, at least in principle, if one is to master the art. This paper will attempt t Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection.

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  • WTB: Photography Light Kit and Tripod

    WTB: Photography Light Kit and Tripod I don’t know that much about this stuff so any advice or recommendations would be good, but really what I’m looking for is something selling mid-range used gear for cheap. Please point me in the right direction if you hear of anything or know anyone. Part of the Photography

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  • Nick Douglas Leaving Valleywag

    Nick Douglas Leaving Valleywag It looks like Nick Douglas, the personality who over the course of the past year became synonymous with the Silicon Valley gossip blog, won’t be reporting there any more. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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