Tag: Revolution
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The Poet of Code: Unmasking AI’s Coded Gaze at SXSW
In the halls of SXSW where tech utopians peddle their wares, one voice rang out as a blazing wake-up call. Dr. Joy Buolamwini, the self-described “poet of code,” took the stage to unmask AI’s deepest prejudices with searing verses that cut through the digital ecstasy like a white-hot blade.
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Future Proof Creatives Community & Event Series
Future Proof Creatives is a community of Professionals in the creative and tech sectors, equipping themselves with cutting-edge AI skills and insights to stay ahead in the dynamic digital era.
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What we leave behind is our digital footprint…
Our future is being documented by us in our present. Each and everyone of us who has a digital camera, a cellphone, a computer or even a camera phone has the task of creating our living digital history in real time. Our digital landscape has changed drastically from the meaningless dribble that once was in
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The Summer Gathering at Hollyhock on Cortes Island
When you live in Vancouver, summer time is all about spending time on the Gulf Islands and this summer is no different. I just got back from a seven day adventure on Cortes Island which five of those days was spent at Hollyhock at the Summer Gathering. The Summer Gathering is an invitational conference that
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‘From a Web of Pages to a Web of Streams’ Presentation for SXSW 2010
UPDATED: The Panel Picker for the SXSW festival has been released! You can vote for this panel here! Voting ends September 4th. I often talk about the internet theory that the web is being moving from a web of pages to a web of streams. We are all familiar with the traditional method of internet
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Kris Krüg Speaking at TEDx Shanghai – First Ever TEDx in China
This was the first event TEDx event in China and was broadcasted thru a live videostream with Tudou.
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China Business comes to SXSW Interactive
The Raincity Studios crew is heading south again this year to the geek-tacular spring break conference SxSW Interactive in Austin, Texas. We’ll have a trade show booth, make shows at the Studio SX, and of course throw the SxNW party with our pals. More on these topics later, today is to announce the China business panel.
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Anti-Israel Protest @ US Embassay in Vancouver
Today was an interesting day. I went to the protest in the video above. I had friends, bloggers, who i respect, on both sides of the line: Jonathan Narvey wearing his Star of David shirt supporting Israel on one side and Sean Orr lookin like a commie-pinko-hippy-faggot on the Palestine side. Both are smart, articulate,
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2008: To Infinity and Beyond!
My resolution is revolution but here’s a couple more goals for the coming year… – Read more books (one a month). – Eat more lunch (everyday!). – Get an acting agent (I want to play a villian in a movie this year). – Don’t be in love… be love. Updated: I should also prolly talk
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Mile High Club
Hey there internet. Just a quickie from somewhere above Greenland. I’m headed home from Italy. It was an amazing trip. Great contacts and meetings, lots of new friends and connections, and *so* much fun. That being said, I need home for a rest. I think I bagged about 30 hours sleep total in the 12
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Hippie Camp – Intention 7 by Tribal Harmonix
I spent the New Years weekend at Intention 7 (aka Hippie Camp) put on by Tribal Harmonix at Camp Elphinstone in Gibson, BC. It was any amazing 3 days of friendship, dancing, and reflection without the distraction of cell phones, watches, or computers. I did went on several ‘nature walks’, ate vegetarian food (gasp!), and
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FU H2
This morning walking to work I had the opportunity to join project FU H2. I’ve been cruisin’ around flippin’ off Hummers all week but this was the first time I had quick access to my camera phone in order to document it. I sent it into the the FUH2.com website photo gallery today and will
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Northern Voice + Moose Camp
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
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Boris Mann Speaks Geek to Michelle Mill of Global TV
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,
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