Tag: Misc

A New Year in Photography Photography New Year’s reflections and resolutions from Rhonda Fast.

Top Five Products of 2005 Apple Aperture, Satellite Radio, BaseCampHQ.com, Drupal, and Voltaic Solar Backpack.

Show Our Northern Voice Sponsors Some Love We’ve been incredibly lucky to get a whole schwack of great sponsors on board for our 2006 conference. Thank you, thank you, thank you to each and every one of them. Visit their sites, buy their products, and if you see them on the street, give them a Read More …

2006 Nonprofit Technology Conference Agenda Across the sector, nonprofits are moving from a simple cost-cutting, operational efficiency view of technology to an understanding of technology as the force multiplier in creating change in their communities.

Hubble Uncovers Smallest Moons Yet Seen Around Uranus Astronomers have discovered two of the smallest moons yet found around Uranus. The new moons, uncovered by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, are about 8 to 10 miles across (12 to 16 km) — about the size of San Francisco.

However you want to say it… Wishing you and yours a Kickin Kwanza, Transcendent Solstice, Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday, the Season’s Best and a Snap-Happy New Year from Rhonda and Kris @ Static Photography

Drupal Developer/Business Meetup The meeting is being convened to support communication amongst developers and the small businesses being built on the drupal platform. I am really open to your ideas about what to cover. Please contribute thoughts to the agenda

OCD Tech Dreams Lately, particularly when sleeping in close proximity to one who possesses a lot of google juice, I find my sleep disturbed by less-than-restful and slightly obsessive dreams about technology, social software, and other such geeky things. The kind of drea

Canon EF 50mm – F1.4 vs F1.8 MK II Is there any difference between these 2 lenses other than the price and f-stop? This is a common question that pops up frequently on forums everywhere. While the general consensus is that these 2 lenses are almost identically sharp, there are other factor

Identity Questions The whole world of “Identity” on the internet is kind of new and still a bit blurry to me. But it’s one that I’m increasingly interested in, because my own forays into the online world leave me wondering whether I’m being smart, strategic, and cautious en

Online Rights Canada: Bill C-60 and What It Means for Photographers If you’ve been following my blog you’ll have noticed a lot of posts lately about the rights of photographers, copyrights and online rights.

what happens when web2.0 is down? whether you care for the buzzwords or not, sites on the internet these days are *doing* a lot more than ever before. consequently they are much more complicated not only to build, but to maintain and just plain keep online.

Intention Retreat enters its 7th cycle Intention is an annual family gathering that stems from a community of artists and dancers in the Lower Mainland. We hold workshops, discussions, film screenings, performances and celebrate the New Year with intentions shared. Shared meals and collaborati

The Are You A Hippy Test Research for a hippy qualifying questionaire I’ll be putting together here in the next few days.

Drupal Girls Kick Ass! My CMS Can Kick Your CMS’s Ass

Gettin’ Things Done! I did it! I finally completed one of the goals on my 43 Things list by exhibiting my photography. Keep in mind I don’t use that list in quite the hardcore way that I know some people do. My list is more a compilation of things I’d like to do rather than Read More …

2005 was 93% worth living. In 2005, Kris Krug did 10 things, went 56 places, met 135 people, and consumed 10 products.

If news is not in English, did it happen? English was already the lingua franca of science, business and academia. Now English appears to be fast emerging as the media language of choice. Al Jazeera is preparing to debut a 24-hour news channel in English. A TV station in Russia also started Engli

Photography Books for your Coffee Table What better christmas gift to get someone than a book of great photography! So if you’re looking for some last minute gifts for people, here are some of my faves as well as some of the best books of the year as suggested by American Photo Mag.