Broken Down Golf Cart Recipe

by | Jun 25, 2008 | blog, social media

I ordered a broken down golf cart at PAB2008 and to my surprise, everyone at my table never heard of it before. As a public service, I searched for a recipe but kept getting the shot glass version instead of the drink. So in a nutshell, the recipe is kinda like this 1...

Commissioned drawing

by | Jun 24, 2008 | blog, creativity, illustration, news

I attended the fantastic Podcasters Across Borders which went above and beyond my wildest expectations. I’ll blog about it later but for now I want to tell you a story about an artwork I was commissioned to do. Eden Spodek, the Bargainista, has a nice white...

I was interviewed on CBC Radio

by | Jun 23, 2008 | news, social media

I had the amazing pleasure of being interviewed on Sounds Like Canada on CBC Radio One! I was interviewed along with Mark Blevis of the Just One More Book podcast (childrens book reviews) and Melinda Mason of her My Marylin podcast (all about Marylin Monroe). Aside...

Third Tuesday Toronto with Jesse Brown

by | Jun 18, 2008 | blog, social media

Third Tuesday Toronto took place last night with CBC Radio ‘s Jesse Brown , host of the excellent and thought provoking Search Engine . Jesse’s also one of the guys behind BitStrips.com which is a website that lets you create comics online. I like how...

Your driving music to Kingston

by | Jun 16, 2008 | news, social media

Some people (i.e. me) tend to plan which CDs they will bring along on a road trip. For those of you driving/flying to Kingston for Podcasters Across Borders 2008, or even if you’re living in Kingston and you’re driving to PAB2008 (or taking public...

Sketching before development sample

by | Jun 14, 2008 | blog, social media

I’ve been blogging about the book, Sketching User Experiences , as I read it (I guess that’s sort of live blogging!) and came across this tweet yesterday by Greg Willits of The Rosary Army . Greg links to a photo of LEGO instructions his son sketched out...

Social media street cred

by | Jun 13, 2008 | blog, social media

Joseph Thornley recently blogged his opinion on the importance of a PR agency actually creating social media (blogs, podcasts, etc.) before they can advise their clients on what to do. In other words, street cred. “Social media authorship is the entry fee for social...

Twitter survived WWDC

by | Jun 11, 2008 | blog, social media

My good friend and fellow podcaster, Daryl Cognito, tweeted recently: hey wait, big congrats to twitter for surviving the key note. Good point! We only moan and groan when Twitter (*cought* repeatedly *cough*) goes down. Kudos!

Experience-based design

by | Jun 7, 2008 | blog, creativity

I began reading Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton, and so far, after 40+ pages, I’m enjoying it immensley and learning a lot. It’s about the importance of designing something (a product, website, building, team, whatever) "in the wild"...