Very few things have impacted my world and the way I interact with my circle of friends more than Facebook. By world I mean personally, professionally, and even spiritually. Personally I’ve connected with friends from high school, and remarked about how communication worked on such a profoundly different level now than it did in 1982.
Read MoreThis 15 minute video kept my crew and I busy for a few weeks this summer. Produced in association with the Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault, this hybrid video/kinetic type animation explains in simple terms the reasoning behind proper record keeping in the modern age. It also serves to introduce best practices as defined by
Read More(The following blog was created by me as the teacher of a Multi-Media class at Durham College, as a way to get to know my students and share their work with the world.) Please take a moment to introduce yourself and include two references: 1. Include a sample of your favourite work from first year.
Read MoreSummer 2015: When I originally wrote this article in 2011 I had to break through a locked gate to bike these rough trails. Flash forward to 2015 and the work Zach Whynen and countless volunteers have done is astonishing. Harold Town is now a premiere mtb system with signage, proper drainage, and a very, very
Read MoreLet me start by saying this is not another Rogers Sucks blog post. Those fish in a barrel posts are dime a dozen, and I have a few nice things to say about Rogers and the service they provide. In fact, after moving to Peterborough Ontario where Rogers doesn’t offer home phone or cable TV,
Read MoreAre you an artist? Actor? A writer? Do you think about the creative process and where creativity comes from? Do you wake up at night afraid of losing that creative spark? Do you think about how to monetize your creativity in a media environment where people consume their media for free? Do you wonder why
Read MoreGo ahead. Try it. Do a Google search for ‘Alternative to Basecamp‘ and report back. For about ten years, Basecamp has been a well-loved poster boy app for the Web 2.0 world of project collaboration and project management. What’s maybe not known is the vicious hate for the app from all corners of the blogosphere. And
Read MoreI’ve been fortunate to have had the pleasure of working on video projects with two of Canada’s largest law firms, McCarthy Tétrault this year and Lenczner Slaght last year. I’ve also signed some of the most stringent Non Disclosure Agreements, so that’s about all you’re going to hear about these projects for the next 99
Read MoreHere’s what’s been going on with me over the past year or so. In September, 2009, I signed up for a few courses that have been on my wish-list for years. First, the wait-list at the extremely competitive Web Application Development course at Durham College opened up, and I was accepted the week after it
Read MoreOK, maybe love is a strong word. But I’ve spent some time ‘blipping’ my close tech buddies on Wave and have to admit I think I might have found a problem to connect with this facinating solution. First, some back story. In September of 2009 I decided to take a sabbatical from the world of
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