Tag: Misc

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

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

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.

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 Read More …

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 Read More …

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

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

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.

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.