Thoughts on TED 2008

28Feb08

photo of kluster in action The annual TED conference is currently taking place in Monterey, California. At $6000 a pop, getting a ticket is not only expensive but quite impossible, considering they sell out well in advance. However as many have discovered, they offer the talk up through their website. I don’t have to say […]

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The Rise of Webisodes

20Nov07

Although I rarely watched TV back in Canada, I really don’t watch it now that I have moved to Italy. Besides not having a television in my apartment, there are no english channels other than CNN anyway. So when I am in the “TV mood” I usually watch a DVD or listen to a podcast, […]

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YYZ to MPX

21Oct07

So it has been away eh? In the last two months I have been very busy making the move to Italy. I have been hired by the wonderful designboom to work here in Milan. I applied to a job posting on their blog back in June and moved here at the end of September. I’m […]

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Inspired

05Aug07

My Desk – jochen Inspiration is hard to come by. However nothing is more exciting than finding creative triggers. I have recently been inspired by the Behance: a website that examines creativity and the creative process. It has been continually producing great inspiring articles that offer unique tips and interviews. So while reading it today […]

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Confessions of a Digital Native

19Jul07

photo: lou’s canon  Over the weekend I did a little cleaning. I began to go through my massive bin of paperwork. I have had this bin in the top of my closet for as long as I can remember. It contains all my schoolwork from when I began school, all the way up to this […]

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