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I have been blogging about digital technology’s impact on culture and our lives since 2007. I post when inspiration strikes as I’m working on various projects.
Zombie Attack and TwitterSpud
Today I came across a few Google Alerts in my inbox tagged with "Twitter" talking about Zombie Attack. To my delight, there are others who are using Twitter to tell a story! And by the number of followers they have, they seem to behaving a heck of a lot more success...
SpudBook update #1: writer’s block
I've almost but abandoned drawing altogether with all my posts about social media and Twitter. I can't help it, I completely took to social media like a fish to water. But back to the original intent of my Recent Doodle blog. I mean, it is supposed to entice me to...
Crayonville and rethinking Second Life
Crayon, a new marketing company that luuuuurves Second Life has just launched Virtual Thirst for Coca-Cola. So this morning in Crayonville on Second Life, the topic of discussion was the campaiin so far. Actually, it was held on the Virtual Thirst island. It was my...
Being creative in a creativity-killing environment
I work in an uninspiring, grey cubicle in a conservative really big corporation as my day job (by night I fight crime. That's why I lift weights). Being a web designer in such an environment gives you plenty of challenges when your team is itching to do something cool...
My thoughts on open source
Yes, another post about Twitter. I really should get back into the art world! For the past few months, I've heard nothing but open source this and open source that on the Digital Planet podcast by the BBC World Service. I am not a developer so I wasn't too engaged in...
Storytelling with Twitter – what I learned so far
TwitterSpud has been online for over a week now and so far I am learning a lot about storytelling with Twitter. It's quite the challenge writing a story without narration, no visuals, not even sound effects. The story is linear but fragmented and is read backwards....
Twitter meet Spud, Spud meet Twitter
Early in the week, I was reading Steve Coulson's post on the Crayonville blog entitled "Twitter takes over". In it, he lists a few of his ideas for what Twitter can be used for besides the usual what you are doing at the moment. One item made me stand up and take...
LinkedIn – Giving back to the community
One profound thing I will never forget from PodCamp Toronto is podcasting, and social media in general, is all about giving to the community. What you give to the community, you will get back in return. This morning I was adding a connection and updating my profile on...
Sketch Crawl – May 19th, 2007
The 14th World Wide Sketch Crawl is going to take place on May 19th. If everything goes according to plan, I should be somewhere in Paris that day and of course, if all goes to plan, I will also have my trusty Paris Moleskine notebook so I will definitely be joining...
Cartoon backgrounds
Ever since I can remember, I've always loved watching Looney Tunes. Actually, I was an animation buff all my life and still am to this day (I don't buy movies or tv shows on DVDs. I buy animation). But I was never into the backgrounds. Even when I was trying to get...
Sponsored podcasts remind me of old time radio
One of the many podcasts I subscribe to includes the Old Time Radio Network on PodShow. And thanks to them, I recieved 10% off on my GoDaddy domain registration! The other day, I was listening to one of their comedy shows and the interesting original sponsorship break...
Snoopy in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal
Snoopy in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal Originally uploaded by Daniele Rossi. I've set up my Flickr account and now I'm trying my hand at blogging my photos. So, of course, I filled myself up with sugar and decided to post photos I took of a Snoopy beanie...
Twitter post from Twist Image
Twitter is the latest, greatest thing since slice bread on the Internet and social media. I first heard about it from PodCamp Toronto and when I tried it out, I couldn't help think "why would this be of any use?". If you check out my twitter —on the left or over at...
Louis Armstrong music on a Sunday afternoon
One of the questions artists are commonly asked is what kind of music do they listen to while they work. Since nobody's asked, I'll write a bit about it here :) For me, it all depends on what I'm in the mood of, but also the time of day. I don't know if this happens...