Multimedia Gallery with kk+
February 14, 2010
There’s a fun multimedia gallery that’s part of the BC Pavilion on the 4th floor of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
I’m working with DigiBC during the games, and many of their members provided the content and technology for the gallery. And friend Sara Bailey, is the curator. Sara worked on some of the earliest CBC Radio 3 designs back in 1999 (prototypes actually) and she and I worked together as consultants for a number of years.
On Wednesday, she offered photographer Kris Krug and I a preview of the gallery (it opened on Friday).
I shot a full ‘tour’ with Sara guiding us through – that will be online in a few days. But I also put together this little piece for Kris.
He and I first met ten years ago when he was publisher of one of Vancouver’s first online magazines and we were just starting to put some definition on what CBC Radio would be.
Get the Flash Player to see this player.
There’s a higher quality version online here , on YouTube here, on Vimeo here
You can also see a longer, full video tour of the gallery with Sara Bailey here.
Everyone Needs a Little Help Now and Then
January 28, 2010
Given their schedules and the demands on their time, it wouldn’t surprise me if they do need a little help – you know – down there.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
And yes.
Its something you most want to know, before you go.
North Vancouver, Jan 28, 2010 – 11:57 am
Vancouver Company Provides Free SMS to Haiti
January 20, 2010
I’m working with DigiBC on a new project called VXperience, and one of the things we’re doing is spreading the word about British Columbia’s incredible pool of innovators working in a variety of digital sectors.
We’re just starting to gather up some of their stories, but I wanted to get this information out as quickly as possible.
Branko Zurkovic from Upside Wireless emailed to say that IPIPI.com is offering free text messaging to Haiti.
He says the company wanted to do what it could to help out, so their offering their service free – making it possible for friends and relatives to text to either of the networks in Haiti for free.
I’ll let Branko explain more in this clip:
click to play
To get set up:
- go to IPIPI.com
- create an account (it’s free)
- after you’ve created your account, click on ‘contact us’ and let them know you want to be able to send messages to Haiti
- your account will be configured to let you send message for free
And you can help out by sending this information to anyone you think might be able to use it.
Podcast – John Ralson Saul
December 17, 2009
“We start to accept that ridiculous language in which citizens are referred to by politicians and administrators as clients.
We’re not clients of government.
We own the government, it’s our government.
There isn’t a single thing of government which we don’t own, how could we be clients ?
And we aren’t buying shoes, we’re talking about the rights of citizens within their own society.
We’re not stakeholders, we’re citizens.”
- John Ralston Saul, speaking at the PLAN 20th Anniversary evening at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Vancouver, November 20, 2009.
John Ralston Saul is an award winning novelist and essayist, and one of Canada’s most outspoken champions of freedom of expression.
His most recent book is called The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World. It’s just the latest in a series of best selling works that have been translated into 22 languages and sold in over 30 countries. Earlier this year he become the first Canadian to elected president of International PEN, the association of writers devoted to defending freedom of expression.
John is also the patron of PLAN (Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network), and he was the featured guest speaker at PLAN’s recent 20th Anniversary celebration in Vancouver.
I was asked to record the evening, and you now can hear the John’s keynote on the Tyze.com website, or listen to it here.
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A Simple Little Photo Gallery
December 14, 2009
For ages now I’ve been meaning to set up a simple web site to display photographs.
Last year I used a WordPress template to create this mostly photo site for my sailboat Madsu.
This time, I wanted something super simple.
I’ve been using Slide Show Pro for a while now. It’s real strength comes when you combine it with Slide Show Pro Director, which is a content management system. I use it on the main page of this blog, but also for client sites where I need a rotating banner that’s going to get changed often. Adding new images to the slide show is simply a matter of uploading them to the CMS, and nothing needs to be changed on the website itself.
For this little gallery called I Love North Shore, I’m also using the Thumbgrid for navigation.
Vancouver Radio Ratings
November 7, 2009
update: November 27.
I’ve been asked by BBM Canada to remove the data I had presented on this page, since it is copyrighted.
My apologies for any inconvenience for those of you looking for ratings info.
Things You Figured Were True, Are.
October 14, 2009
Sometimes a news story just jumps out at you as being so obvious that it’s hard to believe someone’s actually doing a story about it.
Two today from CBC.CA.
First story. It’s only surprising it’s taken this long for someone to turn up evidence that big tobacco knew ages ago that cigs are bad for you…
Imperial Tobacco Canada destroyed up to 60 early studies that linked cigarettes to addiction and carcinogens, according to a review published Wednesday in the online Canadian Medical Association Journal. (full story here)
Perhaps not surprisingly, Imperial Tobacco makes no mention of this on their web site, but proudly proclaims this:
We’re an international tobacco company focused on creating value for our shareholders.
Imperial Tobacco products are available in over 160 countries worldwide. Our geographic diversity and versatile multi-product portfolio provides business resilience and a strong platform for future growth.
Future growth ! Shareholder value !
Well guess what ? All the future growth and shareholder value is based on a product that will kill you.
My sister, a 2 pack a day smoker, died of lung cancer in her early 40’s. I was with her when she died.
Not a lot of future growth there, fellas.
Second story.
It’s surprising someone gave university researchers a $150,000 car to do this study, proving that fast cars and testosterone are linked.
Well, duh.
Researchers at Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business in Montreal took 39 willing young men and let them take a cruise in a $150,000 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet.
The men were then asked to drive a 16-year-old Toyota Camry. (full story here)
According to the lead researcher, “just put a guy in a Porsche, and his testosterone levels shoot up”.
Well, duh again.
But hang on here.
Every time I get in our Toyota Yaris, I most definitely have a little testosterone thing going on. Fully loaded, the Yaris clocks in at under 20-grand and even used to get a gas-miser rebate from the feds.
Maybe the John Molson School of Business should come out here and do a little study on us West Coast Men.
