March 27, 2007

Matthew Good Accused of Virtual Assault And Hate-Filled-Blogging By David Gratton Comments Off

Today I was accused of virtual assault by David Gratton, the owner of a local web company here in Vancouver and the employer of my ex-wife. I was alerted to the entry by way of our site?s incoming links feature this morning and went to reply to the entr

ChangeEverything One Change at a Time Comments Off

Act locally, think globally. That’s one of the premises behind Bryght VPS site, ChangeEverything.ca. Community members on ChangeEverything.ca submit "changes" no matter how large or how small and the community works together to help accomplish those goals

Social Design for the Web: Moo Cards are the Most Comments Off

I introduced myself to a friendly woman with a British accent at the CommunityNext conference in Palo Alto and learned that she was from a company call ?Moo? that makes mini business cards. She quickly produced a white box of cards and since that time

Cityphile Izabella Egan Comments Off

Izabella Egan is Masters Graduate of Sotheby’s in London, the gallery manager at the Monte Clark Gallery, the founder of the (International) Contemporary Collectors Club and - what, you want more? - art aficionado extraordinare. In short, she has her fing

You Can’t Build Community with a Carrot Comments Off

I feel like these contests are a reflection of the idea that building community has shortcuts ?like you can build any community you want if you have a sexy enough carrot.

Best Album of the Year: Neon Bible Comments Off

I’m calling this one now: The Arcade Fire have released the best album to come out in the past year. Neon Bible is simply a great, great collection of eclectic, catchy, simple, complex, hooky, unique, fun, serious, and perfect songs

Hot Canadian Bands Cruisin’ Canadian Stages Comments Off

So it?s no surpirse to most that Canada is jam-packed with some uber, amazing bands and talent? and to highlight a few, just check out this list of bands hittin? the stages of Vancouver over the next month? and most of these are on tour across the

Introducing Flickr Filters Comments Off

One of the best things about Flickr is that our membership is made up of people from so many places and diverse backgrounds. It’s important to us that everyone feel comfortable, despite vastly different cultural and personal comfort levels. What I like, y

March 23, 2007

Guide to the GSoC Web App for Student Applicants - Google Summer of Code Announce Comments Off

Looking for something fun to do this summer? All college and university students around the world are invited to apply to get paid $4,500 USD to work on your favorite open source project this summer.

March 22, 2007

Six cool things you can build with OpenID Comments Off

Apart from explaining what OpenID is and how it works, the key point I was trying to get across in the talk was that OpenID is a simple piece of infrastructure on which smart applications can be built?applications that may not have been possible prior t

WikiCharts — Top 100 Comments Off

This tool shows the articles from the English Wikipedia that are viewed most.

WikiCharts ? Top 100 Comments Off

This tool shows the articles from the English Wikipedia that are viewed most.

Understanding Avatars in Games and Social Media Comments Off

The following is a selection of samples of avatar usage within games and social media, culled from throughout the web.

Congress for the New Urbanism Comments Off

The members of the Congress for the New Urbanism, whose site is on a Bryght VPS, are part of a worldwide movement to restore the livable, walkable community balance that we’ve lost .

Gang Bangs & Murder Inc. @ D&G? Comments Off

D & G has always courted controversy, as much for the tempestuously public love affair between the two men at the center of the fashion house (and their hot boyfriends now that they’ve amicably parted) as for their edgy, erotic ad campaigns. Lately though

Gang Bangs & Murder Inc. @ D&G? Comments Off

D & G has always courted controversy, as much for the tempestuously public love affair between the two men at the center of the fashion house (and their hot boyfriends now that they’ve amicably parted) as for their edgy, erotic ad campaigns. Lately though

March 21, 2007

How to support Mobile Content Creation in Drupal Comments Off

Roland Tanglao of Bryght did me a great favour. I had discovered that - despite having bought a very nice smartphone with lots of wells and bistles - I could not for the life of me send a photo from my phone directly to nowpublic.

JPG Magazine: Blog: Introducing Hotness Comments Off

Starting now, when you visit a theme page, the first batch of photos you see are among the photos we consider hot. If you want to see all of them, no problem! Just click the "Newness" tab to show all photos, newest to oldest.

March 19, 2007

“living vancouver” filmed at discollection today Comments Off

CBC did a segment at Workspace, Corina met Bill, Bill told her about “cool blogging people to check out” including and Kris Krug and Darren Barefoot. Corina ended up at someones blog, “began clicking around and found herself here, at discollection.c

"living vancouver" filmed at discollection today Comments Off

CBC did a segment at Workspace, Corina met Bill, Bill told her about ?cool blogging people to check out? including and Kris Krug and Darren Barefoot. Corina ended up at someones blog, ?began clicking around and found herself here, at discollection.c

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