Comics and journalism

I jumped at the chance to see Joe Sacco speak at the Innis Town Hall last night. He was in town to talk about his journalism in comic book form. I’m trying not to use the term ‘graphic novel’ because he doesn’t like the term. And I agree. There...

One thing in common among social media tools

Let’s look at the big picture by taking a step back and see that Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Tumblr, Posterous, Vimeo, Foursquare, Instagram, Gowalla, GetGlue, MySpace, Buzz, DeviantART, Google Reader, Digg, Forrst, Livestream, dribbble, Reddit, Badoo,...

Clever ways to explain blogging

Here are two clever ways to explain the somewhat abstract idea of blogging (and social media in general, of course) using real, physical methods (what a concept!). The first is described in Paper Blogging. Teaching students how to blog using a bulletin board (to pin...

Schools as comic book publishers

I always love fresh, new ideas that are a little bit “out there” but you know they would totally be successful once tried out. One such idea comes from Mathew Hoy, web designer, games podcaster and comic nut. Mathew shares his idea in his Ignite London...

Psychology of websites

One of my favourite sessions at this past weekend’s PodCamp Toronto 2011, was given by Brian Cugelman about the psychology of websites. Humans treat computers like humans. In a nutshell, computer systems or websites which appear friendly in looks, wording, and...

Gut reaction thoughts on the iPad2

I love it! My year-long wait (no camera and the old “never buy a 1st generation Apple product” rule) was worth it. Now I “only” have to wait one more month for it to ship into my eager creative hands. The features I’m excited about: The...