Tag: Misc

  • When do you use a forum, a blog, Jotspot, Writely, a wiki, or a full web 2.0 platform?

    When do you use a forum, a blog, Jotspot, Writely, a wiki, or a full web 2.0 platform? I’m working on a lot of projects lately that have caused me to ask this question and to try to get really clear on what each tool does and does not do well so that I can

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  • New Black Tories E.P. Coming Soon

    New Black Tories E.P. Coming Soon we have are just finishing the final touches on our new e.p. tentatively titled: are you ready to die… it should be available sometime in mid-september. right now we are in full rehearsal mode for our fall blitzkrieg of the vancouver music scene. there Part of the Vancouver AI

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  • Church: 1, Lust: 0

    Church: 1, Lust: 0 The owner of a strip club says heÂ’s considering a six-figure offer from a church to buy and shut down the location. Bill Martin, owner of the Just Teazin club in Painesville Township, 25 miles northeast of Cleveland, declined Thursday to identify the chu Part of the Web and Early Blog

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  • Zen and the Art of Powerpoint

    Zen and the Art of Powerpoint Like most people, I regularly assert that Powerpoint is evil. I often use it when I present, but I’ve been undertaking ongoing experiments to make it work the way it should. It should augment what I’m saying, as opposed to distracting from or summariz Part of the Web and

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  • Speak at Northern Voice 2006

    Speak at Northern Voice 2006 No, really, we want people talking. Northern Voice 2006 is pretty much right around the corner. The official deadline is tomorrow* next week, Wednesday, Nov. 16th. So apply as a speaker. Remember, this is a very “open tent”, not necessarily über techie c Part of the Web and Early Blog

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  • Opportunities, people, and tools

    Opportunities, people, and tools Tools never change anything. It is people seeing opportunities and grabbing them with those tools that change things. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Community Shout-Outs: People & Projects Worth Checking Out.

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  • Blackcomb’s Opening Day

    Blackcomb’s Opening Day It has begun… that time of year that we’ve spent the rest of the year day-dreaming about: deep powder, hot tubs, beer, or whatever else gets you going for winter. Whistler/Blackcomb’s 2005/2006 winter season opened this weekend with the best opening wee Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See

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  • Lomography: The Rules, The Society and Why I Want One So Badly! | static photography

    Lomography: The Rules, The Society and Why I Want One So Badly! | static photography I’ve been coveting a certain few people’s photos on flickr now for quite some time, Brian Milo, shoegazer and lomokev to name just a few. There pictures have something different about them – a unique quality, colours that pop and

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  • Google Maps on Your Website

    Google Maps on Your Website There’s only one thing on the net cooler than Googleâ„¢ Maps. What could possible be cooler than that? Putting an interactive map on your own website. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Deconstruct Your Business Model on a Lean Canvas: Google News Initiative Launch Lab

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  • The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

    The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Introducing the Slackstreet Creative Group, a private, new media agency and creative co-operative. Part of the AI for Creatives collection. See also: AI Keynote Slides Need Taste Before Prompts.

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  • Bryght and Early

    Bryght and Early What time zone is Qatar? GMT 3 for the record. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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  • Static takes photos for Vancouver DJ – Jay Parsons

    Static takes photos for Vancouver DJ – Jay Parsons DJ Jay Parsons has been spinning for years but has just recently made Vancouver his hometown and we’re happy to call him a local. We’re also happy that he called static when he needed photos done for his album cover. Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem

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  • Arctic’s “Amazed” Recorded Live on the ScotFree

    Arctic’s “Amazed” Recorded Live on the ScotFree Marcus Martin, aka ARCTIC sent us the first song he performed on the ScotFree 88 last week, called “Amazed” (8 MB). Kirsten at Crows to Burnaby was the sound engineer and Dave the Urban Vancouver Intern interviewed Marcus (he’s already written a review of Part of the Conversations

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  • Multi User Blog Tools – Overall Ratings and Reviews

    Multi User Blog Tools – Overall Ratings and Reviews These are the final ratings of a broader review of the multi-user blogging solutions Drupal, Elgg, Manila, Movable Type, WordPress MultiUser and pLog. These particular applications were selected for review due to the authors familiarity with them, their p Part of the Web and Early Blog

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  • Pig Roast 2005

    Pig Roast 2005 A pig roast to celebrate Theresa’s 30th birthday and to bid farewell to Theresa and Daniel before leaving for Hogtown (Toronto, that is) Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.

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  • Vancouver User Guide Blog Feeds

    Vancouver User Guide Blog Feeds We subscribe to several syndicated news feeds from Vancouver-based blogs and display them here so we can read them all in one place. Clicking on a story title will take you to the author’s original blog entry. Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: Vancouver Tech Journal Isn’t

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  • Why Self Portraiture?

    Why Self Portraiture? Every photograph we make is part of a learning process. We turn our lens on our respective worlds, on the people who inhabit it, on the new places we discover, and on the scenes we’ve created. We find truth and we create fiction with our cameras. It seems a natural thing to

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  • Truck you! Video Podcasting, Second Life, Slackstreet and more

    Truck you! Video Podcasting, Second Life, Slackstreet and more Video iPods and iTunes TV Shows and their haters, Aperature, Seccond Life send a note to Spin Martin (Eric) or Commodore Gretzky (Josh); Bishop Walcott (tonyB) and Smash Gregoire (Grog), Eric’s new truck and mods, an announcement about Slackstreet. Part of the Web and Early Blog

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  • Gastown Graffiti Project

    Gastown Graffiti Project In an alley one block east of the Harbor Centre, between between Richards and Homer, running parallel to Hasitngs. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Cultivating Connections: The Inspiring Story of Galiano Island Community School’s Garden & Greenhouse Project.

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