Design
I do graphic design and communications work professionally. You can find my portfolio over at Pink Sheep Media. Here’s a few articles on design.
On the coast
Coastal trees are boss
About journalism
I do think that journalism can be an important contributor to a healthy democracy. But it’s not clear to me that journalism always has been, or is currently. Maybe it is. But how would we know?
Giant art. Floating.
Giant wood eggs float in the air at the Vancouver Centre. They’re an interesting example of quasi-public art.
Own everything.
Public art is good.
Sand dollar in Parksville, by Gilda Shannon
Photo by Gilda.
Design a better calendar: new zero year needed
It’s two thousand years since the birth of Christ; the zero year. I think it’s time to free ourselves from the Christian calendar…
A problem for Google: National Post
I was surprised to learn recently that an important paper that forms the basis of the intellectual underpinnings of the austerity movement is wrong. But more importantly, I discovered that Google needs to do a better job indexing webpages…
The bus is cool
“Free handles. It is big and long. It has its own lane. Yeah. It is street.” This video ad is seriously awesome…
Dave Parsanishi
This short video featuring the art of Dave Parsanishi is interesting to me, in part, because I’ve seen several of his detailed sculptures, in person. But I’ve also had the pleasure of speaking with Dave about aesthetics and the psychology of presentation…
A short history of Linux
I love the portrayal of Richard Stallman in this short history of Linux by the Linux Foundation. Going strong since 1991.
Active passage; active
Lots of seals out here today.
Out for a walk on Galiano
Winter vacation
Zeus, bunny man
Close up of his whiskers in the sunlight.
Texting abbreviation reference for the brevity challenged
Some time ago, I published a poster as a reference for folks, such as myself, who are not texting saavy. This post continues to get visits pretty much every day, which is cool. Over the summer, I noticed that the poster still gets some attention and decided to launch a text abbreviation reference website on this basis…
Victoria Harbour Ferry
Ha ha. It sounds like a jet taking off!
Alberta oil pr
Given my interest in science, public relations, web design and climate change, I have been thinking for a while about building a site with some social and moral relevance to the world I inhabit. I have been building a website about climate change soundbites.
New tagline
Some recent blog posts about bias and hypocrisy have got me thinking about how the heck we know stuff. How the heck do we know stuff? What counts as justification for our beliefs. And why are we wrong so often? These are questions that get me riled. They always have…
the Calgary Stampede’s growing public relations challenge
AMERICAN HUMANE monitored the animal action. No animals were harmed.
iPhone days are over
I’ve converted to an Android operating system. It’s awesome. It has more than one button at the bottom. I like that.
The Robert Dziekanski case
The officers failed to properly assess and respond to the situation effectively. Then they used too much force. Then they failed to administer CPR. Then the officers lied. Then their superiors and media relations officers lied…