Creatively United Mobile Phone Photo-Art Show!

By On April 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Last week-end I had the opportunity to have 3 of my photos shown at the first annual Creatively United Mobile Phone Photo-art show.

 

The photos had to be taken with a smart phone, with a nature theme. All of the post-processing also had to be done with the phone as well. [...]

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Announcing: Vancouver Island Mini Maker Faire, and the Call for Makers

By On April 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I had the opportunity to attend Vancouver's Mini Maker Faire last year, respresenting Victoria's makerspace, where we used our CO2 laser to etch people's names into dog tags; adults and children alike. You can see an excellent summary video on vimeo:

(You can spot me hard at work ~0:58 and more seriously at the [...]

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For 1M I will change the world

By On March 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I was reading an article about how Bell labs has an 'idea factory', the idea is give highly innovative critical thinkers the freedom to create, and capitalize the results. I'm familiar with this process, I've had the opportunity to be a part of it. 

Since then, I've met even more critical thinkers who have, [...]

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Can you afford to give up a few vegetables?

By On February 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Thanks to Victoria city councilor Lisa Helps, I was made aware of a Victoria citizen who has made a request for vegetables. I can't imagine making such a request is easy for the ego, and who knows when each of us may need to make a similar request. As such, I've decided to relay [...]

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IdeaWave 2012

By On February 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

We're less than a week away from IdeaWave, a conference that features 50 talks over 2 days, 10 minutes each. We're still actively looking for great ideas, so if you have one, this is your chance. I'm often askied about the process, so here it is:

Submit your idea (200 words max, should take you [...]

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